Winegrowing is in Hubert de Bouard’s genes. He grew up surrounded by his family’s vines at Chateau Angelus in Saint-Emilion. This childhood is the single most influential experience in his life. For him winegrowing is simple: it is a question of balance, respecting people and nature.

His father bought him his first pair of secateurs, when he was 7, so he could go out and prune the vines. He spent his holidays working in the local vineyards and wineries, while others were enjoying themselves in Bordeaux or Parisian clubs. Hubert de Bouard is a graduate oenologist from Bordeaux University. His teachers were Emile Peynaud and Jean and Pascal Ribereau Gayon. At weekends he worked in the vineyards of Chateau Thieuley in La Sauve-Majeure or on Patiras Island across from Pauillac. His first study periods took place at Chateau Figeac with Thierry Manoncourt in Saint-Emilion, in the Beaujolais region and Burgundy. 

At the beginning of the 1980’s thanks to Michel Bettane, he began exploring Burgundy, met Henri Jayer, Denis Mortet,Dominique Lafon and many others. He came to understand that protecting the environment is an essential part of winegrowing and that oenological good practice is based on common sense:tilling the ground, gentle extraction of polyphenols, ageing wines on their lees, etc. And scientific logic has its role to play also.

When he returned in 1985, he took over the family estate at Angelus and has never stopped putting his observations into practice. He is a pioneer and an innovator, who brushes aside past certainties and has challenged a number of established techniques, using methods that protect ecosystems and focus on authenticity in the wines produced. In his scientific role, he strives to champion purity and brilliance, offering his expertise as an oenologist to defend the expression of the complex diversity of the various Bordeaux terroirs. Hubert de Bouard recommends massal selection, ageing on the lees, increasing leaf surface area and natural cultivation of grass in the vineyard.

He wonders about pruning, soil biodiversity, regulating the load on vine plants, planting densities, soil tilling techniques and adapting root stocks to grape varieties and soil types. He did all this twenty years before some, who realising that there was an impact on wine quality and expression, started to do the same.

In 1985, he made the purchase, with Dominique Hebrard, he made the purchase of Chateau de Francs in the Côtes de Francs appellation. Noticed very early on by a number of critics and professionals, he was elected Winegrower of the Year by Jacques Dupont and Pierre Crisol of the Gault-Millau Magazine at the end of the 1980’s and Man of the Year by Revue du Vin de France in 1996 and in 2012.

Hubert de Bouard is a close friend of Michel Rolland, who contributes to his projects and helps him set up many experiments, which will ultimately move modern viticulture and oenology forward.

From pioneering winegrower to becoming a man in the public eye was just a logical step to take for Hubert de Bouard to follow his convictions, by taking an active role in the existence of the appellation and Bordeaux (Vice-President of the Saint-Emilion Wine Growers’Syndicate from 1991 to 1999, Vice-President of the Union des Grands Crus, President of the Association of Great Classi:ed Growths from 1990 to 1996).

He bought the estate named La Fleur de Bouard in Lalande de Pomerol in 1998, and later Anwilka in South Africa. After years of relentless hard work, concerning technical issues as well as communication, Hubert de Bouard’s efforts were rewarded in 1996 when Chateau Angelus was given the rank it deserved, First Great Classified Growth. Then in 2012, when the Classification confirmed the rank of First Great Classified Growth, adding the distinction “A”.

In 2014, his winegrower’s passion is alive and very active through consulting, which remains his main activity. He advises his clients both on vine husbandry and agronomic issues:planting, root stocks, massal selection and rational agriculture directed at preserving ecosystems. He provides advice on setting up vinification and ageing cellars and of course programmes harvests, winemaking, ageing and analytical and microbiological studies.

LES PROPRIETES CONSEILLEES：

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe

Château La Commanderie

Château Grand Corbin

Clos des Jacobins

Château de Pressac

Château Villemaurine

Château Laroze

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru

Chateau Mondou

Chateau Clos des Confidences

Chateau Adaugusta

Chateau Barrail Saint-Andre

Chateau Bernateau

Chateau Cheval Noir «CuvEe Le Fer»

Chateau Croix de Labrie

Clos Saint-Vincent et Chateau Moine Vieux

Chateau Jean Voisin

Chateau Le Jurat

Chateau Grand Cardinal

Chateau Montlabert

Chateau du Paradis

Chateau Trianon

Saint-Emilion

Chateau La Vue

Chateau Vieux Chantecaille

Montagne Saint-Emilion

Vieux Chateau Palon

Chateau Rocher Gardat

Chateau Clos de Bouard

Dame de Bouard

Pomerol

Chateau Maillet

Chateau La Pointe

Lalande de Pomerol

Chateau Haut-Surget

Chateau La Fleur de Bouard

Chateau Sergant

Le Plus de La Fleur de Bouard

Fronsac

Chateau de Carles et Haut de Carles

Chateau Plain Point

Bordeaux

Hubert de Bouard - Rose

Chateau Haut Fontenelle

Chateau Boutillot

Chateau Gallion

Hubert de Bouard - Sauvignon

Hubert de Bouard - Le Semillon

Hubert de Bouard - Cabernet Franc

Hubert de Bouard - Cabernet Sauvignon

Chateau Auguste

Hubert de Bouard - Merlot

Bordeaux Superieurs

Chateau SEnailhac

Chateau La Croix de Roche

Chateau Laurence

Chateau Sainte-Marie

Chateau au Vignoble

Cadillac Cotes de Bordeaux

Chateau Clos Chaumont

Chateau des Mille Anges

Castillon Cotes de Bordeaux

Chateau de La Pierre LevEe

Francs Cotes de Bordeaux

Chateau Croix de Prairie

Chateau de Francs "Les Cerisiers "

