The estate produces a red and a dry white grand vin. Mont-Pérat has for long remained relatively unknown, though the estate was mentioned in the second edition of Féret in 1864, it has more recently been described as a wine that could pass for being much more expensive.[2]
The estate was acquired by the Despagne family in 1998, also proprietors of the considerably more fashionable and higher priced Merlot based wine Girolate.[2]
The 2001 Château Mont-Pérat was featured in the first volume of the mangaLes Gouttes de Dieu, where it was compared to a concert with Queen. Unprecedented popularity followed, and there was such overwhelming response by Asian wine importers to secure the wine that led the owners to unplug their phones.[3][4] A Taiwanese importer sold 50 cases of Mont-Pérat in just two days.[5][6]
References
^Peppercorn, David (2003). Bordeaux. London: Mitchell Beazley. p. 557. ISBN1-84000-927-6.