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Since the seventeenth century, the old family Crozilhac, bourgeois Bordeaux , lords of Lecscaley Laguloup and whose arms are Azure a chevron gold with three shells Similarly, two in chief, a peak, had developed the culture of the vine in its area of Greater Bos she has owned since the late sixteenth century until 1830. In 1771, the house was renovated and enlarged and stilted common for them to do under the best conditions, an already famous wine of the parish of Castres-en-Guyenne. Feret, in his book " Bordeaux and its wines , already in 1868 ranked the top wines of of the town as it does today. It is located in Graves of Bordeaux Andre Jullien, in his "Topography of all known vineyards" in the author published in Paris in 1816, defined as "gravelly soils that surround three sides the city of Bordeaux and extend 10 km north-west to the small river La Jale, 8 km to the west in the land, and 18 km south-east to the City Castres, near the left bank of the Garonne. This small region provides red wines are generally more colorful, more full-bodied and spirits more than the Medoc , but with less bouquet and sap. They need to stay longer in barrels before being bottled in in which they then keep for a long time. " In 1988, Andre Vincent, former owner of the castle The Hague, Cru Bourgeois Saint-Estephe to in the Médoc ranking of 1932, bought the Grand Bos who did more wine since 1950. After restoring the buildings, planted, especially acquired old vines in the wake of his serious deep vein doubles the heat of the sun and is set on a limestone base tertiary he outfitted the property in materials modern. Following successive extensions of cellars and chests in 1992, 1996 and 2000 he gave the farm its current appearance in 2004 and 2005, for the construction of an underground cellar with a capacity of 500 barrels, and the rehabilitation of primitive chest, now serving a vineyard covering 18.30 hectares with a total area of nearly 42 ha. The first harvest of the resurgent property occurred in 1992. The first bottling was made in 1994, and during the early years, to calibrate its wines and restore their reputation, Andre Vincent presented them in competitions, which allowed him to be awarded: in 1994, a medal of gold Concours General Agricole de Paris for the 1992 vintage red, a 1995 Silver Medal Award in Chicago and a Silver medal Contest wines of Bordeaux for vintage 1993 and in 1996 a medal of gold Contest General Agricole in Paris for the 1994 vintage, in 1997 a silver medal at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris for the 1995 . Demonstration is made and the regularity of vintages, the wines have not been presented thereafter. Large guides have quickly distinguished wines Grand Bos: Guide Dussert-Gerber has included in its classification of wines from Graves' first great wine classified . Guide Hachette for vintages from 1994 to 2004, they awarded two favorites, two-star 4 times, 5 times 4 times a star and a citation. The guide and Desseauve Bettane, the Journal of wines from France ... have also routinely cited. Among the foreign journals, they may indicate Decanter Vinum in London and Zurich which have always noted the remarkably Grand Bos: 4 stars in Decanter and 16 points for Vinum. The red wine of Chateau Grand Bos has always been in the forefront Trophy of raw Graves and was awarded the Price Laffort for 1 to general classification of this award for all three vintages 1996, 1997 and 1998. It is understandable that many loyal fans do not hesitate to trust him!

Chateau GRAND BOS

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Andre Vincent


Castres 33640 Phone: 05 56 67 39 20
Fax: 05 56 67 16 77

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