History
Since at least the 1870s, the vine has been cultivated on the estate, indeed, we find a trace of Château Bournac in the book "Le Médoc et ses vins" by "Théophile Malvezin et Edouard Féret", in 1876 the property produced already 50 barrels of wine. On October 30, 1915, the owners' son was declared dead for France, and without a buyer, the property was gradually abandoned.
The SECRET family arrived at the head of the property in 1970, after having cultivated cereals in "Picardy", Pierre SECRET moved to "Civrac en Médoc" where he bought the property. The vineyard with plots of red grapes and others of white grapes, is under the brambles, the buildings partly in ruins. The Castle was bought a few years ago by an architect who rebuilt it entirely.
Pierre SECRET and his sons, while restoring the buildings, planted the first plots of vines in 1975 until reaching 14 Ha in 1980, the property was classified "Cru Bourgeois" in 1979.
In 1980, the two eldest sons, “Hubert and Didier SECRET” created their own farm, the “Château La Chandellière” classified Cru Bourgeois in 1989, and reached 31 Ha in the 2000s.
In 1990 Bruno Secret succeeded his father and remained on the family property until 2008, in 2003 the cru had been classified "Cru Bourgeois Supérieur" (see annex). Bruno's departure gives way to the new generation "Guillaume and Thibaud SECRET" the two eldest sons of Didier, who settle with their father "Didier" and their uncle "Hubert" by bringing together the two farms under the same company: "GAEC DE CAZAILLAN", while keeping their two vinification and aging sites well separated, only the storage of wines in bottles and packaging are shared.
In 2017, the château on the “Château Bournac” property was put up for sale, and Guillaume and Thibaud acquired it so that they could once again attach it to their original farm, and made it a gîte, which enabled them to '' offer a wine tourism activity to the farm by hosting their customers and tourists who come to see the Médoc vineyards and the coasts.