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Our Origins
Back in the Middle Ages there were two separate entities: The first, the “Tenure of Pellecahus” was to the East of the brook running through the property. The other was located on a hillock to the west and was known as the “Noble House of Lagrange de Monteil”. These two estates were to join in the seventeenth century, and so Lagrange was born.
Château Lagrange belonged to the same family for almost two centuries, thus maintaining its unity. One of its more charismatic characters was a certain Charles de Branne de Cours, who managed the domain from 1712 to 1746. In the heart of the viticultural revolution, he and his rich Bordeaux family (who also owned Mouton) were to make Lagrange one of the most beautiful Médoc properties. Charles de Branne was succeeded by his son. On the latter’s death it was his nephew, Jean-Baptiste Arbouet de la Bernède, who took over the property in 1771.
Jean-Baptiste Arbouet continued to develop the estate, modernising part of the facilities. The imposing vinification cellar dates back to this time.
In 1787, Thomas Jefferson, then United States ambassador, ranked Lagrange as a Third Classified Growth.
Jean-Baptiste d’Arbouet sold Lagrange to Jean-Valère Cabarrus, his wife’s nephew, in 1790. Coming from a renowned wine merchant family, Jean-Valère Cabarrus chose to develop the viticultural activity of the estate and built in a classic style the master house, on the site of the former manor.
When he died, the property was bought by an ally of the family, John Lewis Brown.
A New Era
Suntory’s chairman, Keizo Saji, and vice-chairman, Shinichiro Torii, decided to do the absolute maximum to allow the re-birth of this Grand Cru Classé.
Marcel Ducasse, graduate of the Bordeaux Institute of Oenology was recruited to undertake a total re-structuring of the property alongside Kenji Suzuta and then Keiichi Shiina. Over the first ten years the team at Lagrange undertook an ambitious renovation project, painstakingly working to regain the prestigious image this Cru had enjoyed in the past.
A re-birth was achieved over a total of more than thirty years of technical and human investments.
Today, Matthieu Bordes and his team are continuing to write Lagrange’s history, in a mindful quest for excellence, producing unique, distinguished wines of character, in keeping with the elegant Saint-Julien style.
拉拉貢莊園出產的酒擁有波爾多葡萄酒優雅而均衡的特徵,但增加了清爽、和諧以及一點點嬌柔感,賦予了拉拉貢莊園真實的個性。該酒莊的酒含有高比例的Petit Verdot,這是其中的一個特色。酒莊的副牌酒最初的時候非常宜人,是一款易飲的葡萄酒。梅洛的含量比正牌酒的要多一些,約是40%。使用30%到40%的新橡木桶和持續12個月的桶內陳釀賦予了副牌酒柔和的口感。
Chateau Lagrange
⭐Third Classified Growth in the 1855 classification
Completely situated in the village of SaintJulien, the vineyard of Chateau Lagrange represents 118 hectares in red vines, spread over two hills with
the slopes directed towards the North and the South, in one block. The subsoil is of clay and limestone and the topsoil is of pebbles and gravel. The
climate is temperate and oceanic
Les Fiefs de Lagrange
Created in 1983, “les Fiefs de Lagrange” is so much more than a second wine. Produced from young vines (with an average age of 30 years) and planted on fine gravel soils for the Cabernet Sauvignon and clay for certain Merlots.