Chateau Angelus
The estate has been owned by the Boüard de Laforest family since the Domaine de Mazaret was bequeathed to Comte Maurice de Boüard de Laforest in 1909, and expanded by the acquisition of Clos de L'Angélus in 1926 and a plot from...
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Chateau Arnauld
Located in the heart of the triangle formed by the celebrated appellations of Margaux, Moulis and Saint-Julien, Château Arnauld dominates the Haut-Médoc, which is no small thing to say. Vinified by François Thiel of Château...
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Chateau Arnauton
Having been a vigneron by trade within the family for a quarter of a century, Patrick Bernard – helped by his wife Sabine and his two daughters – created his own business in Landiras in 2001. This estate, which in the distant past...
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Chateau Ausone
Château Ausone is situated in Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France. Ausone is one of only two wines, along with Château Cheval Blanc, to receive the highest rank of Premier Grand Cru Classé (A) status in the...
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Chateau Barde-Haut
"We invested in Château Barde-Haut because we love the appellation," said Hélène Gracin-Lévêque, Gracin-Cathiard’s daughter, who oversees sales and marketing for the family business. "It is a small...
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Chateau Bastor-Lamontagne
Originally among the holdings of the French crown, it was given to a Bordeaux parliamentarian named Vincent de la Montaigne. Maps drawn up later that century evidence the existence of a vineyard, proving that viticulture was already active at this time...
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Chateau Beaumont
A fairly recent arrival in contrast to most other Bordeaux properties. The estate was a mixture of arable, pasture and moor-land owned by the Duc de Duras, marshal of France. In 1772 it was bought up by a certain Henri Labarthe who painstakingly cleared...
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Chateau Beauregard
The present Beauregard estate dates back to the 1700s, during which time the current chateau was constructed and viticulture was established on the estate. It was owned by the Beauregard family, this of course being the origin of the name. After the...
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Chateau Beausejour Becot
Once a vineyard cultivated by the monks of the Church of St-Martin during the Middle Ages, in the 17th century it was acquired by the Gerès family, the land then named Peycoucou. By marriage the estate came to the de Carle family, seigneurs of...
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Chateau Beausejour-Duffau-Lagarrosse
Château Beauséjour was once a vineyard cultivated by the monks of the Church of St-Martin during the Middle Ages. It was acquired by the Gerès family in the 17th century, the land then named Peycoucou. By marriage the estate came to...
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Chateau Bellefont Belcier
The BELLEFONT-BELCIER estate is very old and its history can be traced back to the XVII century. BELCIER is the name of an important family belonging to the nobility of Bordeaux and Libourne. Towards the end of the XVIII century Count Louis...
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Chateau Bellegrave
Originally from the Comtat Venaissin in the Vaucluse region of south-eastern France, it was in 1954 that Gabriel Meffre, a renowned nurseryman in search of places to sell his plants, discovered the Médoc and bought several estates in...
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Chateau Berliquet
Berliquet is presently managed by Patrick Valette, whose family used to own Chateau Pavie. Among others, Jancis Robinson has lauded his efforts, particularly drawing attention to his “delicate touch” in wine making. The estate is a St Emilion...
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Chateau Beychevelle
Under Henri III, Beychevelle was the fief of the Dukes of Epernon, particularly the first of them: Jean-Louis Nogaret de la Valette. This Admiral and Governor of Guyenne was all-powerful; according to legend, the boats that passed before his...
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Chateau Bouscaut
Viticulture began at the estate during the 18th century, though its reputation became established just before and after World War I. Under the ownership of Victor Place the 18th century chateau suffered a serious fire in 1962, and was rebuilt, before the...
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Chateau Boyd-Cantenac
Château Boyd-Cantenac is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of fourteen Troisièmes Crus (Third Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of...
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Chateau Branaire-Ducru
The estate’s history begins in the 1600s, when the land was part of the greater Beychevelle estate. The owner, Bernard de Valette, left behind him a massive arrangement of debts. In order to satisfy his creditors, Beychevelle was sold off and the...
