Historical background

The construction of the castle started in the early 13th century. The round towers standing at the angles of the fortifications date back to the same period. The central part, presently inhabited, was built in the 14th and 15th centuries.

In 1660 the LAGEARD acquired the vineyard and they have been farming it themselves since then.

The Château was classified until the 9th edition in 1922 of the "Cocks and Ferret" among the Saint-Emilionais Crus Bourgeois.

The vineyard

Château Flojague is situated on the plateau continuing the Saint-Emilion vineyards to the East, in geological terms on the higher part of the parish of Saint-Genès de Castillon.

The vineyard, is one single holding, lays relatively flat and has a reddish brown soil (due to the alteration of limestone).

It derives its originality from the subsoil composed of asteriated limestone which permits ideal drainage and perfect hygrometric regulation of the soil.

Farming and vinification

 

 

Flojague is proud of its plots of vines planted at the beginning of the century (1905 more precisely). In order to make the best of a priviledged land selected plots of the property are replanted in cycles.

The tricentenary familial tradition also entails an adaptation to modern techniques. This is why the equipment of the cellars has just been renewed.

This modernization was necessary to help master the various stages of the fermentations and maturation until bottling of the whole harvest.

 

Data sheet

Production : 5 500 cases (12 bottles)

Area of the vineyard: 12 hectares in one single holding

Geology: chalky clay

Grape varieties: 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec

Vinification: in stainless steel vats

Control of temperatures during alcoholic fermentations : 28-30°C

Commercialization assured by: Bruno de LAGEARD

Office

Tel: (33) 05 57 47 91 67 - Fax : (33) 05 57 47 90 19

Private

Tel: (33) 05 57 47 95 47 - Fax : (33) 05 57 51 08 15

E mail / Bruno.De-Lageard@Wanadoo.fr

 

 

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