Winemaker
Bénédicte Hubau
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Fronsac, France
i. Biography
Winemaker at Château Moulin Pey-Labrie in Fronsac, France, Bénédicte Hubau is defined by a Right Bank brief that is exacting and plain: Old-vine Merlot, limestone-laden hillside vineyards, and wines shaped for fresh fruit, supple texture, and mineral tension. Her achievement rests in the discipline of the cellar and the vineyard, where detail is treated as structure rather than ornament.
The Honours
Among the named wines, Moulin Pey Labrie 2011 is identified as a flagship cuvée, giving the estate a clear marker for its central expression. Château Moulin Pey‑Labrie 2014 - Bordeaux carries another kind of weight: a deep, taut hillside Merlot patinated by time, cellar-worthy yet already open, precise, and elegant. The 2020 Château Moulin - Canon‑Fronsac, made from 100% Merlot, is described as powerful but fresh, with pepper, black fruits, and minerality. Pic vert adds a different contour to the range, a cuvée Hubau presented as raised on the mounds of Canon-Fronsac.
The Craft
Precision governs the work. At the Fronsac estate, the soils are worked without chemicals, the harvest is done by hand, grapes are sorted one by one, and vinification is handled parcel by parcel. In 2009, her wines were worked biodynamically, a detail that sits naturally beside the larger method: small-vat vinification, close parcel attention, and an effort to preserve freshness while drawing out the structure of the slopes. Long macerations, tight temperature control, and élevage are shaped to highlight fruit and mineral tension rather than blur them. The signature register is Old-vine Merlot with a mineral Right Bank accent. The wines are described through freshness, aromatic lift, supple texture, and a quietly serious backbone, with limestone-laden hillside vineyards and time in bottle central to their character.
The Career
Hubau's career is centered on Château Moulin Pey-Labrie, where she works as winemaker in Fronsac, France. The role is not presented through a sequence of posts, but through a focused body of estate work: biodynamic farming, parcel-led vinification, and Merlot shaped by hillside limestone. That concentration gives her wines their through-line. The flagship cuvée, the 2014 Bordeaux bottling, the 2020 Canon‑Fronsac Merlot, and Pic vert each point back to the same set of decisions: careful vineyard work, sorting by individual grape, and cellar choices designed to keep fruit, freshness, and mineral drive in tension.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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What is Bénédicte Hubau known for?
She is known for precise, terroir-focused Right Bank winemaking with long macerations, tight temperature control, and élevage shaped around fruit and mineral tension.
