Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Bordeaux

Château Sociando-Mallet 2016

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The history of Château Sociando-Mallet has its roots back in time, until the beginning of the seventeenth century, judging by the fact that it is possible to find official documents that attribute those lands to an aristocrat of Basque origin who was Sociondo’s surnamed. Over time Sociondo became Sossiondo and then Sociando, until 1831 when, after numerous changes of hands, the owner Marie-Elisabeth Alaret joined the name of the property to her grandfather one, the sea captain Achille Mallet, giving definitive origin to the Château Sociando-Mallet. [Read more…] about Château Sociando-Mallet 2016

Château Giscours 2005

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The undeniable charm that Bordeaux is able to arouse with enviable constancy, is one of the distinctive features that has allowed its wine trade to thrive over the centuries. This observation also applies to Château Giscours, a wine obtained from a landowner, in the area of Margaux, taken over by Pierre de l’Horme in 1552, and expanded progressively until 1571. [Read more…] about Château Giscours 2005

Château Pontet-Canet 2015

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As with almost all the more famous Château de Bordeaux, even for Pontet-Canet the story begins back in time, in the middle of the 18th century, when a French high magistrate, Jean-François de Pontet, buys some plots north of the village of Pauillac. To this original nucleus, in 1757, is added an entire property in the area of Canet, from whose name, associated with that of the owner, was officially born Château Pontet-Canet. [Read more…] about Château Pontet-Canet 2015

La Mission Haut-Brion 2006, Château La Mission Haut-Brion

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There are few wines that can boast such a long and fascinating history as that of Château La Mission Haut-Brion. It all started with the acquisition, by a merchant from Bordeaux, Arnaud de Lestonnac, of a plot of land in Pessac-Léognan, known as Arregedhuys, which will form the basis of both this Château and Château Haut-Brion. [Read more…] about La Mission Haut-Brion 2006, Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Essence de Dourthe 2005, Vignobles Dourthe

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To determine the origins of the Maison Dourthe it is necessary to go back to 1840, when a hotelier from Lit-et-Mixe, a charming coastal town halfway between the city of Bordeaux and the border with Spain, moved there to engage in a new wine business; that man was Pierre Dourthe. From one generation to another the trade continued to give satisfaction to the Dourthe family that, in 1929, bought Chtâeau Maucaillou, its first Château, laying the foundations for the development of a viticulture entirely based on the concept of terroir. [Read more…] about Essence de Dourthe 2005, Vignobles Dourthe

Château Léoville Las Cases 2010

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The history of Château Léoville Las Cases begins in 1638 when Jean de Motyie, a member of the Bordeaux Parliament, bought a plot, giving it the name of Château “Mont-Motyie”, and began to produce wine. This was a pioneer decision because, at the time, winegrowers in the Medoc, in addition to Château Margaux and Château La Tour de Saint-Lambert (the future Château Latour), counted on the finger of one hand. [Read more…] about Château Léoville Las Cases 2010

Château Duhart Milon 2010

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Château Duhart Milon, the famous Bordeaux winery born in Pauillac, has a pretty long history as, already at the beginning of 1700, its wines were known, under the name of Château Milon, and considered the second vin of Château Lafite. The property of the two Château, in fact, was the same, namely the Marquis Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur, defined by King Louis XV the “prince of wine”, because of his vast vineyards estates in Bordeaux. [Read more…] about Château Duhart Milon 2010

Château Batailley 2016

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According to historical records, the Château Batailley owes its name to a battle (in French bataille) held near this castle around 1452. It was a battle of historical importance because, on that occasion, the French troops managed to get back the nearby Château Latour and, from that point, began to set the stage, in the famous Hundred Years’ War, for the expulsion of English troops, after 300 years of domination, from Aquitaine. [Read more…] about Château Batailley 2016

Château d’Armailhac 2010

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Château d’Armailhac history has its roots in the past because as early as 1680 those lands, in the Bordeaux region, were owned by the brothers Dominique and Guilhem Armailhacq, as reported by a municipal register of the same period. Also, from official sources we know that the descendants began to plant vines in the family estate from 1750. [Read more…] about Château d’Armailhac 2010

Chateau Clerc Milon 2015

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The history of this Chateau begins with the expropriation of a vast property owned by the Lords of Lafite, sold as “national property”. The estate of Chateu Milon, which was part of that plot of land, was bought in 1789 by the Clerc family who put his surname there renaming it Chateau Clerc Milon. [Read more…] about Chateau Clerc Milon 2015

Chateau Leoville Barton 2010

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The Chateau Leoville Barton history begins in 1725 when an ancestor, the Irish Thomas Barton, decided to open a wine trading company in Bordeaux. From that moment the Barton family continued the business until 1826, when Thomas’ nephew Hugh bought a plot of the Léoville estate, and renamed it Léoville Barton. [Read more…] about Chateau Leoville Barton 2010

Chateau Léoville Poyferré 2006

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The history of Chateau Leoville Poyferré starts in 1638 when, in Bordeaux, Jean de Moytié started harvesting a vineyard knew as Mont-Moytié, held by Moytié family for almost 100 years. [Read more…] about Chateau Léoville Poyferré 2006

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