Serge Charritte

The Path

At Château Hannetot, Serge Charritte works as oenologist and winemaker through the cellar’s quiet routines and the vineyard’s seasonal cadence. The craft here is one of observation and adjustment: tasting, blending, and vinifying with enough restraint to let the estate’s character come through without forcing it. His practice centers on reading what the vineyard gives and translating it into wine with clarity. At Château Hannetot, Serge Charritte’s work is built on that balance between technique and instinct: keeping the process disciplined, while staying close to the material in front of him.

The Work Today

“The investments are significant and the first wine, the fruit of our new vision of the vineyard, is a promise of pleasure and quality.”

In Their Words “"The Hannetot project appeals to me, because here I am once again in my favored territory: the Pessac-Léognan appellation. It is also a human-sized estate that has potential."” “"It is inspiring. The investments are significant and the first wine, the fruit of our new vision of the vineyard, is a promise of pleasure and quality."”

Acclaim

The focus in Serge Charritte’s own account stays on appellation, scale, and method. That is where the craft sits: in a defined place, on a manageable estate, with enough room for technical work to matter. At Château Hannetot, the Pessac-Léognan frame and the estate’s size shape a kind of winemaking that depends on close reading and disciplined choices. Charritte describes the project in practical terms, and the register fits the work. Investments, a new vision of the vineyard, and the first wine point to a site being developed step by step. The strength of the approach lies in that pace: precise decisions made over time, aimed at structure, balance, and a clear expression of place.