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Chateau Brane Cantenac
Previously a reputed estate named Château Gorce (sometimes recorded as Gorse), its wine was sold at high prices and was listed as a second growth in pre-1855 classifications such as Cocks & Féret. It was acquired in 1833 by the Baron...
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Chateau Brown
The history of Chateau Brown reaches far back over the centuries, to when viticulture was predominant in the Graves long before the Medoc was even drained by Dutch engineers. In fact, there is some evidence to suggest that viticulture took place here as...
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Chateau Caillou
Bought by Joseph Ballan in 1909, today it is his granddaughter Marie-Josee Brousse and her husband Michel Pierre who manage the property. Chateau Caillou classified as Les seconds Crus years 1855, with its vineyard of 13 hectares, which has the same...
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Chateau Calon Segur
“Calon" is the name for a little river skiff used in Middle Ages to ferry timber across the Gironde estuary, which in turn gave its name to the district which was at one point known as Calones or Saint-Estèphe-de-Calon. In early times...
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Chateau Canon
Originally a small vineyard planted around the Church of St-Martin by Jean Biès in the early 18th Century, the estate was named Clos St-Martin, sold in 1760 to Jacques Kanon, probably the source of the name Canon. A true clos, the original 12...
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Chateau Canon-la-Gaffeliere
Although an old property with viticultural history dating back to the 17th century when the Comte de Malets-Roqueforts bought extensive real-estate, including the site of a leper colony, and rented out large parts to share-croppers. This vineyard came to...
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Chateau Cantermerle
The property has a long pedigree, with the first mention as early as 1147, of the Pons de Cantemerle. In the Middle Ages, the original chateau was part of a line of fortifications defending the banks of the left side of the river Gironde. Later, with...
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Chateau Cap de Mourlin
The Capdemourlin family, landowners in Saint-Emilion for over four centuries, have given their name to part of the commune, as well as their own wine estate. Prior to their arrival, this locality was called Artugon. It has now belonged to the same family...
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Chateau Charmail
The name Charmail comes from a noble Breton family, the Traveys de Charmail, who took up residence here in the 1500s. As a wine producing estate it became noteworthy for its quality at the beginning of the 1700s. In 1982 Olivier Seze took control of...
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Chateau Chasse-Spleen
Chateau Chasse-Spleen is the champion estate of Moulis, a relatively diminutive commune on Gironde’s left bank. It is nestled between St Julien to the north and Margaux to the south and this perhaps accounts for the fact that the 1855...
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Chateau Cheval Blanc
In 1832 Chateau Figeac sold 15 hectares to M. Laussac-Fourcard, including part of the narrow gravel ridge that runs through Figeac and neighbouring vineyards and reaches Chateau Pétrus.The result was Chateau Cheval Blanc which won international...
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Chateau Citran
Chateau Citran, classified a cru Bourgeois in 1932, is one of the most ancient feudal estates in the Medoc, with records going back to 1235. Citran is now in top form , fully expressing the soil's fine potential. The 90 hectares of excellent...
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Chateau Clos Floridene
Consisting of 31 hectares located in the calcerous plateau of Pujols sur Ciron, near Barsac in the Graves appellation, this estate has much to commend it. A few disparate plots are also located on pebbly terraces at Illats. Since 1982 Denis and Florence...
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Chateau Clos Fourtet
Originally erected as a defensive fort during the Middle Ages, the stalwart property is situated just opposite the main entrance to the town of Saint-Emilion. Viticulture began with the efforts of Leon Rulleau in the mid-1700s who then passed his...
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Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Louis Gaspard d’Estournel was born in 1762 during the reign of Louis XV and died in 1853 under Napoleon III, living through the French Revolution and Napoleon’s attempt to seize Europe. The inheritor of a few vines near the village of...
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Chateau Cos Labory
This estate first enters the historical record as Cos-Gaston, named after the Gaston family. The head of the family, Pierre Gaston, ran a smooth operation—of which commercial production of wine was no small part. His death in August 1777 meant the...
