Cos d’Estournel
Saint-Estephe
Médoc is home to some of the world's greatest wines. For the Saint-Estèphe appellation, Cos d'Estournel, Grand Cru Classé, is the most famous. Not only is the wine one of the best, but the architecture of the winery (designed by Louis-Joseph Gaspard d'Estournel), whose famous pagoda roofs have earned it the nickname of the Maharadga of Saint-Estephe, is known beyond the borders. At the request of the owner Michel Reybier and his director Jean-Guillaume Prats, Jean-Michel Wilmotte has achieved one of his greatest successes in terms of architectural grafting: leaning against this oriental folly, the cellars and vats have been rebuilt in the templates of the old farm buildings, with the collaboration of the ACMH, Alain-Charles Perrot.
Médoc is home to some of the world's greatest wines. For the Saint-Estèphe appellation, Cos d'Estournel, Grand Cru Classé, is the most famous. Not only is the wine one of the best, but the architecture of the winery (designed by Louis-Joseph Gaspard d'Estournel), whose famous pagoda roofs have earned it the nickname of the Maharadga of Saint-Estephe, is known beyond the borders. At the request of the owner Michel Reybier and his director Jean-Guillaume Prats, Jean-Michel Wilmotte has achieved one of his greatest successes in terms of architectural grafting: leaning against this oriental folly, the cellars and vats have been rebuilt in the templates of the old farm buildings, with the collaboration of the ACMH, Alain-Charles Perrot.
Our role is to put things on stage. We had to imagine a cellar theatre. The 70 stainless steel vats become the material and objects of a sculpture to be created. Our approach here was to find axes of symmetry, to put things in perspective, to regulate, to find a rhythm.
Our role is to put things on stage. We had to imagine a cellar theatre. The 70 stainless steel vats become the material and objects of a sculpture to be created. Our approach here was to find axes of symmetry, to put things in perspective, to regulate, to find a rhythm.
