Château Pédesclaux

Label from a bottle of Château Pédesclaux wine.

Château Pédesclaux is a winery in the Pauillac appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

History

The château was founded in 1810 by winebroker Pierre Urbain Pédesclaux, who operated it with his wife until 1891, when the estate was sold to the Count de Gastebois.^[1] In 1930, Lucien Jugla became tenant, and eventually purchased the Château in 1950. The estate remains in the Jugla family today.^[2]

Vineyards and wines

The vineyard covers an area of 28 hectares and produces about 8,000 cases of wine every year. The Château has 26 hectares in Pauillac, but also two hectares in the Haut-Médoc area. Wines from Pédesclaux are composed of roughly 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet franc.^[3] The estate produces three wines: the first wine, Château Pédesclaux, the second wine, Sens de Pédesclaux and finally a third wine, La Rose de Pédesclaux, sold under the Haut-Médoc appellation.^[4]

See also

• Bordeaux wine
• French wine

References

• Coates, Clive (2004). The Wines of Bordeaux, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-23573-8.
• Peppercorn, David (2004). Wines of Bordeaux, Mitchell Beazley, ISBN 1-84000-862-8

Footnotes

1. ^ Chateau Website, History
2. ^ Coates, The Wines of Bordeaux, p128
3. ^ Peppercorn, Wines of Bordeaux, p78
4. ^ Chateau Website, Wines

External links

• Château Pédesclaux official site