SGC La Liberté
The verdict
“It is a major evolution in the wine industry.”
Gérard Basset OBE, MS, MWWorld Champion Sommelier
“A scheme designed to kick the whole Bordeaux system where it hurts most.”
Jancis Robinson OBE, MWFinancial Times
“It is sublime.”
Michel BettaneLeading French wine critic
He tasted La Liberté Médoc 2015 beside five icons of Bordeaux and Tuscany, and ranked it first.
The wines
SGC La Liberté
Pomerol 2020 and Médoc 2018. Release price £175 a bottle.
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- One cuvée, or three bottles of each
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Good to know
Which wine should I choose?
The Pomerol 2020 is velvet and ripe plum, seductive young yet patient. The Médoc 2018 is graphite and blackcurrant, built for decades. The pair gives you three bottles of each.
How is the wine chosen?
Every parcel is mapped in the laboratory and rated from 0 to 20. Only soils scoring 15 or above are ever bottled for SGC La Liberté.
Is there a membership?
Yes. Our launch terms are reserved for the first 500 members. Leave your details to receive them.
Who can buy?
Adults of legal drinking age. You will be asked to confirm your age before payment.
The full story
The science of the soils, the two wines, the blind tasting with Michel Bettane, the tables that pour it, and the press.
How the wine is chosen
Science, not heritage
For generations, Bordeaux’s hierarchy has been defined by the château. SGC ranks the land instead. Every parcel is mapped in the laboratory across four pillars, then scored on a 20-point index.
Every parcel is rated from 0 to 20. Only soils scoring 15 or above are ever bottled for SGC La Liberté.
The two cuvées
Two soils, two wines
Pomerol 2020
Blue clay and gravel over iron-rich crasse de fer hold water and warmth, giving Merlot its velvet: ripe plum, truffle and a long mineral line, seductive young yet patient.
Ripe plum · Black cherry · Truffle · Spice · Iron minerality
- Blend
- Merlot 95%, Cabernet Franc 5%
- Alcohol
- 13.8%
- Ageing
- 18 months, new French oak
- Drinking window
- 2025 – 2040+
Médoc 2018
Gravel over clay-limestone drains fast and forces the vine to dig, concentrating the fruit into structure, graphite and blackcurrant built for decades.
Blackcurrant · Graphite · Cocoa · Floral
- Blend
- Cabernet Sauvignon 55%, Merlot 40%, Petit Verdot 5%
- Alcohol
- 14%
- Ageing
- 16 months, 40% new French oak
- Drinking window
- 2025 – 2040+
Judged in the glass
Beside five icons
Tasting with Michel Bettane, 2015 vintage: La Liberté Médoc served beside five great wines of Bordeaux and Tuscany.
- SGC La Liberté, Médoc1st
- Château Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien2nd
- Château Palmer, Margaux3rd
- Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien4th
- Sassicaia, Bolgheri5th
- Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac6th
Results as recorded at the tasting.
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Poured for the world’s best
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What collectors say
4.6 on Vivino
Community rating across SGC cuvées.
“Amazing wine. A mystery in a blind tasting. Blew the socks off everything.”
“Exceptionally smooth and certainly one of the best vintages”
Goldman Sachs interviews Arnaud Christiaens
Why I founded SGC
“We analyse the land itself, parcel by parcel, layer by layer, and place every soil on the same twenty-point scale. The land is a patchwork, and we select only its exceptional parts.”
Do not rank the label. Rank the soil.
“Science tells us where a great wine may begin. It does not decide where the journey ends: that belongs to the glass. So we serve our wines blind, beside the great names of Bordeaux, with no reputation to influence the result.”
Arnaud Christiaens, founder, SGC Wine Estates
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SGC La Liberté
Ranked by the great soils.
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