1840
Pierre Dourthe, who was a hotelier in Lit-et-Mixe (a village located in the South of Bordeaux), opens a winemerchant business in Bordeaux.
He was quite possibly totally unaware that thanks to his direct descendents, the Dourthe name would one day be associated throughout the world with the great wines of Bordeaux.
1870
His eldest son Jean takes over the business and settles in Bordeaux.
1929
The fourth generation, Roger an...
From the nine estates which make up the Dourthe vineyards in Bordeaux, four prestigious châteaux located within Bordeaux’s most iconic terroirs also play their part in the creation of Essence de Dourthe. In the Haut-Médoc, Château Belgrave, which was granted Grand Cru Classé status in 1855, is an extensive, classic estate, comprising 59 hectares of magnificent gravel soils of varying depths. Here Cabernet Sauvignon thrives on the deep gravel p...
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