Two historical families in the production and commercialization of great Bordeaux wines: The Merlaut’ family, from which Claire comes, and the Lurton’ family Gonzague’s. They take over the lead of their respective family estates in 1992 and 1993. Gonzague inherits Chateau Durfort-Vivens, Grand Cru Classé in 1855 in Margaux. As for Claire, she inherits Chateau Haut-Bages Libéral, Grand Cru Classé in 1855 in Paulliac, Chateau Ferriere, Grand Cru Classé in 1855 in Margaux, and Chateau La Gurgue, in Margaux. Together, in 2012, they realize the project of a life-time and create a new wine Estate in the Sonoma Valley, California : Acaibo.
It’s a huge opportunity,
and we have the responsibility to carry on this story in making our own contribution, so that, even after we are gone, it may long continue and flourish. Trained in viticulture and winemaking by our parents and grandparents, we were, at the beginning, the youngest owners and producers of Médoc Grands Crus Classés.
Gonzague & Claire Lurton
Gonzague and Claire are founder members of “La Belle Vigne”, a consultant company aimed at guiding professionals towards sustainable viticulture, and living soils.
Château Ferriere is the antenna of the Aquitaine Biodynamic Movement (MABD). As such, we welcome our colleagues who wish to convert to Biodynamic agriculture and produce for them all the necessary preparations for this type of viticulture.
Gonzague and Claire lead a recruitment policy in order to train people of all ages and from all professional backgrounds in the specifics of vine growing and winemaking in an agroecologist context. They participate in programs like “Les Vignerons du vivant” or “L’école de la Vigne et du Vin » which, through reintegration and retraining, allow people coming from other horizons to discover these jobs.
Winegrowing methods adopted by each of Gonzague and Claire’s estates require more preventive, manual, and meticulous work. This involves not only training teams and making them aware of new techniques and experiments that have been implemented but also reinforcing them regularly.
All the teams have in mind that they are working for the future generations and in this for the three children of Claire and Gonzague.
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