A Bordeaux second growth chateau will be bottling wine under screwcap, it was revealed today, January 22, 2007.

United Kingdom wine merchant Bibendum said 12,000 bottles of Les Tourelles de Longueville, the second wine of Paulliac chateau Pichon-Longueville, will be bottled with the closure.

The Deluxe Stelvin-topped wines are destined for British restaurants and bars where Bibendum distributes Les Tourelles exclusively to the United Kingdom on-trade.

The wines will be officially released on 1 April but are available now. The first wines under the new closure will be from the 2004 vintage.

The move follows pressure by Bibendum on the producers and distributors of Pichon-Longueville to trial screwcap.