Producer: André Lurton

Château Bonnet

Château Bonnet is a 120-hectare Bordeaux estate owned by the Société des Vignobles André Lurton. Located in Entre-Deux-Mers, it produces red, rosé, and white wines, but especially an Eden cuvée with no added sulfites, which we are pleased to offer in our cellar.

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Château Bonnet Eden Red 2021
Château Bonnet

Château Bonnet Eden Red 2021

€12,96 €11,66
Grézillac (Gironde, Aquitaine)
 

Where?

In Grézillac, a village in Entre-Deux-Mers, a region of Guyenne in Gironde nestled between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers upstream of their confluence at Bec d'Ambès. It is a beautifully undulating area, mainly covered with vineyards. Best known for its dry or sweet white wines made from Sauvignon, Sémillon, and Muscadelle, the region actually produces all colors of wine across twelve Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This geographical area, historically dedicated to white wines, is currently seeing the development of red Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.
The Château Bonnet vineyard was established from 1560 under the impetus of the Reynier family, wealthy merchants from Libourne, who gathered lands and woodland plots around the "noble house of Bonnet". Within about thirty years, the landscape was transformed into a large wine estate that the Reyniers operated against a backdrop of numerous family disputes and lawsuits. In 1744, Pierre de Reynier sold the property to the notable Périgourdin Jean de Chillaud Desvieux, King's Counselor at the court and President of the Palace's petitions. His son Jacques would build the current château on the site of the old noble house. The estate passed through several families until the end of the 19thth century, when it was acquired by the talented liqueur maker Léonce Récapet. Finding the vineyard badly damaged by mildew, powdery mildew, and phylloxera, he restored it in a few years and tirelessly replanted until the hills surrounding the château were covered with one hundred and twenty hectares of vines. The cellars and other wine-making buildings were also rebuilt.
His grandson André Lurton inherited the property in 1953 and made it the central point of the family's wine activities. The Lurtons, in fact, are an extended wine-growing family, probably the largest in the world. Their name evokes five generations of winegrowers, currently about fifteen winemakers and thirty châteaux among the most prestigious in the region, including several classified growths — for example, Yquem and Cheval-Blanc under the direction of Pierre Lurton; Château Climens, still recently in the hands of Bérénice Lurton —, and fourteen hundred hectares of vines. Château Bonnet is the cradle of this dynasty and the headquarters of Vignobles André Lurton.
"The branches of this family are very different," says Stéphane Derenoncourt, oenologist and consultant, "between those who remained farmers, those who turned to trade, or went to do business elsewhere. But the Lurton name signifies an attachment to a rather classic Bordeaux, to a tradition, without preventing some from turning to organic, biodynamic. They have taken risks, which is not common in classified growths."
It is under the impetus of Mathilde Bazin de Caix, current general director of Vignobles André Lurton, that the estate is opening up to new viticulture and winemaking methods. Thus, we offer you their first cuvée made from a biocontrolled plot and according to natural specifications. With this entry into selection, Culinaries continues its pioneering mission by freeing itself from labels and supporting small and large estates as soon as they consciously commit to the path of natural winemaking.
 

Terroir, parcel, and grape varieties

The Château Bonnet terroir covers one hundred and twenty hectares of vines in AOC Bordeaux and Entre-Deux-Mers. The soils are characteristic of the micro-region, being clay-limestone on an asteria limestone base. Red, rosé, and white wines are produced. The grape varieties consist of Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Sémillon is used for white wines but also in the blending of rosés.
 

Cultivation methods

Apart from their sulfite-free cuvée, Château Bonnet and Vignobles André Lurton are active members of the first association for the EMS (Environmental Management System) of Bordeaux wine, created in 2010 on the initiative of the CIVB (Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux Wines). Its objectives are the preservation of terroirs and biodiversity, the protection of employee health, and the development of a quality product. As for the Cuvée Eden, it comes from parcels cultivated using biocontrol (a set of plant protection methods based on the use of natural mechanisms). These natural methods are respected from the vine to the cellar.
 

Winemaking

Within the framework of biocontrol winemaking, fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeasts and no sulfites are added during bottling.
 

The wines

Château Bonnet currently produces a dozen cuvées, including one without chemical additives, fermented with indigenous yeasts: the Eden cuvée, a fresh and fruity wine made with biocontrol, where Merlot is the slightly predominant grape variety (53%) alongside Cabernet Sauvignon (47%).

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