Francois Mitjavile
In a landscape that is increasingly dominated by foreign investors, philosopher-winemaker François Mitjavile is a unique figure: winegrower, cellar master and face of the company united in one person. After Mitjavile acquired the domain Tertre Rotebouef (Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux) through his in-laws in the late 1970s, he managed to acquire a position as the favorite of the great wine critics (including Robert Parker) in a relatively short time. A little later he bought the domain Roc de Cambes in Cotes de Bourg, where he also attracted attention with its typical combination of late grape harvest and intensive use of new oak. The “Domaine des Cambes” wine is also produced here, but the grapes come from a slightly colder vineyard located just outside Cotes de Bourg, right on the Gironde river (see image on label).