Château Rauzan-Gassies

france • bordeaux

The noble house of Gassies, a fiefdom of Margaux's lordship, had its origins in the 14th century. Three hundred years later, under the aegis of chevalier Pierre Desmezures de Rauzan, the flourishing wine history of the vineyard arose.

In 1763, Domaine de Rauzan was divided into two parts for inheritance reasons. It was then that Château Rauzan-Gassies emerged and signed its first wines. Considered as the prime of the Second Growths in the Margaux and Cantenac parishes, the Château was elevated to Second Growth (Deuxième Grand Cru) in the imperial classification of 1855.

Seduced by its noble terroir, Mr Paul Quié, a renowned wine enthusiast and Paris wine merchant, became its proprietor in 1946. Upon his death in 1968, his son, Jean-Michel, took command of the wine estate. Château Rauzan-Gassies then underwent a vast renovation programme, including the modernisation of the vinification building and complete replanting of the vineyard.

In 2000, his children, Anne-Françoise and Jean-Philippe, decided to take part in the family wine heritage. For 20 years now, they have continued to develop the Château by perpetuating the remarkable work carried out by previous generations. In 2012, a whole new focus generated a new prospective approach. Château Rauzan-Gassies acquires Château Bel Orme Tronquoy-de-Lalande located in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, the first vineyard purchased by Paul Quié in 1936 and the family home. This land acquisition extends Château Rauzan-Gassies' vineyard, for which each vine was planted by a member of the Quié family, to over 30 hectares in each the Margaux and Haut-Médoc appellations.

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