D*Chateau Lamothe Bergeron Haut Medoc 2016

NOTE: As part of our Explorer Series some labels may be slightly stained/damaged, but wines are first quality.

Product information
It is a magnificent vintage that Château Lamothe Bergeron signs in 2016! The robe is of a very intense garnet color with bluish tints. Deliciously fragrant, the nose opens on a basket of red fruits and black of the woods, then on notes of plum and nuts. At the Château, Château Lamothe Bergeron 2016 is extroverted and nicely wooded, the acidity is crisp and the structure long and frank. Elegant, the finish is a very nice freshness …

About the producer
Deemed to be one of the leading Cru Bourgeois Supérieur wines of the 19th century, a status retained today, Lamothe-Bergeron has always been a benchmark Haut-Médoc wine. Château Lamothe-Bergeron owes part of its name and its reputation to the prestige of the agronomist Jacques de Bergeron. From 1796, this former parliamentarian dispatched to his vines by the French Revolution devoted himself to experimentation and carried out numerous trials in vine cultivation, fertilizers, combating the Médoc sand dunes, insects, making vine stakes from acacia wood, planting exotic trees etc.

Jacques de Bergeron published a method of grafting vines that was to give rise to the “Bergeron” method, still used by Rhone Valley wine growers in the early 20th century.
From his father he inherited Château Lamothe, which in the Middle Ages had been the seat of a domain known by the name of Cussac. The estate remained in the Bergeron family until the 1850s but it was only after it was acquired by Mr. d’Armana that the château adopted the name Lamothe-Bergeron, in order to enjoy the prestige of a name of high repute. D’Armana’s main achievement was the construction of a new château, completed in 1868.

In the early 1970s, the estate passed into the hands of the Mestrezat company. The vineyards were reorganised at that time and some balance was restored to the range of vines. The 1980s were marked by the complete rebuilding of the vinification wineries and the restoration of the cask winery. In the 2000s, it was the turn of Crédit Agricole to set high standards. In 2009, Cognac H. Mounier and Cognac Hardy acquired the estate with great dreams and ambitions.