Château Sigalas-Rabaud

The winery Château Sigalas Rabaud - located in the municipality Bommes, a part of the AOC Sauternes in the Bordeaux wine region. In the Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855 it was classified as " Premier Cru ". The estate has 14 hectares of land devoted to the wine, making it the smallest of the Premier Cru Sauternes goods. The vineyards are located not far from the former Château Rabaud Schwestergut celebs as well as the Château de Rayne Vigneau -.

The Sémillon grape variety represents the biggest share with a stocked area of ​​85 %. In addition, 15 % Sauvignon Blanc are still mixed. Is no need to use the variety Muscadelle. The average age of the vines is 40 years and the high average yield is 17 hectoliters / hectare. The harvest is done by hand in several reading programs, in order to select the grapes with noble rot. After the expectant wine by the Alcoholic fermentation in oak barrels for a minimum alcohol content of 13 - has reached 14 percent, he is pumped into stainless steel tanks and for 4 - 5 days cooled to 7 ° C and stabilized. The wine matures after the sulfurization almost 20 months in oak barrels, which are renewed annually to a third. From Grand Vin nearly 30,000 bottles are filled annually.

The second wine is called Le Cadet de Sigalas. From this wine about 8400 bottles are filled annually.

History

The history of the estate can be traced to the 1660 trace, when the family Cazeau by the marriage of Arnaud de Cazeau with Marie de Peyronne Rabaud came into the possession of the former Château Rabaud.

After the family de Cazeau, the winery has held more than 150 years, sold Pierre- Hubert de Cazeau in 1819 the possession of Gabriel Deyme. The wines were classified a good reputation and consequently the estate was for the Universal Exhibition in 1855 to the rank of Premier Cru Classé in the sequence.

In 1864 Deyme sold a possession, to Henri de Sigalas Drouilhet. Henri subsequently bought on even the former Château Pexoto and integrated areas on that Deuxième Cru Classé (a second greenhouse ) in Château Rabaud, without whose status as Premier Cru Classé to lose.

However, his son broke up in 1903 from a part of the property and sold it to Adrien celebrities who called the purchased share Château Rabaud celebs. The remaining portion of the Sigalas family received the name Château Sigalas Rabaud -.

During the next 26 years, the wines of both sister goods were vinified separately and the proportion of Sigalas was managed by Pierre Drouilhet de Sigalas. In 1929, his son Gérard Sigalas Rabaud - inherited the estate and bequeathed it later his daughter, who married the Marquis René de Lambert de Granges. De Lambert de Granges committed Pierre Ginestet as managing director, who already possessed Rabaud celebs. Until 1949 both wines were marketed separately, but expanded by the same team. This temporary rapprochement of the two goods ended only with a change of ownership at Rabaud celebs.

The Lambert de Granges family, founded in 1972, an operating company in order to divide the estate not through any line of succession to. Currently, Emmanuel de Lambert de Granges spokesman for the company. Since 1994, the group Cordier Mestrezat is a minority owner, but takes on Georges Pauli a great influence on wine making.