Château Durfort-Vivens

Château Durfort- Vivens is evaluated in the classification of 1855, a vineyard in the commune of Margaux in Bordeaux and as Deuxième Cru Classé. The estate covers an area of 32 hectares.

The Rebbestockung is classic with Cabernet Sauvignon ( 70%), Merlot (20 %) and Cabernet Franc ( 10%). The planting density is about 6,600 sticks per hectare. The average yield is 45 hectoliters / hectare. The wines are aged in oak barrels, which are renewed annually to 40 percent.

The proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon with 70 %, although classic, but in comparison to neighboring estates still very high, although the estate earned in previous years up to 82% of this variety in the Grand Vin.

About 70,000 bottles of Erstweines are filled each year. The second wine is called Segond de Durfort. Meanwhile, there are also the brands Relais de Durfort and Vivens Rouge. Earlier second wines bearing the name Domaine de Cure - Bourse.

History

First owners were members of Durfort de Duras family, who lived in Margaux from the 12th century. The family running the estate for centuries after the first wine area in the 15th century were created, and led it to the top of the wineries of Bordeaux. The family belonged to the time included Château Lascombes also Château Lamothe, which was later merged into the areas of Château Margaux. During his visit in 1775 in the wine region of Bordeaux quoted Thomas Jefferson, former U.S. Ambassador to France and later President of the United States, that the wines of Château Durfort behind Château Lafite- Rothschild, Chateau Haut -Brion and Château Margaux are classified. This opinion was confirmed in practice in the 1855 classification.

During the French Revolution the noble family was expropriated. In 1824, M. de Vivens took over the estate and added his name to the Gutsbezeichnung.

After the Good meantime the wine merchants Richier and de La Mare was one, it was taken over in 1937 by the operating company of Château Margaux. Both goods are close together. By the year 1961, when Lucien Lurton bought up the estate, the wines of Château Margaux in Durfort- Vivens were expanded.

In the following years, the winery was again repaired and operated autonomously; next Durfort- Vivens the Lurton family include the estates of Château Brane Cantenac and Chateau - Climens.

Since the death of Lucien Lurton in 1992 Gonzague Lurton leads, a son Lucien, the Good. His wife Claire Villars- Lurton also heads the wineries Château Ferrière, Château Haut -Bages - Libéral and Château La gurge. His brother Henri Lurton leads Brane Cantenac meanwhile. In the years 1995 and 1996 was invested in a new cellar and in new cellars.