What Sauternes mean?
1 capitalized : a full-bodied sweet white wine from the Bordeaux region of France. 2 usually sauterne : a semidry to semisweet American white wine that is a blend of several grapes.
Does chateau have an accent?
The singular and the plural, château, châteaux, are pronounced identically in French. The circumflex accent on the ‘â’ does not affect pronunciation in any way – it indicates that historically the ‘a’ was followed by an ‘s’ which has since disappeared from the spelling.
Why was Chateau de Fargues important to Lur Saluces?
What may seem like a folly is in fact a testimony to the genius of the Lur Saluces family, whose mastery of the terroir has given the Fargues vineyard its natural vocation. Today, the same desire for quality and rigor, the same ethics are still perpetuated. The wine of Fargues embodies the visionary spirit and obstinacy of Lur Saluces.
Who is the current owner of Chateau de Fargues?
In the 1930s, Bertrand de Lur Saluces, 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 great Sauternes wine. He undertook a slow and costly work to replant the entire plot of land in Fargues.
Who was the Countess of Lur Saluces in France?
In 1785, Françoise- Joséphine de Sauvage d’Yquem married Louis Amédée de Lur Saluces. She became countess of Lur Saluces and brought the Château d’Yquem as a dowry. In 1826, she had a winery built in Yquem, a true innovation for the time.
How are the Lur Saluces related to Yquem?
From their ancestor Françoise-Joséphine who participated in the advent of the grape harvest by successive sorting, to Bertrand who was at the birth of the AOC and to Alexandre who presided for a long time over the destiny of Yquem, the Lur Saluces are inseparable from the great wines of Sauternes