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Chateau Coutet
A first growth sweet wine producer from the Sauternes-Barsac appellation in Barsac. It is one of the oldest Sauternes producing vineyards. The history of this estate begins in 1643 when it was bought up by Charles le Guerin, Lord of Coutet, a...
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Chateau d'Angludet
The estate originates from the 12th Century at least, under the ownership of Chevalier Bernard d'Angludet when there was a manor house on the property.It came to a succession of owners such as the Donisan family, Rampnol de Corn, the Treulon family, the...
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Chateau de Camensac
Chateau de Camensac is a winery in the Haut-Médoc appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château de Camensac is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen...
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Chateau de Fonbel
Chateau de Fonbel is a very fine and elegant Grand Cru Classe from St Emilion, Bordeaux. Its prices are relatively low for a cru classe making it a real bargain considering it is owned and managed by Alain Vautier of nearby Chateau Ausone - whose...
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Chateau de Malle
The first traces of vines at Malle go back to the 15th Century. It is generally thought that until the middle of the 17th Century the white wines in the Sauternes region were actually dry wines, and the oldest known and direct reference to a vintage of...
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Chateau Desmirail
Towards the end of the 1600s the estate was under the ownership of a Jean Desmirail, having secured it as part of a dowry, brought by one of the Rauzan daughters.It was he who gave his name to the property, and his descendants retained ownership until...
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Chateau du Tertre
Located on the tertre (French for "hillock" or "rising ground") from which it takes its name, the ancient origins of Château du Tertre are traced back to the Seigneurie d'Arsac documented as early as 1143 whose descendants owned...
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucillou
The vineyards of Ducru-Beaucaillou were once a small part of a wider property called Beychevelle. With the death of Beychevelle’s proprietor, the Duc d’Epernon, Bernard de Valette, the estate was sold off in order to settle his outstanding...
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Chateau d’Issan
Chateau d’Issan is steeped in history; it has even been suggested that the estate lies on the site where the 15th century English army, having been defeated at Castillon, made their last stand. The chateau itself is less old, but few estates boast...
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Chateau Evangile
Chateau l’Evangile is situated on the plateau in the commune of Pomerol. It is wedged between the illustrious Chateau Petrus and the equally prestigious Chateau Cheval Blanc. During its murky origins the estate (up to the mid 1700’s)...
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Chateau Faugeres
The hamlet of Faugeres was inhabited at least as early as the 1500s, as attested to by the Renaissance window in a small stone house. It is the oldest building on the estate and in the following century there was a small hunting lodge in place. It was...
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Chateau Gazin
The estate was originally a farm belonging to the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta. The present day chateau was once a village in the 18th century and is located on a hospital built by the Knights to accommodate pilgrims on their way to...
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Chateau Gruaud-Larose
The hazy origins of the estate indicate that it was founded by a certain knight named Joseph Stainislas Gruaud, but it was his two descendents that began to form an estate that is recognisable today. One was a magistrate, the other a priest, and they...
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Chateau Kirwan
Chateau Kirwan (then La Terre Noble de la Salle) was once the property of Renard de la Salle, a nobleman of Bordeaux extraction. In 1710 the estate was sold to a Sir John Collingwood, a man who had made his fortune as a wine merchant in the Bordeaux...
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Chateau L'Arrosee
Chateau L'Arrosée was first listed in Le Feret among the Saint-Émilion premiers crus in 1868, when it belonged to Pierre Magne, Minister to Napoleon III. The outstanding situation and rich terroir could have ranked it among the Premiers...
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Chateau L'Eglise Clinet
Originally part of Château Clinet and Château Clos l'Eglise, in 1882 Mr. Mauléon-Rouchut brought these family holdings together to form Chateau L’Eglise Clinet.This formed a 14 acre vineyard surrounding the picturesque church of...
