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  • Wine average?

    90 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    763
  • Region Ranking?

    428
  • Popularity ranking?

    230

History

The history of the estate began in 1310 under the reign of Edward King of England and Duke of Guyenne. In 1793, Château Lanessan’s 24 hectares (59 acres) of vines were bought by Jean Delbos, a former ship owner, who wanted to grow wine with the help of his son Louis.

Château Lanessan sits on top of a mound of deep Garonne gravel on the edge of the Saint-Julien appellation area in the territory of the Haut-Médoc AOC. e view over the vineyards is what makes this place so unique.

Between 1878 and 1887, the estate really took o under the management of André Delbos, who gave Château Lanessan a new lease of life by building a pioneering vathouse and stables, which today house the magni cent saddlery and the family collection of period carriages. Horses have always been another passion on the estate.

The beautiful 8-hectare (20-acre) park was also designed at this time, featuring a really picturesque garden made up of Dutch greenhouses and a profusion of owers. e park is wonderful for walks as well as for riding on horseback or in a horse-drawn carriage. 

 

Antoine de Saint Exupery’s famous quotation takes on real meaning here. In 1907, Mr. Delbos’s daughter, Marie Louise, married Etienne Bouteiller. In the 1960’s, one of her sons, Jean, was o ered a fantastic opportunity and bought Château Lachesnaye and Château de Sainte Gemme in the commune of Cussac-Fort Médoc. ese two acquisitions enabled him to develop the estate substantially and to build a solid foundation for a family entreprise.

Today the Bouteiller estate is a uniform island of 75 hectares (185 acres) of vines in a single plot in the middle of 145 hectares (358 acres) of woodland. For two centuries, the Bouteiller family has con rmed its ambition by producing every year wines with a clearly asserted personality that are elegant and harmonious and have remarkable keeping qualities. 

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Vineyards

On this little Medoc island three wines are produced that fully respect this superb gravel terroir and today the team is focussing all its energy on making and promoting them. ey are Château Lanessan, its second wine Les Calèches de Lanessan launched in 1999 and Château de Sainte Gemme.

New winegrowing and winemaking techniques have been implemented to ensure that these wines are of uniformly faultless quality, guaranteeing our customers’ enjoyment, while faithfully representing the values of this terroir and remaining characteristically Medoc. 

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Winemaking

For eight generations, Château Lanessan has been at the heart of the Bouteiller family.

To allow Mr. Hubert Bouteiller to enjoy a well-earned retirement, the family did not think twice about hiring someone in. ey chose a woman, Paz Espejo, to introduce a little new energy and a modern approach. Since August 2009, she has been managing the property with masterly skill.

Having followed a career both in winegrowing and sales and displaying a personality that certainly stands out, Paz Espejo has no di culty in taking the lead in this very male-oriented world. Paz Espejo is a true epicurean and very passionate about wine and the Bordeaux area.

With Eric Boissenot, the established oenologist of the property, who took over from his father Jacques in 2004, at her side, she took responsibility for the harvest and making the wines from the 2009 vintage onwards. In 2015, she decided to strengthen her team by calling in the owner of Château Angélus, Hubert de Boüard, alongside Eric Boissenot to bene t from all his expertise and knowledge in vine husbandry. 

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