Le Ton Rouge
4Released only when ready to drink — ready for the table.
Unadorned fruit. Vertical, precise and full of inner tension.
0.75 L bottle · €15,00
Le Ton Rouge is the wine that emerges when you let things take their course. It begins where the planned composition ends – and...
Le Ton Rouge seeks the unobstructed frequency of the terroir. The deliberate, restrained use of oak serves not to shape but to focus – to give the fruit room without masking it.
The flavour profile
Ten years of ageing
The 2016 vintage was characterized by a very rainy season until May. Flowering proceeded correctly and uniformly. The dry conditions from June until harvest favored a slow and even ripening of the grapes. The weather conditions ensured an excellent degree of ripeness.
Optimal drinking window2020 – 2030
Pour at serving temperature.
Where it comes from
3 Grape varieties
Each plot is vinified separately; only at the end does the cuvée emerge. More about our terroirs.
Aged in our own cellar.
Aged under control in barrel and vinified plot by plot — then the years of bottle rest in our own cellar, until we consider the wine ready to drink.
In the tradition of modern oenology
Aux Conseillans was for decades the domaine of Jean Ribéreau-Gayon — one of the co-founders of modern oenology, founder of the Institute of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux (1949) and longtime owner of the estate. We work in this tradition: each plot analysed and vinified separately, the ageing guided under control, the release only after proven readiness to drink.
Why we take the trouble
Released only when ready to drink
We bring a vintage to market only when it is ready to drink. We carry the ageing risk.
Composed plot by plot
Each plot is vinified separately; only at the end do we compose the cuvée from them.
Time as an ingredient
Depth needs time. We give the wines the years in barrel and bottle that they need.
Organic & HVE4
The Domaine's vineyards are certified organic and HVE4, embedded in a 19-hectare ecosystem of woodland, meadows, water and vines.
Dishes that pair well
A selection from our recipe kitchen, matched to the structure and maturity of this wine.
We release each wine only when we most like to drink it ourselves.Marc & Ellen Ruhland
The Coffret Dégustation
Three movements of the Suite in one box — Sarabande 2015, Gigue 2016 and Louré 2024. A first path through our wines.
Edition of 4711 bottles. Shipped directly from the Château — climate-controlled storage in our own cellar.
For us, time is an ingredient.