Château Guiraud

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The Château Guiraud winery is located in the municipality of Sauternes , part of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Sauternes in the Bordeaux wine-growing region . In the Bordeaux wine classification of 1855 , it was classified as "Premier Cru Classé". The estate has 128 hectares of land, 100 hectares of which are devoted to viticulture .

The Sémillon grape variety has the largest share with a planted area of ​​65 percent. In addition, 35% Sauvignon Blanc is added, a proportion that is extremely high compared to other wineries in the region. The average age of the vines is 35 to 45 years and the density of the forest is 6,660 vines / hectare. The harvest is carried out by hand in two to six harvest stages in order to select the noble rotten berries. The wine is aged for 18 to 24 months in barriques , which are 100% renewed annually. From Grand Vin nearly 100,000 bottles are filled annually. In the 1991 and 1993 vintages , however, no Grand Vin was bottled because the result did not meet the quality requirements and an artificial concentration of the wine by means of cryo-extraction does not correspond to the quality philosophy. 85 hectares of vineyards are usually available for the Grand Vin.

The second wine has been called Petit Guiraud since 2011 (previously Le Dauphin de Chartreuse de Coutet ). The estate also markets a dry white wine called G de Guiraud .

history

The early history of the estate is unknown. The estate was initially known as La Maison Noble du Blaye . Initial records tell of owners from the Essenault family, who also owned lands from which Château d'Issan was to emerge. The Maison Noble du Blaye was inherited from Catherine Essenhaut to her daughter Marie-Angélique and later to her brother Joseph Chevalier de Mons. Joseph bequeathed the property to his nephew Léonard-Joseph de Mons de Saint Poly. On February 22, 1766, he sold the estate to Pierre Guiraud, a dealer from Bordeaux, for £ 53,000.

In 1799, Pierre bequeathed the property to his son Louis Guiraud, who significantly expanded the size and prestige of the property. In 1837 his son Pierre-Aman Guiraud took over the management of the estate. However, since he had to make a substantial compensation payment in favor of his sister in the course of the division of the estate, the property was not sustainable for him and he had to cede it to a bankruptcy administrator on July 17, 1846. On September 7, 1846, JB Dupons, A. Coutereau, C. Caubet, JA Depons and A. Ardusset took over the estate.

Since July 20, 2006, Château Guiraud has been owned by Robert Peugeot, Olivier Bernard, Stephan von Neipperg and Xavier Planty.

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