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Chateau La Dauphine
Once owned by the Moueix family, they sold the estate onto Jean Halley in 2001 - instead choosing to focus on their assets in Pomerol and Saint Emilion. It seemed that this maligned appellation of Bordeaux had forever lost its appeal back in the mid 20th...
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Chateau La Gaffeliere
Vines have been grown on this estate’s lands since the Gallo-Roman era and archaeology shows continual occupation since that point. The name itself derives from a leper hospital situated on the site – gaffet meaning leper in English. At...
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Chateau La Gurgue
The history of Chateau Gurgue and the village of Margaux have often crossed paths. One after the other, two owners of the vineyards were elected mayor of this famous village! The first was Mr Lanoire, who gave his name to the chateau for a time, and...
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Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion
A chateau located in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, located very close to the city of Bordeaux. In the early 16th century the land belonged to the family de Rostaing who planted the vines before passing it on to the Lestonnac family in 1540...
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Chateau La Pointe
Chateau La Pointe takes its rather geometrical name from the large pointed triangular vine plot located near the entrance of the estate. With its splendid two hectares of gardens and magnificent age-old trees, Chateau La Pointe has all the hallmarks...
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Chateau La Tour Blanche
Chateau La Tour Blanche is situated in the heart of The Sauternes Appellation. About 40 km south of Bordeaux, this appellation covers nearly 2100 hectares and encompasses the five villages of Barsac, Bommes, Fargues, Preignac and Sauternes. The merging...
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Chateau Labegorce
Labegorce has its origins in the large estate in the northern parts of the commune of Margaux owned by the Gorce family, as far back as the 1300s. The family started out as merchants but proved commensurate in climbing the social ladder, soon assuming...
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Chateau Labegorce-Zede
Unsurprisingly, Labegorce-Zede shares its origins with the nearby Chateau Labegorce, and so their early history is indistinguishable – they were both part of one estate. Originally owned by the Gorce family – a clan that worked its way...
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Chateau Lafite-Rothschild occupies the finest crests in Pauillac. Throughout the middle ages, up until 1798, the seigneurs of Lafite were the high administrators of justice in the country. It was through officers of their choice that they exercised this...
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Chateau LaFleur
As is common with Pomerol properties, the history behind this estate is sketchy and tracing its origins is especially difficult. Popping into the history records during the mid to late 19th century, it was in the possession of the Constant family...
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Chateau Lanessan
The earliest documentation incidate Dame Paironne la Montague, the widow of Henry de Lanessan, sold the estate on January 15, 1310 to Sieur de Blaignan. It was acquired in 1793 by Jean Delbos, previously a ship owner. In the 19th century Lanessan (then...
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Chateau Larcis-Ducasse
The vineyards of Saint Emilion are one of the most precious remnants of Roman civilisation. Even in the 4th century, the wines produced at Lucaniac (near Saint Emilion) were in demand in Rome. In the centuries that followed, it was the monks who...
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Chateau Lascombes
In the 1600s the estate belonged to Antoine, chevalier de Lascombes, and since then has kept his name. Some locals suggest the estate, which is situated on the highest knoll of Margaux, takes its name from "la côte" (French: height) via...
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Chateau Latour
Latour lies at the very south-eastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the .Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux, at its border with Saint-Julien The chateau has a history that reaches far back to the 14th century. An imposing fort was...
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Chateau Le Bon Pasteur
This Pomerol wine is situated on the Saint-Emilion border in a place known as Maillet. Seven hectares of Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines flourish along the historical Santiago del Compostella pilgrim route, where the famous Benedictine monastery was an...
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Chateau Leoville-Barton
The history of the chateau begins when the Barton family, descendents of the commensurate wine merchant Thomas Barton, acquired one third of the lands that were once part of the extensive Leoville estate.The estate had been divided up when the Marquis de...
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Chateau Lynch-Bages
The eponymous Thomas Lynch was the son of an émigré who settled in France in 1691. He inherited an estate in the village of Bages through his wife, Elizabeth, in 1749.Jean-Baptiste soon handed over supervision to his brother Michel who...
