CHATEAU LATOUR-MARTILLAC| Grand Cru Classé de Graves

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Les vins de Château Latour-Martillac, Grand Cru Classé de Graves

Château Latour-Martillac is a Bordeaux wine estate that covers about 35 hectares in the Pessac-Léognan appellation and is classified as a Grand Cru de Graves. The vineyard is divided into two homogeneous groups: on the one hand, a mosaic of gravel on the Martillac plateau, poor soils of small pebbles deposited in the Quaternary by the Garonne forming a mixture of quartz, Lydian, jasper and flint, perfectly suited to the red grape varieties Cabernet-Sauvignon and Petit-Verdot. On the other hand, closer to the Garonne, clay-limestone soils with some gravel on the surface where Merlot and white grape varieties, Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon are expressed.

The estate owes its name to the tower that stands in the main courtyard of the castle, a vestige of a fort built in the 12th century by Montesquieu's ancestors, and whose stones were used to build the current castle at the end of the 18th century. In 1930, it became the property of the Bordeaux wine merchant Alfred Kressmann, who changed its name to avoid confusion with its Médoc namesake and Premier Grand Cru Classé Château Latour: it became Château Latour-Martillac. He undertook a thorough restructuring of the vineyard which continued in 1954 with the arrival of his son Jean at the head of the estate. The latter acquired the gravelly plateau separating the estate from the village, which allowed the vineyard to extend over almost 30 hectares, and took part in the creation of the Pessac-Léognan communal appellation, bringing together 10 communes in the north of the Graves region.

During the classification of the wines of Graves in 1953, under the authority of the I. N.A.O., Château Latour-Martillac is one of the 16 distinguished châteaux and is one of six estates classified in both red and white.

Today, Jean Kressmann's two youngest sons, Tristan and Loïc, are at the helm. In the 1980s, they acquired several plots of Sauvignon Blanc in order to complete the Sémillon, the historical reference for the estate's white wines. In red, the blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is now completed by Petit Verdot planted on one of the best gravel plots on the Martillac plateau.

Château Latour-Martillac has been committed for several years to cultivation practices that respect the fauna and flora and in 2020 obtained the High Environmental Value level 3 certification with the reduction of phytosanitary inputs, the maintenance of biodiversity in and around the vineyard, and the rational management of water resources. It is also committed to the protection of bees by eliminating any nuisance from viticultural activities on bees and other pollinating insects, by maintaining and promoting a quality ecosystem. Since 2010, Château Latour-Martillac has been supporting the work of a beekeeper on its land, with the installation of 38 beehives in the heart of the Martillac vineyard.

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Château Latour-Martillac Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé de Graves Red 2017

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Chateau Latour-Martillac Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves Red 2022

Chateau Latour-Martillac Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves White 2024

Chateau Latour-Martillac Pessac-Leognan Grand Cru Classe de Graves Red - Original wooden case 6 bottles


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