Wines classified in: Second Wine
Chapelle d’Ausone
First Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Emilion, Château Ausone is one of the oldest property in the Bordeaux vineyards. History is that it occupies the site of the magnificent villa that the poet and proconsul Ausone owned in Lucaniac (Saint-Emilion)....
Wine detailsBlason d’Issan
History The history of the estate is mainly a story of families, legacy and transmissions generation after generation. The first known reference of Issan dates back to the twelfth century during the occupation of Guyenne by the English. At this...
Wine detailsFugue de Nénin
History Château Nénin has been producing great wines in the heart of the Pomerol appellation, with the Grand Vin being produced only on the very best parcels, located on the plateau of Pomerol. The Delon family, historical owners of the...
Wine detailsChapelle de Potensac
History Château Potensac has a long family history. Indeed, this estate belongs to the Delon family since a very long time and has always been passed down from generation to generation by the women of the family. Today, the estate...
Wine detailsCarruades de Lafite
Histoire The historical origin of the name comes from the Carruades plateau, name of a set of parcels adjoining the rump of the castle and acquired in 1845 by Château Lafite. In the twentieth century, the Carruades are marketed separately...
Wine detailsCarmes de Rieussec
History In the history, and particularly in the 18th century, Domaine de Rieussec belonged to the monks of the Carmelites of Langon. The confiscation of the Domain to the revolution led to its sale in 1790 as “National Good” to...
Wine detailsLe Dragon de Quintus
History The history of Château Quintus was turned upside down in 2011 when the family business, Domaine Clarence Dillon, announced the acquisition of this beautiful property of 28 hectares in Saint Emilion. Château Quintus is located on a high promontory...
Wine detailsLe Clarence de Haut-Brion
History Le Clarence de Haut-Brion is the second wine of Château Haut-Brion, Premier Grand Cru Classé in 1855, and comes from the same vines as this one. The history of Château Haut-Brion, the oldest of Bordeaux’s Grands Crus, dates back...
Wine detailsChapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion
History The property owes its name, its origin and its old reputation to a historic congregation called “Congregation of the Mission” or “Lazarists”, founded in the seventeenth century by Saint Vincent de Paul. Since 1983, La Mission Haut Brion is...
Wine detailsLa Dame de Boüard
Château Clos de Boüard is above all a family history. The De Boüard family is known for its excellent mastery of winemaking processes: Hubert de Boüard de Laforest and Jean-Bernard Grenier are considered as the “re-creators” of Château Angélus. Indeed,...
Wine detailsLa Demoiselle de Sociando Mallet
History The history of the Château Sociando-Mallet dates back to the discovery of a document from March 1633 referring to noble lands in the municipality of Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, belonging to a family of Basque origin called Sossiondo. There is also a...
Wine detailsPichon Comtesse Réserve
The history of this estate began in 1686, when Pierre de Mazure Rauzan, rich merchant and bourgeois of Bordeaux, bought parcels of vines near the seigniory of Latour and created a vineyard, the Enclos Rauzan. A little later, his daughter...
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