Château de Barbe Blanche
An Ideal Romantic Setting
The vineyards of Château de Barbe Blanche are ideally situated on a clay-limestone hillside 87 m above sea level on the slopes of Saint-Émilion. It is one of the benchmarks of its appellation. Its bucolic character and history make this 28-hectare estate a romantic setting, currently undergoing conversion to organic farming.
Château de Barbe Blanche also boasts a superb 19th-century underground quarry that holds many secrets. In the vineyard, Merlot is king and Cabernet Franc is runner-up. They produce racy, fine, deep wines of great elegance, just like the wines of the Saint-Émilion region.
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Château de Barbe Blanche | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
At Château de Barbe Blanche, the word "terroir" takes on its full meaning. Situated in the heart of the Lussac-Saint-Émilion appellation, the vineyard is planted on a plateau of asteriated limestone, typical of the Saint-Émilion region. This rock provides ideal conditions and contributes to the high quality of its wines. The wine is full-bodied on the mid-palate, with a mellow tannic structure, roundness and hints of lightly toasted fruit. It is a fine, elegant wine with good ageing potential.
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BB de Barbe Blanche BB de Barbe Blanche | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
The second wine of Château de Barbe Blanche, BB de Barbe Blanche was born in Lussac, on the slopes bordering the famous Saint-Émilion limestone plateau. Here it finds ideal conditions: a terroir of limestone and alluvial clay, a microclimate with moderate rainfall and hot summers, perfectly oriented plots benefiting from perfect drainage.
BB de Barbe Blanche is a generous, velvety wine, full of deliciousness, made from fruit with great delicacy, and accessible from its earliest years.
BB de Barbe Blanche is a generous, velvety wine, full of deliciousness, made from fruit with great delicacy, and accessible from its earliest years.
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Château Tour de Ségur | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
Another cuvée from the Barbe Blanche estate, Château Tour de Ségur also benefits from a remarkable terroir. Crafted on the fruit, with great delicacy throughout the winemaking process, it is a charming, fresh and precise wine. Its expressive nose of ripe strawberries and red berries with a hint of vanilla, combined with its fine tannins, make it very approachable.
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Cœur Perdu | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
Cœur Perdu is a single-vineyard micro-cuvée from Château de Barbe Blanche. The cuvée's name refers to the writings found in the Barbe-Blanche quarries during the passage of American soldiers during the First World War. At the time, there were many stories of love affairs, sometimes impossible, between these soldiers and local girls. This confidential wine is made from the oldest Bordeaux grape variety, Cabernet Franc. Born of old vines planted on a remarkable clay-limestone terroir, this historic grape variety offers us here its finest expression. Very well-balanced and elegant, this wine has a beautiful aromatic complexity, with notes of black fruit (cherry), mixed with subtle chocolate flavors. Only 1,200 bottles produced each year.
Technical sheet
Vintage
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Château de Barbe Blanche Cuvée Henri IV | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
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Château Prieuré Lalande | Red
AOC Lussac-Saint-Emilion
Château Prieuré Lalande is one of the most reliable wines in the Lussac-Saint-Émilion appellation. Ideally situated on a clay-limestone rise in Lussac, this estate benefits from the expertise of a team focused on producing wines of the same complexity and quality as the great châteaux of nearby Saint-Émilion.
The history of the Château
Château de Barbe Blanche is located not far from the Gallo-Roman villa of Lucciacus (hence the appellation lussac-saint-emilion), where excavations attest to the early cultivation of vines. The estate is the heir to a long and rich history…
Legend has it that the wines of Barbe Blanche were much appreciated by Henri de Navarre, the future Henri IV (victorious in the 1587 battle of Coutras) and owner of the Châtellenie de Puynormand, inherited from his mother Jeanne d’Albret.
Owned in the 18th century by the Favereau family, lawyers at the Bordeaux Parliament, Barbe Blanche was judiciously farmed and produced highly esteemed wines, notably for the monks of the powerful nearby Cistercian abbey of Faize.
Transferred around 1800 to the Jay-Bodet family, bourgeois from Abzac, some of whose members distinguished themselves at the Comices agricoles of this Saint-Emilion region, the Barbe Blanche vineyard continued to develop on the best terroirs.
The underground quarry at Château de Barbe Blanche, dug out in the 19th century to provide building stone for the surrounding houses and castles, holds many secrets. Many graffiti have been carved into the stone by “Sammies”, the American soldiers who came to fight alongside France in the First World War in 1919.
In 2000, André Lurton acquired 50% of the estate. The other half remained the property of André Magnon and his wife Claude.
Today, Vignobles Famille André Lurton manages the production and marketing of the estate’s wines.
Château de Barbe Blanche is currently in the process of converting to organic farming.
Vineyard data sheet
Area
Red 28 hectares
Grape varieties
Red 63% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Franc, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon
Soils
Red Clay-limestone, side foot: clay-siliceous, slightly sandy
Buy our wines
direct from the Châteaux
All our wines are available for direct sale at the estate, at the Château La Louvière boutique (with tasting facilities) and at the Château Bonnet reception (currently no tasting facilities).
At Château La Louvière, you can round off your visit with a tour of our cellars, a wine tasting session or even take part in one of our workshops (booking recommended). Located just 20 minutes from the center of Bordeaux, we welcome you to the Château all year round, Monday to Friday (including Saturdays from April to October), from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
Château de Barbe Blanche
4 Barbe Blanche - 33 570 Lussac
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