le Grand Verdus
The history of wines at Grand Verdus is the story of a château dating from the Renaissance period and the Le Grix de la Salle family, who decided, after the Second World War, to develop their small vineyard into a renowned winery.
In 1975 at 24 years old, Antoine Le Grix de la Salle joined his father, Philippe le Grix de la Salle, at the estate, after a few months in Napa Valley, as a trainee with Robert Mondavi. Through his relentless work over 20+ years, he is responsible for the development of the vineyard to its current size, where nearly 50 plots are now identifiable.
Antoine's eldest son Thomas took over the vinification and marketing in 2008, and Edouard Antonie's second son, joined the family property in 2019, assisting with vineyard management and converting to organic farming.
Philosophy
Sometimes Nature helps us, sometimes it is capricious, but we always try to protect it, know it, understand it a little more each vintage.
Despite capricious Bordeaux weather and on a clayey and steep soil, inevitably more difficult to work, we have decided to convert the entire estate to Organic viticulture in 2020 as a “natural etho” that follows our own convictions. A real human and technical challenge for us and our team on our rather large farm! One thing for sure, we will work even harder, for the sake of preserving our land for next generations!
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