"Chateau du Plantier" is what we call here a "Coopérative" at Sauveterre de Guyenne. In other words, it assembles wines from the whereabouts... There are plenty of small local "Coops", at least one in each village in France, which
can produce good wine,
but : not every year and not any type (sometimes it's the red that's it's ok, sometimes the rosé). It's hard, you have to try and decide for every type and year.
But the coops wine is cheap.
Nothing to do with :
- Château Plantier Rose (Cru Bourgeois, Layssac, Saint-Estèphe)
- Château Vieux Plantier (
Côtes du Bourg) , or
- Château Grand Plantier (Bordeaux de culture biologique), or
- Château Roc Plantier (
Côtes du Bourg)
When you buy wine, you should try to find the phrase "Mis en bouteille au château" ou "Mis en bouteille à la propriété" : These phrases, legally, in France, mean that the wine is not made by a coopérative.