Located in the southern part of Pauillac, Château Haut-Bages Libéral takes its name from a previous owner, Monsieur Libéral, who also owned Château du Tertre in the Margaux appellation in the 18th century.
Entirely replanted in the 1970s, the estate's average-sized vineyard is divided into three distinct plots: two on the Bages plateau, and the main one on a rise adjoining Château Latour overlooking the Gironde estuary. Despite their proximity, this third plot is different from Latour, with finer gravel on sand and clay-limestone soil at Haut-Bages Libéral.
The Villars, who also own Château Chasse-Spleen in Moulis, bought the estate in 1982 and modernized the winemaking facilities.
More than half of production is exportated, and Château Haut-Bages Libéral is extremely successful on foreign markets. Paradoxically, this wine is, however, quite rare in France.
Haut-Bages Libéral makes well-structured, concentrated wines with fine tannin.
