Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey
Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey is one of the most famous wineries for the production of the sweet wine of Sauternes . The winery is located in France in the immediate vicinity of Château d'Yquem , on the highest point of the district of Bommes . The vineyards are at a height of 50 m to 88 m .
At the time of the classification of 1855 , the vineyards still belonged to the Château Peyraguey. Even then, the highest areas were named Clos Haut-Peyraguey. The estate enjoys the rank of Premier Cru.
The 17 hectare winery is planted 90% with the Sémillon grape variety and 10% with Sauvignon Blanc . 12 hectares are intended for the production of Premier Cru wine, 5 hectares are marketed as a second wine under the name Château Haut-Bommes . The wine is aged for 18 months in barriques , 50% of which are renewed annually.
history
The origins of the estate are in the dark. It is only known that from 1618 the citizen Raymond Peyraguey owned an estate and extensive lands in Bommes. Château Peyraguey was bought on July 17, 1742 by Baron Nicolas-Pierre de Pichard, then President of the local Parliament of Bordeaux . De Pichard later also owned the Coutet and Lafite wineries . During the French Revolution , de Pichard was executed on June 30, 1794 and the estate became state property. For almost 2 years, the winery known as Château Pichard-Peyraguey was leased to a local winemaker called Vignon. On June 22nd, 1796, Mr. Lafaurie bought the estate and its lands for 79,500 francs. Lafaurie gave the winery a great reputation. In 1837 Lafaurie bequeathed the winery to his two sons. In 1860 a widow Lafaurie married the journalist and writer Jean Saint-Rieul-Dupouy. He made the winery known at the Spanish royal court and contributed to the increasing popularity of the wines of Peyraguey. King Alfonso XII of Spain was a great admirer of the wines of Château Pichard-Peyraguey. However, the couple sold the winery in 1865 to Count Duchâtel, a former interior minister of Ludwig Philip I and a member of the Institut de France and owner of Château Lagrange .
After his death in 1879, Château Pichard-Peyraguey went to his granddaughter Charlotte de Trémoille and was split up shortly afterwards. The now independent part of Clos Haut-Peyraguey went to a pharmacist from Paris, Mr Grillon, while the larger part was taken over by the dealers Farinel and Grédy under the name of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey .
In 1914, Eugène Garbay, the owner of Château Haut Bommes, bought the winery together with the Bordeaux wine merchant Ferdinand Ginestet (and then owner of Château Margaux ). While Garbay bequeathed his share to his grandchildren, Bernard and Pierre Pauly, the shares of Ginestet went to a family management company. The management company is still the owner of the winery today. The estate has been managed by Jacques Pauly and his wife Jacqueline since 1969.
literature
- Charles Cocks, Edouard Féret, Bruno Boidron: Bordeaux et ses vins . 18th edition. Èdition Féret et Fils, Bordeaux 2007, ISBN 978-2-35156-013-6 .
- Horst Dippel : The wine lexicon . 3. Edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-596-13826-4 .
- Robert Parker : Parker's Wine Guide (= Collection Rolf Heyne ). Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-16305-2 .