Graves

Chateau de Chantegrive "CuvEe Caroline"

Chateau les Clauzots

Chateau de Chantegrive

Chateau Dorleac

Haut-Medoc

Chateau Peyredon Lagravette

Haut-Medoc - Cru Bourgeois

Chateau Arnauld

Chateau Bernadotte

Chateau Charmail

Chateau Lamothe-Bergeron

Chateau Larose Perganson

Chateau Magnol

Medoc

Chateau Greysac

Chateau Rollan de By

Chateau Tour Seran

Chateau Prieure de Blaignan

Chateau Moulin de la Riviere

Chateau Blaignan

Saint-Estephe

Chateau Haut Beausejour

Chateau Laffitte Carcasset

Chateau Meyney

Chateau Tour des Termes

Pauillac

Chateau Grand-Puy Ducasse

Moulis-en-Medoc

Chateau Branas Grand Poujeaux

Listrac

Chateau Mayne Lalande

Margaux

Chateau Deyrem Valentin

Chateau Siran

Vin de Pays de l'Atlantique

Chateau Puy Redon

Hubert de Bouard - Chardonnay

Vins Etrangers

Zanini Castello Luigi

Pocas

Francisco Barona

EL IXSIR

Zanini Vinattieri

Lussac Saint-Emilion

Chateau Tour Peruchon

Chateau de Bellevue

Bergerac

Chateau Thenac

Graves de Vayres

Chateau Bussac

Puisseguin Saint-Emilion

Chateau Lafaurie

從小 Hubert 就在自家的葡萄園中長大，這段童年的經驗對他有著一生的影響力，讓他深刻認識到葡萄種植是人與自然之間的尊重、平衡。從 7 歲那年 Hubert 從父親手中收到的一把剪枝剪後，他每年的假期都是在葡萄園和酒廠中度過。他在波爾多大學師從著名的波爾多釀酒學之父 Emile Peynaud 和現代釀酒藝術之家族 Jean and Pascal Ribereau Gayon 父子。每到週末，他都會到位於 La Sauve-Majeure 的 Chateau Thieuley 或者 Pauillac 對面的 Patiras 島中的葡萄園中去幫忙。他的第一份工作就是在 Saint-emilion 的 Chateau Figeac 裏給前任莊主 Thierry Manoncourt 幫忙。

在 1980 年，Hubert 結識了法國著名酒評家 Michel Bettane，從而展開了他的 Burgundy 葡萄酒之旅，在這裏，他結識到 Henri Jayer，Denis Mortet， Dominique Lafon 等一眾名家，認識到了保護環境是葡萄種植中最要的一部分，還參考了輕柔粹取、與酵母一起陳熟等工藝，同時了解到科學分析的重要性。

1985年，Hubert 回到家中繼承了金鐘酒莊 Chateau Angelus，隨即以追隨保護環境、純淨度、風土真實性的方向，結合科學，在耕作／土壤／工藝等多方面全面他大膽改革創新。使用包括 Massal selection 種植法、酵母一起陳熟、增加葡萄藤葉片面積，以提高葡萄藤光合作用、減少葡萄園中的除草，增加葡萄園中的生物多樣性等方法，早早就被一些酒評認同。在 1980 年代尾被 Gault-Millau 雜誌的 Jacques Dupont 和 Pierre Crisol 選為 Winegrower of the Year。也是 Revue du Vin de France 在 1996 和 2012 的 Man of the Year。在 1996 年也成功地將 Chateau Angelus 提升至 “First Great Classified Growth”，再在 2012 年晉升為最高級的一級 A 等酒莊 (Saint-Emilion Premiers Grands Crus Classes A)。

期間他也接下幾份公職，以自己的信念在產區發揮正面的作用，包括：

Saint-Emilion Wine Growers’ Syndicate 副主席 (1991 - 1999)

Union des Grands Crus 副主席

Association of Great Classified Growths 主席 (1990 - 1996)

Hubert 和 “飛行的釀酒師” Michel Rolland 是多年的好友，他們之間經常進行技術切磋交流。在 1985 年，他從當時白馬酒莊 Chateau Cheval Blanc 莊主 Dominique Hebrard 多米尼克•艾伯手中買下了 Chateau de Francs。在 1998 年他又在 Lalande de Pomerol 購買了 Chateau La Fleur de Bouard，之後又在南非購買了安亞酒莊 Anwilka，同時他還一直幫全球各地的酒莊做釀酒顧問。

現在家族主場的 Chateau Angelus 已交給女 Stephanie de Bouard 接捧，另一位女兒 Coralie de Boüard 也接手了另一間酒莊 La Fleur de Bouard，不過他也繼續也顧問形式協助她們～

順帶一提，Angelus 在 2012 的升級反而令 Hubert 陷入無止的官司 (因為他被認為以手段影響結果)... 所以因一堆不值得的官司，最後憤而退出 2022 的分級，震驚酒界... （另外評分準則也改變了，同時也有 2 個元祖一級莊 Cheval Blanc 和 Ausone (及其旗下的相關酒莊) 因而退出 2022 的分級）雖然沒有一級莊分級，但相信一直以來的評分和市場價格才是實力的證明～

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