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Detail of a Château Filhot 1970 label
Château Filhot is a wine ranked as Deuxièmes Cru Classé (French, “Second Growth”) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, from the Sauternes appellation in Gironde. Considered by some unjustly omitted from the Premier Cru classification, Filhot produces a drier wine than Château d'Yquem, with an unusually high alcohol content for a Sauternes.[1]
[edit] History
The vineyard dating from the 1630s, the château was founded by Romain de Filhot in 1709. Following the French revolution, the estate was taken over by Romain-Bertrand de Lur-Saluces who added the estate of Pinaud du Rey and had the château redesigned to its English appearance in 1840.[1] In 1935, Comtesse Durieu de Lacarelle (the sister of the Marquis de Lur-Saluces, proprietor of Château d'Yquem) bought the estate, which was subsequently modernised by her son, Louis Durieu de Lacarelle, during the 1970s. The vineyard is currently run by the Vaucelles family.
[edit] Production
Made from a grape variety of 60% Sémillon, 36% Sauvignon and 4% Muscadelle, Château Filhot produces on average 80 000 bottles per year.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., pp.254-255.
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