Château DE FARGUES 2007
Château de Fargues is located in the village of Fargues de Langon, in the Sauternes appellation of Bordeaux . The Lur Saluces family, owners of the estate since 1472, enjoyed particular wine-growing fame in the 18th and 19th centuries when their portfolio of châteaux included Château d'Yquem, the only estate to have achieved Premier Cru Supérieur status in Sauternes. The Lur Saluces family sold Yquem in 1999, and to this day Château de Fargues is often referred to as Yquem junior. The estate's vineyard was originally planted with a combination of red and white grape varieties. In the 1930s, Bertrand de Lur Saluces, the uncle of Alexandre, current owner of Château de Fargues, decided to abandon the cultivation of red vines to devote himself exclusively to the production of a Grand Vin de Sauternes. He undertook slow and costly work to completely replant the Fargues plot. The first vintage of Château de Fargues was produced in 1943 from vines that were 12 years old on average, and was released on the market in 1964. Today, Château de Fargues comprises 17 hectares of vines planted with Sémillon and Sauvignon. White.
The grapes are pressed and fermented in oak barrels , 25-30% of which are new. Individual batches divided by day of picking are aged separately for approximately 3 years. Racking takes place 4 times over a period of 12 months. Château de Fargues is only made in excellent vintages.
Grapes: Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc