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Château de Fargues is a very old Bordeaux wine estate in the Sauternes appellation that produces great sweet white wines. The vineyard is planted with two grape varieties: Sémillon for 80%, which brings fatness, roundness and ample structure to the wine and Sauvignon Blanc for 20%, which brings a wide range of aromas and great freshness.
In Fargues, a vine barely yields a glass of Sauternes wine, while it yields an average bottle of dry wines from classic harvests. High standards are the key word at Château de Fargues, which is the last winery to age its wine for 30 months in barrels and 6 months in bottles. There are exceptional vintages produced at the Château such as 1947, 1967, 1988, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 or 2017. However, when climatic conditions do not allow Botrytis Cinerea, or noble rot, to develop perfectly, the estate chooses not to produce wines, as was the case for the 1972, 1974, 1992 and 2012 vintages.
The estate has belonged to the Lur Saluces family since 1472, and over the centuries many personalities of the family have distinguished themselves, such as Bertrand who was at the origin of the AOC Sauternes and who, from 1920, decided to abandon the production of red wine to devote himself exclusively to the elaboration of a great Sauternes wine. This was the beginning of a long and costly process of replanting Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Thus, the first vintage of Château de Fargues bottled at the property dates back to 1943, which explains its absence from the official classification of Bordeaux wines of 1855. And yet, a few decades later, it is considered one of the most representative of the Sauternes appellation.
His nephew, Alexandre de Lur Saluces, managed Château d'Yquem for many years until 2004, in parallel with Château de Fargues, where he increased the vineyard from barely 10 ha in 1968 to 15 ha in 2003, to reach 27 ha today. Today, his son Philippe, the 16th generation of the family, is at the head of the estate.
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