GONZAGUE & CLAIRE LURTON

GONZAGUE & CLAIRE LURTON

TWO BIG FAMILIES

The union of Gonzague & Claire is the merging of two eminent wine families in Bordeaux: the Lurton family and the Merlaut family.
Their extended family owns numerous Chateaux in the Bordeaux area and all over the world.

Gonzague and Claire Lurton respectively took control of their family properties in Bordeaux in 1992 and 1993: Château Durfort-Vivens; 2nd Classified Growth in Margaux; Château Ferrière, 3rd Classified Growth in Margaux; Château Haut-Bages Liberal, 5th Classified Growth in Pauillac and Château La Gurgue, Margaux. Then, in 2012, with an insatiable taste for adventure, they acquired a boutique vineyard in California : Acaibo, (certified AB, Agriculture Biologique) in the famous Sonoma valley.

BIODYNAMIC CULTIVATION

Today Gonzagues and Claire manage the 6 estates, closely looking to their vineyards gettting a friendly environmental treatment that takes the exceptionnal terroir into consideration. Since 2007 and 2009, Biodynamic tests, had been conducted at Haut-Bages Liberal and Durfort-Vivens before being extended to all their vineyards.
In 2016 they own 3 out of the 6 Bordeaux classified growths to be led 100% Biodynamic. Respect and efforts are applied to preserve the soil and sub-soil. Thanks to plowing and moderate fertilizing, microbial life in the soil is maintained, revealing the exceptional terroir.

This approach stems from acknowledging the strong heritage of an exceptional terroir that needs to be preserved and kept sustainable thanks to an eco-friendly viticulture. Rudolf Steiner considered Modern science a fine thing, but he encouraged people not to forget all the teachings and wisdom passed down through generations – which, in the case of agriculture, went back to more than 7,900 years. Nowadays, at the head of 6 estates, Gonzague & Claire share this common passion.

1-Chateau-Haut-Bages

CHÂTEAU
HAUT-BAGES LIBÉRAL
PAUILLAC A.O.C.
5ÈME
GRAND CRU CLASSÉ

Cabernet Sauvignon 70%
Merlot 30%

AGEING
IN OAK 16 MONTHS
40% NEW OAK
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2-LaFleur-Haut-Bages

LA FLEUR DE
HAUT-BAGES
LIBÉRAL
PAUILLAC A.O.C.



Cabernet Sauvignon 80%
Merlot 20%

AGEING
IN OAK 12 MONTHS

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3-DuFort

CHÂTEAU
DURFORT-VIVIENS
MARGAUX A.O.C.
2ND GRAND CRU CLASSÉ

Cabernet Sauvignon 79%
Merlot 19%
Cabernet Franc 2%

AGEING IN OAK 18 MONTHS
45% NEW OAK
(VINTAGE 2017: 50% NEW OAK50% IN AMPHORA)
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4-Relais

RELAIS DE
DURFORT-VIVIENS
MARGAUX A.O.C.

Cabernet Sauvignon 76%
Merlot 24%

AGEING
IN OAK 16 MONTHS
20% NEW OAK




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5-LaGurgue

CHATEAU LA GURGUE
CRU BOURGEOIS, MARGAUX

Cabernet-sauvignon 52%
Merlot 45%
Petit verdot 3%

AGEING
IN OAK BARRELS 12 MONTHS
25% NEW BARRELS.

6-ChateauFerriere

CHATEAU FERRIERE
CRU BOURGEOIS, MARGAUX
3RD GRAND CRU CLASSSÉ

Cabernet-sauvignon 68%
Merlot 30%
Cabernet franc 2%

AGEING
IN OAK BARRELS 18 MONTHS
40 % NEW OAK.
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ACAIBO
SONOMA COUNTY

Cabernet Sauvignon 85 %
Merlot 9 %
Cabernet Franc 6 %

AGEING
FRENCH OAK BARRELS FROM FRANCE.
80 % NEW BARRELS , MIX OF WORLD-CLASS
COOPERS WITH AN ARRAY OF TOAST PROFILES.
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