Introduction
Producing seriously fine wines on two continents; Jonathan Maltus and his team make handcrafted, single-vineyard and reserve fine wines in both France and the United States.
People
We pride ourselves in seeking out the most talented people and utilising all of their skills from the vine to bottle to your glass to produce some of the world’s finest wines.
Winemaking
In the centre and heart of both Estates is an endless quest to discover a seamless balance between winemaking and terroir.
The Estates
Chateau Teyssier is the home for the Maltus Family – Jonathan, Lyn and their kid’s Jamie and Jack, along with their two dogs and two cats.
SAINT Emilion, Bordeaux
In France, our wines are both Chateau (multi parcelled) and Single Vineyard (specific parcel) driven, drawn from the three terroirs that makes Bordeaux’s fine wine appellation, Saint Emilion.
Napa Valley, California
World’s End offers Single Vineyard wines from valley, ridge, and mountain and Reserve, varietal wines that reflect the general diversity of the Napa Valley as a whole.
SINGLE VINEYARD WINES
The Saint Emilion Grand Cru wines are made from specific limited quantity parcels based in the coverted ‘côtes’ section of Saint Emilion in the heart of the Cru Classés. They are designed to express the individual terroirs of this great area. The wines hailing from Napa Valley represent different expressions of region and come from the top ‘vineyard designated’ blocks. These are from both valley floor and from the mountains in limited quantities.
CHATEAU AND RESERVE WINES
Classic Saint Emilion wines made from multi parcels located throughout the Saint Emilion Grand Cru appellation which are then blended in way that represents individual Chateau styles. The Reserves are classic and good value wines blended to combine many of the disparate terroirs that make up the Napa Valley. All made with sense of power and elegance.
Wine Clubs
JCP MALTUS 100 Point Club is an exclusive wine club which provides a range of membership options, each showcasing a premium selection of our handcrafted wines.
SAINT Emilion, Bordeaux
The Vineyards now extend to over fifty hectares under vine, a large part of which are situated amongst Cru Classé terroir on the cotes hugging the village of Saint Emilion.
Napa Valley, California
Our fruit is nurtured and grown in some of the most well respected vineyards that hold the highest quality terroir in Napa Valley, ranging from the cooler mountains slopes of Pritchard Hill to the Lake Carneros to the red clay soils of the valley floor.
Pezat Red, Bordeaux Supérieur
“Packed with rich, joyous, vibrant fruit, caressed and carefully handled - a total class act. This is what the market demands”
The idea of PEZAT came to us because we felt that we could make an excellent, rather than boring, wine from vineyards that were just outside the Saint Emilion Appellation if we applied Saint Emilion standards to the vineyard and winemaking. The wine is made to high standards using the same equipment and methods that are used for CHATEAU TEYSSIER.
VINEYARD
PEZAT is a blend of 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. The wine comes from a specific vineyard called ‘La Plagnolle’ which we converted into a vineyard that would sit happier in the Saint Emilion Appellation than Bordeaux. Vine density was doubled and the height of the original vines was reduced by half. If you take one step from ‘La Plagnolle’ you’re in the Saint Emilion Appellation, anyway.
TECHNICAL
PEZAT is handpicked to maintain a quality that is keeping with all the grapes that are delivered to CHATEAU TEYSSIER - Only conveyors are used to transport the grapes and the wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks after cold maceration. The wines are aged in French oak for a shorter period than any of our other wines.
ANYTHING UNUSUAL?
Bang for the buck! Wines from the Bordeaux Appellation – Supérieur or not – don’t get the kind of love and attention that we give this wine. Our clients say it better - “With lower than normal cropping, handpicking, double sorting and vinification at CHATEAU TEYSSIER, this has terrific fruit and even sees twenty per cent new oak. This rich, medium-bodied, deeply colored, Merlot based wine clearly offers an extra dimension of quality at this price point.”
WHAT THEY SAY
89 POINTS, ROBERT PARKER, THE WINE ADVOCATE
"An impressive project of Jonathan Maltus (proprietor of Chateau Teyssier, Le Dome and other chateaux in St.-Emilion), this blend of 85% Merlot and the rest Cabernet France is a sleeper of the vintage. Priced realistically, the wine displays an opaque ruby/purple color and beautiful cassis fruit intermixed with kirsch, liquorice and a hint of underbrush. It is dense, medium to full-bodied, very silky-textured, mouth-filling and enormously satisfying. This sleeper is best drunk over the next several years."