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 Château Giscours à Barde en Gironde

Patrimoine classé
Propriété viticole
Demeure seigneuriale
Château d'apparat
Gironde

Château Giscours

    10 Route de Giscours
    33460 Labarde
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Crédit photo : Ken Case - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1552
First known sales document
1825-1835
Construction of the current castle
1847
Reconstruction by Pescatore
1855
Third Grand Cru
1875
Park development and model farm
1998
Year Scandal 1995-1996
2011
Registration of historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The entire castle; facades and roofs of the cudier, old stables, dependence - the house of the guardian, the old asylum room, the gardener's house, the Suzanne farm and the Camille farm; the park with the water course and its station (cad. B 123 to 127, 131 to 136, 161, 312, 313, 370, 371): registration by order of 3 November 2011

Key figures

Marc Promis - Owner and builder Expands the estate, builds the castle.
Jean-Pierre Pescatore - Banker and moderniser Reconstructed the castle in 1847.
Édouard Cruse - Owner and designer Creates the park and Suzanne Farm.
Nicolas Tari - Owner Modernizer (1952) Relaunch the wine holding.
Eric Albada-Jelgersma - Investor and acquirer (1995) Manages the post-scandal crisis.

Origin and history

The Château Giscours is a wine estate in the Médoc, located in Labarde en Gironde, covering 300 hectares of which 95 are dedicated to the vineyard. Ranked third grand cru in the 1855 classification, its history dates back to the 14th century, but its official sales act dates back to 1552. At the Revolution, he was confiscated as a national property after the emigration of his owner, the Duke of Saint-Simon.

At the beginning of the 19th century, Marc Promis enlarged the estate and built the current castle, including stables, presses and cellars. In 1847, banker Jean-Pierre Pescatore modernized the buildings. In 1875 Édouard Cruse had the park built by Eugène Bülher and added a model farm, the "Farm Suzanne".

The 20th century saw several changes of owners, including Nicolas Tari in 1952, which modernized the operation. In 1995, a scandal broke out after vintage fraud, resulting in restructuring and ISO 9002 certification in 2001. The castle and its park are listed as historical monuments in 2011. In 2023, the Albada Jelgersma family purchased the land, reuniting the estate.

The vineyard, composed mainly of cabernet-sauvignon and merlot, produces a wine raised 16 to 18 months in barrels. The estate also includes a second wine, "La Sirène de Giscours", and a rosé. Its history reflects the technical and economic developments of Bordeaux.

External links

Page Wikipedia
Page Monumentum