The Guigal family spent 15 years restoring Château Ampuis, a historic property whose oldest sections date to the 11th century. The Château has been the symbol of the town of Ampuis and the world-renowned Côte-Rôtie vineyard area for ten centuries. When the Guigal family learned that there was at one time a wine produced with the Château d’Ampuis name, they decided to produce an exceptional wine that would showcase the best that Côte-Rôtie has to offer. This is an emblematic expression of the terroir and a flagship of the Guigals.

Château d’Ampuis is a blend of some of the very best sites owned by the Guigal family in Côte-Rôtie. It comes from a blend of 7 hillside vineyards located on the Côte Brune and Côte Blonde: La Garde, Le Clos, La Grante Plantee, La Pommiere, Le Pavillon Rouge, Le Moulin, and more recently, La Viria.

The Guigals work with organic and sustainable growers and practices. The wine was fermented for 4 weeks in closed stainless steel tanks and aged 38 months in new oak barrels. In 2014 the grapes struggled while reaching full maturity, requiring vigilant sorting and harvest work. Through Guigal’s expert craftsmanship, 2014 is a highly structured and racy wine, with an expressive nose and concentrated dark fruit flavor.