A single glass of wine per vine: that is the ideal yield when making a Sauternes wine, thanks to a very painstaking selection of grapes. In our impatient, money-obsessed times, that might appear extravagant. A unique elixir, «drunk light,» as Frédéric Dard described it, Sauternes is today weakened by the reduction in dedicate...
Built in 1306 par by cardinal Raymond Guilhem de Fargues, Château de Fargues came into the de Lur family in 1472 via marriage, and has been owned by the de Lur Saluces family since 1586.
The Gironde department, located in southwest France (and the country’s largest in terms of appellation contrôlée wine production), is home to one of the oldest fine wine vineyards in the world: Bordeaux. The Bordeaux wine region encompasses some 117,000 hec...
Located 40 km south-east of this city designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Sauternes appellation is home to the world’s greatest sweet white wines. Sauternes has a highly-individual terroir and a microclimate conducive to the development of a mysterious phenomenon – “noble rot” that attacks the grapes makes the wine into something altogether special. Surrounding the village of Fargues, the vineyards of Château de Fargues are located...
The Sauternes produced by Château de Fargues is the result of outstanding gifts of nature and the motivation – one might even say the stubbornness – of a family devoted to fine wine, and an attentive, enthusiastic winemaking team.
It takes four years to produce wine at Fargues, and work is constantly being done simultaneously on four vintages at any one time.
This is how the refinement and delicious taste sensations are procured at Château d...
In the past, winemaking was a secondary activity at Fargues. In the 19th century, for instance, red and white wine grape varieties together accounted for only 10% of the estate’s surface area. Wine was considered just a simple beverage, and grapes just another crop, mostly grown to make wine to be consumed on the estate. At the time, livestock farming and forest management were the main activities at Fargues, which only became a true wine châ...
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