Many wines are called the 'Wine of Kings' but that is literally true of Château Bastor Lamontagne. The estate once belonged to Louis XV, until he sold it to Vincent de la Montaigne, adviser to the parliament of Bordeaux, in 1711. But it was not until the Larrieu family (owners of Haut-Brion at the time) took over the property in 1839 that the estate's reputation for superb sweet wines was established.
Château Bastor-Lamontagne is a first-cl...
Harvest :Entirely picked by hand and requiring 4 to 6 pickings of each plot. Generally carried out from the 20th September to the first days of November.
Vinification : The wines of Château Bastor-Lamontagne ferment in barrel for 3 to 4 weeks at a controlled temperature of around 22/24°C. The wines reserved for Remparts de Bastor ferment in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats (22/24°C).
Ageing : From 13 to18 months in barrels, depending on the vintage. The second wine, Les Remparts de Bastor, is aged in vat and sometimes partially in barrels,
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