Graves History For more than a hundred years, Chateau Haura consisted of two ancient adjoining properties in the commune of Illats : Hillot and Haura. This 15 hectare wine farm extends over two gravelly outcrops separated by a little valley. It has been known for a...
Grave History Clos Floridène today covers an area of 40 hectares in the Graves appellation ; mostly it lies on the limestone plateau of Pujols sur Ciron, near Barsac. A few portions are on the pebbly terraces of Illats. The name stems from the combination of the...
Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux History Reynon is in Béguey, near Cadillac, on a south-facing slope of the right bank of the Garonne. Part of this estate straddles the neighbouring commune of Laroque which consists of magnificent south east facing slopes and the ancient...
Sauternes History Chateau Cantegril is a 22 hectare plot on the chalky plateau of the Haut Barsac. It is located where once a fortified castle of the same name stood back in the Middle Ages. It belonged to the duke of Epernon and then to the lords of Cantegril, one of...
Barsac History On April 11th 1809 : Jean Jacques Emmanuel Daêne, a Bordeaux wine marchant, husband to Marguerite Dubosc, bought Doisy from this brother in law Bernard Duboscq who had in turn inherited it from his own parents. In 1875 the 3 sons of JJE Daene and...
