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Château Gruaud Larose

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Château Gruaud Larose

The vines ripen remarkably well, explaining the softness of this cru. While keeping its power, Gruaud has gained a lot in finesse and elegance of texture. This endearing property thus regains its best level, one of the highest in Bordeaux.

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Château GRUAUD LAROSE 2015 2e CC

Appellation : SAINT JULIEN

Millésime : 2015

Color : Red

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SAINT JULIEN

James Suckling 93-94

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Château GRUAUD LAROSE 2022 2e CC

Appellation : SAINT JULIEN

Millésime : 2022

Color : Red

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SAINT JULIEN

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Château GRUAUD LAROSE 2024 2e CC PRIMEUR

Appellation : SAINT JULIEN

Millésime : 2024

Color : Red

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SAINT JULIEN

Jean-Marc Quarin 94

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Château Gruaud Larose is a Saint-Julien Second Growth Classified in 1855, owned by the Merlaut family since 1997. The 82-hectare vineyard, planted predominantly with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, rests on deep Garonne gravel. Led by Jean Merlaut and vinified under the technical direction of Virginie Sallette, the estate has been certified organic since 2022 and embodies its historic motto: "The Wine of Kings, the King of Wines".

L'histoire du domaine

The history of Château Gruaud Larose begins in 1725, when the knight Joseph Stanislas Gruaud acquired land in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle and founded the estate, originally called Fond-Bedeau. Upon his death in 1778, the property passed to his son-in-law Joseph Sebastian de La Rose, who gave it the name Gruaud-Larose and built the reputation of a wine that European aristocracy and royal courts coveted — giving rise to the motto that remains on the label to this day: "The Wine of Kings, the King of Wines". Classified as a Second Growth in 1855, the estate then went through a turbulent period: purchased in 1812 by the Balguerie and Sarget families, it was divided in 1867 into two distinct entities, Gruaud-Larose-Sarget and Gruaud-Larose-Bethmann. It was Désiré Cordier who reunified the property by purchasing the Sarget portion in 1917, then the Bethmann portion in 1935, thus restoring its original integrity. After passing into the hands of the Compagnie de Suez in 1983 and then Alcatel-Alsthom in 1993 — a dark period when the estate was treated as a mere financial asset — the Merlaut family, a Bordeaux merchant at the head of the Taillan Group, acquired Gruaud Larose in 1997 and initiated a major renovation programme for the vineyard and facilities.

Le terroir

Located in the heart of the Saint-Julien appellation, in the southern Médoc, Château Gruaud Larose extends over 82 hectares in a single block — a rare feature in Bordeaux — forming an exceptionally coherent terroir surrounding the château. The vineyard rests on deep Quaternary Garonne gravel mixed with sand and pebbles, over a clay-limestone subsoil with some traces of alios. This particularly free-draining terroir forces the vine to send its roots deep and proves ideal for the expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, which today dominates the plantings at approximately 61%, accompanied by 29% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. The average age of the vines reaches 49 years, and planting density varies from 6,667 to 10,000 vines per hectare. The vineyard benefits from the Médoc microclimate, influenced by the proximity of the Gironde estuary and marshes that act as a thermal regulator. Since 2019, the estate has resolutely committed to converting to organic farming, certified in 2022, incorporating agroforestry, controlled grass cover, eco-grazing and massale selection to preserve biodiversity and the microbiological life of the soils.

Les vins

The range of Château Gruaud Larose consists of the Grand Vin, a Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blend that varies according to the vintage between 67% and 84%, complemented by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and sometimes a touch of Petit Verdot. Vinification, conducted under the guidance of consulting oenologist Eric Boissenot, takes place half in wooden vats and half in temperature-controlled cement tanks, with indigenous yeast and maceration of 20 to 30 days. The Grand Vin is then aged for 18 months in French oak barrels, 80% to 90% new depending on the year. The estate's second wine, Sarget de Gruaud Larose, created from the 1981 vintage and named in homage to the Sarget family, is aged for 14 months in barrels with only 15% new oak. The style of Gruaud Larose has undergone a marked evolution since the acquisition by the Merlaut family: once renowned for its fleshy power and amplitude, the wine has gained in finesse, precision and freshness since the early 2010s, while retaining its legendary ageing capacity. Recent vintages — notably 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 — testify to a return to excellence that recalls the heights achieved in the 1960s and 1980s.

Le vigneron

Since the acquisition of the estate by the Merlaut family in 1997, it is Jean Merlaut, owner and president of the Taillan Group, who has directed Château Gruaud Larose, with a vision resolutely focused on qualitative excellence and respect for the environment. A pioneer of distance selling in the wine world, Jean Merlaut has for several years steered his estates towards organic farming, and it was under his impetus that Gruaud Larose obtained organic certification in 2022. Since 2018, the technical direction of the château has been entrusted to Virginie Sallette, a talented oenologist previously in charge of winemaking at Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, another jewel of Saint-Julien. Arriving for the 2018 vintage, Virginie represents a new generation of women at the head of Grands Crus Classés — still too rare in the Bordeaux landscape. Her philosophy is based on respect for terroir, the pursuit of purity and precision, and meticulous work in the vineyard, which she considers the key to quality. Surrounded by Nicolas Sinoquet, Chief Executive Officer, and Jules Dazey, vineyard manager, she is leading a vineyard restructuring and continuous improvement programme that is bearing spectacular fruit in recent vintages.

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Château GRUAUD LAROSE 2015 2e CC

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