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Chateau Malescot St. Exupery
Wine had been produced on this land since 1608 and it is during the 1600s that the chateau as we know it came to be – sadly these origins are murky and details are scarce. In 1697 the estate was bought by Simon Malescot, King’s Counsel to...
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Chateau Margaux
The estate surrounding the area has been settled since the 1100’s with the area being the site for a fortress known as Lamothe (from motte, a small rise in the land). The first mention of wine production under the name “Margou or...
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Chateau Mazeyres
Château Mazeyres is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The winery is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Pomerol in the department Gironde. As all wine produced in this appellation, Château...
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Chateau Meyney
The historical record of this estate reaches back to the 1600s, but it is undoubtedly much older than this. It was at first the site of a convent – the Prieure des Couleys. Remnants of these early ecclesiastical buildings still remain. With the...
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Chateau Monbousquet
The estate and château originates from the late 16th century, and in the early 18th century the property came to the de Carle family, seigneurs of Château Figeac, while winemaking began at Château Monbousquet in the 19th century when...
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Chateau Mouton Rothschild, owned by Baroness Philippine de Rothschild and her children, is regarded as one of the world’s greatest wines. The story of Mouton is that of a magical combination of soil, climate and the devotion of one man, Baron...
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Chateau Nairac
A sweet wine producing estate in the Sauternes appellation in Gironde, the region of Graves. The modern day estate was once part of the holdings of a certain André Duranceau – a prosperous accountant native to the Bordeaux. He possessed...
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Chateau Nenin
An unusually extensive property when compared to other similar holdings in the Pomerol region. This chateau has been a firm favourite among the British Royal Family for a long time. It was owned by the Despujol family until 1997 when it was bought up...
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Chateau Palmer
This chateau’s origins can be traced back to the Gasq acquisition of 50 hectares from the Foix-Candale family in 1748. This land was formerly part of the ancient estate Chateau d’Issan. Though it had no association with a famous chateau the...
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Chateau Paloumey
Paloumey derives from a Gascon referring to the wood pigeon, a migratory bird called “palombe” in the South of France, going over our region in autumn, before reaching the warm lands of Spain. At the beginning of the 19th century...
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Chateau Pape Clement
This chateau is named after the eponymous wine growing pope. A man of the cloth named Bertrand de Goth was born in 1264. At the age of 31 he became Bishop of Comminges in the Pyrenees Mountains. Later he became Archbishop of the Bordeaux region in 1299...
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Chateau Pavie
A small winery lying on the plateau to the southeast of St-Émilion village. Like many other vineyards near St-Émilion it can trace its ancient roots back to Roman times, taking its name from the orchards of peaches (“pavies”)...
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Chateau Petrus
An estate that has, since the mid-20th century, undergone a meteoric rise. Its wines are some of the most highly sought after and expensive in the world, having become something of a showpiece in Michelin-starred restaurants; and yet this was not always...
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Chateau Peyrabon
Peyrabon is first mentioned in 1766, when Chateau Peyrabon appeared on the map of the Medoc drawn up by the French king’s royal cartographer, Pierre de Belleyme. At the time it was classified as a wine-growing estate in the village of Saint-Sauveur...
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Chateau Pichon Lalande
A splinter from the great Pichon estate, Pichon-Lalande dates back to the time of Bernard de Longueville, the son of Francois de Pichon and Catherine de Bavolier. The family assumed the Barony of Longueville when Bernard married Anne Daffis de...
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Chateau Pontet-Canet
Chateau Pontet-Canet first makes an appearance in the historical record in the early 1700s, when it was brought under the ownership of Jean-Francois Pontet; Pontet was an influential local politician and deputy to the Intendant of Guyenne. It was he and...
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Chateau Potensac
Originally under the aegis of the Liquards, Chateau Pinsac fell into the hands of its new owners with the marriage of Paul Delon to Liquard’s daughter. Unsurprisingly, the estate has flourished under the direction of the Delon family name &ndash...
