Since 1949
A family story
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Château Molhière
Château Molhière is a historic family estate on the highest hillsides of Duras. Overlooking the Château des Ducs, it covers 15.10 hectares, with all its wine produced under the Côtes de Duras Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC).
Château Molhière is a historic family estate managed until 2014 by the two winemaking brothers Patrick and Francis Blancheton. Located in Duras, the property covers 15.10 hectares, with all its wine produced under the Côtes de Duras appellation.
35,000 bottles are sold each year across three ranges. The remaining wine is sold through longstanding wine merchant partners.
Sales channels: 2% exports, 10% cafés, hotels and restaurants, 18% wholesale distributors and 70% private customers.
Our wines feature in the press and internationally renowned specialist guides: Guide Hachette, Gault & Millau, Revue des Vins de France, Cuisine et Vins de France, Pèlerin, Chasseur Français and more.
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From our beginnings to today
Our history
In the 16th century, a man named Lamolhière came to help repopulate the region after the wars. The Duke of Duras granted him land in the parish, where he planted vines. The Lamolhière family became Protestant; in 1687, they were arrested and sent to the galleys to row in the King’s service. With no tenant left, the land became the Duke of Duras’s property, as shown by a flag on the Belleyme map, the land survey of the time. The house became a hunting lodge.
In 1950, Claude and Christiane Blancheton, the parents of Francis and Patrick, bought the property. They were the first winegrowers in Duras to bottle their wine.
In 1987, Francis and Patrick joined their parents in the business. Francis handled sales, while Patrick took charge of winemaking and estate management. Their parents retired in 1993. Over the years, the estate grew from 8 to 30 hectares, driven by the brothers’ specialist training and attachment to their terroir. Francis retired in 2014, leaving Patrick at the helm.
In 2025, Patrick restructured the estate, reducing its area from 30 to 15.10 hectares.
Our commitment
A shared vision for four generations
- 15.10hectares of vines
- 1949a family history
- 100 %AOC Côtes de Duras
The team
A family of winemakers
Patrick Blancheton
Élisabeth Blancheton
Francis & Yannick Blancheton
Alexandre Blancheton
Charles Blancheton
Welcome to the cellar
Direct sales
The owners warmly welcome you to their barrel cellar.
Open all year, Monday to Saturday, 9 am to noon and 2 pm to 7 pm. Visits on Sundays and public holidays are possible by appointment on +33 6 86 57 49 51.
Distribution: cafés, hotels and restaurants, wine shops, mail order and private customers. Exports: Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Caledonia, Great Britain and Belgium.
Groups of up to 15 people are welcome. Tastings in the barrel cellar and estate tours are available by appointment.
At the estate
Wine tasting
All our wines are available to taste to help you make your choice.
Between the Bordeaux and Bergerac vineyards, Château Molhière makes, ages and bottles dry white, red and rosé AOC Côtes de Duras wines, combining ancestral expertise, passion and modern technology.
Patrick and Élisabeth Blancheton, independent winemakers, practise responsible viticulture that respects the land. Discover their powerful, aromatic wines at the estate, with a free guided tasting in a traditional barrel cellar.
Sauvignon is ideal as an aperitif and pairs beautifully with fish and seafood. The first bottles were released in 1967, when Patrick and Francis’s parents ran the estate.
Book a visitBetween Bordeaux and Bergerac
Côtes de Duras
One of France’s oldest appellations, between Bordeaux and Bergerac.
From the Château de Duras, on the limestone outcrop that forms the prow of our small hills, facing the plain that leads to Bordeaux and the ocean, we have tended vines for generations and made wines with an age-old reputation.
Our history, that of the Dukes of Duras and of the farmers and settlers who populated and cultivated our valleys, is a story of hard work, determination and passion.
Under the decree of 16 February 1937, Côtes de Duras was among the first vineyards awarded Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée status, recognising the authentic character of its wines.
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