Château Rauzan-Gassies

Château Rauzan - Gassies is a winery in the classification Deuxième Cru Classé Margaux in the Bordeaux wine region. The estate comprises 30 hectares under surface.

The average age of the vines is 25 years. The tillering is classic with Cabernet Sauvignon ( 65%), Merlot ( 25%) and Cabernet Franc ( 10%). The wine mature 15-18 months in barriques, which are renewed annually to 25 percent.

History

On September 7, 1661 Pierre des Mesures de Rausan acquired, a major dealer in the region, the estate of the family de Gassies. The de Gassies family stood the lords of the Seigneurie de Margaux close. This winery was the origin of today's known Château Rauzan - Gassies, Château Rauzan - Ségla, Château Marquis de Terme Desmirail and Château. Pierre des Mesures de Rausan was also tenant of Château Margaux (since 1661) and Chateau Latour (since 1679 ). As Pierre des Mesures de Rausan died on 10 May 1692 was inherited by his daughter Thérèse vineyards in Pauillac (later, wineries Château Pichon Longueville -Baron and Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - ). Her 3 brothers, Simon, Jew -Jean and Simon- Jew managed, however, the Rozan property in Margaux. Through the marriage of Miss Rauzan you Ribail with Jean Desmirail and one other family member with Seigneur de Peguilhan Château Marquis de Terme Desmirail and Château were cleaved from the great Margaux - owned by the brothers. The official separation of Rauzan - Gassies and Rauzan - Ségla took place on April 24, 1763 The document was created by Jean Baptiste de Rauzan (for the Ségla share) and Jean Roulier (for the Gassies - share ). Signed.

During a visit in 1787 in Bordeaux later U.S. President Thomas Jefferson visited ( 1743-1826 ) the winery ( Jefferson described the estate under the name Rozan ) and classified it into the second category.

After the estate changed ownership several times in succession, the estate was bought in 1946 by Jean Paul Quié. The same family also owns the wineries Château Croizet -Bages in Pauillac and Château Bel- Orme - Tronquoy -de -Lalande, a Cru Bourgeois estate near the town of Saint -Emilion.

Invested in 1992, the current owner, Jean -Michel Quié in a new wine cellar. Since the late 1990s, the quality is up to its reputation.