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Chateau Poujeaux
Chateau Poujeaux’s history can be followed back to the e1500s, when it was under the ownership of Gaston De L’Isle, who also owned Chateau Latour and was responsible for the construction of the impressive, turreted Chateau de la...
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Chateau Puygueraud
A tiny appellation – a mere 450 hectares – situated on some of the steepest banks of the Gironde to the east of St Emilion. Unlike most of the Bordeaux, where viticulture precluded other forms of agriculture by the late 18th century, this...
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Chateau Quinault
A walled vineyard in the Libourne suburbs, located in what was until 1973 the satellite appellation Sables-Saint-Émilion, the past of Château Quinault is largely unknown but believed to have originated in the 17th century. In 1930 it was...
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Chateau Rauzan Segla
Rauzan Segla was once part of a much larger vineyard, from which Rauzan-Segla and one other Margaux second growth, Rauzan-Gassies, originate. The Rauzan estate was created by Pierre des Mesures de Rauzan who in 1661 purchased a large portion of the...
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Chateau Rieussec
Once owned by Carmelite monks, this estate is situated very close to the champion of sweet wines, d’Yquem. The origins of the name are sketchy, though it could be a compound of Ruisseau, the name of a stream which runs between Rieussec and...
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Chateau Rouget
A leading estate according to early editions of Cocks & Féret, the estate belonged to the mayor of Pomerol in 1804. It was bought by Marcel Bertrand in 1925 who passed on management of the estate to his nephew François-Jean Brochet in...
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Chateau Siran
Chateau Siran can first reliably be traced back to the 18th century, when the estate was in the hands of Francois Augustin Baron du Bosq, who had a daughter with Jeanne de Chaperon de Terrefort. In 1751 she married Count de la Roque Bouillac, a...
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Chateau Sociando Mallet
Never entered into the 1855 classification, this is one of those estates that can put its classified rivals to shame.In 2003 the estate again opted out of the Cru Bourgeois classification; the proprietor, Jean Gautreau, feeling that the petty politics...
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Chateau Suduiraut
The history of this estate first begins in the 17th century when the Suduirauts had something of an altercation with the local governor, the Duc’dEpernon, who levelled their property, thereby forcing them to go back to the drawing board. They...
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Chateau Trotanoy
Château Trotanoy, archaically Trop Ennuie, is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The winery is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Pomerol in the department Gironde. As all wine produced in this...
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Chateau Vieux Robin
Five generations of winemakers have worked on this estate from 1840, which was first called “Aux Anguilleys”, and then “Domaine des Anguilleys”, until the end of the Second World War. In order to fit into the distribution system...
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Chateau Yquem
Initially owned by the English crown, who was Duke of Aquitaine at the time, the lands were taken by Charles VII in 1453. In 1593 a descendent of a local noble family, Jacques Sauvage, was granted dominion Yquem. Even at this time small-scale and special...
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Dom Perignon
Dom Perignon champagne is produced only as a vintage, and only when climatic conditions favour the ideal balance of sugar and acidity in the grapes. Dom Perignon is made exclusively from white Chardonnay and black Pinot Noir grapes, the two noblest...
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Domaine de Chevalier
A relatively recent arrival in the ancient Bordeaux region, the estate was not so long ago an unremarkable patch of uniform forest. Today it is an enclave of exceptional wine, protected on all sides by an accommodating wall of trees. Archives from...
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Krug
Krug Champagne History Since 1843, with unique single-mindedness and sense of purpose, the Krug family has proudly cultivated the markedly individual character of their exceptional Champagne. Theirs is a living legend, a certain idea of excellence...
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Vieux Chateau Certan
The Vieux Chateau Certan estate is located in the heart of the Pomeral plateau. The vines are planted on the famed gunz terrace – one of the greatest wine-growing terroirs in the Bordeaux. Originating in the 1770s by the Demay family, it was...
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