According to legends, Château Suau began as a hunting lodge in the 16th century . At the time, it belonged to Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke of Épernon.[4] It was not until 1637 that it was restored and named in honor of the new owners: the Suau family. The estate was bought in 1687 by a wine merchant named Clement Popp of Bordeaux described as the Lord of Suau.[5] At one point in its history the estate belonged to Franco-Columbus Fenwick, U.S consul in Nantes. In 1857, the domain passed into the hands of Jean Guénant, Receiver general of the island Réunion who, with the help of his son, had to fight the phylloxera epidemic of 1870, introducing the first vine grafts.[6][7] The estate was sold and resold several times before being acquired in 1986 by the current owner: the Bonnet family.[8][9][10]
The first certified organic wine was the Château Maubert 2011 (Cadillac-AOC- Côtes-de-Bordeaux).[14]
Each year, the estate produces a Château Suau Rouge AOC - Côte-de-Bordeaux -, a Château Rouge AOC - Côte Maubert Bordeaux-. As well as the Château Suau Bordeaux AOC - Bordeaux Blanc Sec- and the Château Suau Rosé.[15]
Château Suau, Red Artolie Cadillac AOC - Côtes-de-Bordeaux-, Château Suau Red Cadillac, AOC- Cadillac Côtes-de-Bordeaux- and Château Suau Sweet White Cadillac AOC, (Dessert wines), are produced only when the quality of the grapes is good enough to achieve these cuvées.[16][17]
GUILLON Edouard - Historic Castles and wine of the Gironde - Bordeaux: Coderc, and Degréteau Poujol. 1866-1869, Vol 4, p. 393.[18]
Manthe René, The Barony of Capian and the Priory of Artolée - historical and archaeological Notes - Bordeaux Archaeological Society 1892 - t XVII, p. 55 - 57[19]
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