Chateau de La Cour d'Argent 3 Items

The estate has been family owned since it was first created at the end of the 19th Century. Pierre-Henri Descrambe enlarged it and he passed on his love for the vine to his grandson, Denis Barraud, who has been in charge since 1971.

The estate now consists of 36 hectares (89 acres). Seven (17 acres) of these have the appellation Saint-Emilion, where excellent terroir and low yield give complex dense wines with very gentle tannins.

The Génissac terroir, which makes up most of the land of our Bordeaux wine Chateau de la Cour d'Argent, consists of a fine hillock of chalky clay which has much in common with St Emilion on the other side of the Dordogne.

The St Emilion terroir consists of a sandy gravel with very deep gravels and above all, a cool ferriferous subsoil. A parcel of land has been identified and set apart for its particularly high quality, to produce the Cuvée Lynsolence.

Other parcels are also used, each to give their particular character. Some of these, now classed as Bordeaux, were once included under the St. Emilion appellation.

Varietals planted in the Saint Emilion appellation include: 100% Merlot, with vines from 35 to 50 years old. In the Bordeaux appellation: 35 year-old vines including: Merlot 90%, Cabernet Franc 5%, and Cabernet-Sauvignon 5%.