In 1992, his daughter, Marie-Laure took over. With a wine making degree in handand 6 years experience under her wing working on her father’s other domains,she knew all the blocks that made up the domain like the back of her hand.

The first investments she made were in thevineyard: heightening the trellising in order to increase the leaf canopy,replacing, ripping up and planting new vines.

In 1999, Emilie Roullé, an agronomist,became the vineyard manager. Her work showed results quickly: the 2003 vintageearned the Terra Vitis certification. This consolidates the viticulturalchoices made that respect the environment.

The classification of the 2003 Crus Bourgeois in June finally gave Château LaTour de Bessan the official status of Cru Bourgeois.

The investments also included the cellars:in 1999 we renovated a building dating back to 1934.

It now houses an ergonomic cellar, the barrel maturation cellar and a tastingroom. This contemporary building tastefully designed by the architect VincentDefos du Rau from Toulouse is evidence of the domain’s dynamic spirit and itsconstant striving for higher quality.