The clay-limestone hillsides of Monbazillac in the south of the Dordogne share with the neighbouring hillsides of Colombier, Rouffignac de Sigoulès, St Laurent des Vignes and Pomport, the good fortune and honour of producing the fine, sweet, perfumed and heady wine known throughout the world as MONBAZILLAC.
La Barde Vineyard covers 55 hectares in Monbazillac - for the Château de Rauly - and at Rouffignac de Sigoulès for the Château Les Cailloux.
Château Rauly is situated on a north-facing, clay hillside.
Château Les Cailloux is perched on the southern plateau of the appellation on a clay-limestone soil.
The estate produces wines which fall under five different Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée :
• Monbazillac
• Bergerac Red
• Côtes de Bergerac Sweet (Moelleux)
• Bergerac Rosé
• Bergerac Dry White

Vineyard working methods are traditional and, as of several years ago, environmentally friendly.