Château Romer is a sweet white wine ranked as Second Cru Classé (French, “Second Growth”) in the original

Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines that were to be on display for visitors from ...

. Belonging to the Sauternes

appellation An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication primarily used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown, although other types of food often have appellations as well. Restrictions other than geographical boun ...

Gironde Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,62 ...

, in the region of

Graves A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral. Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for the purpose of burial, such as gravey ...

, the estate is located in the commune of

Fargues de Langon Fargues (; oc, Hargas de Lengon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Fargues is located in the Sauternes wine appellation of Bordeaux. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department ...

History

The wine estate was probably founded already in the 17th century by the Montalier family, and shares its early history with that of

Château Romer du Hayot Château Romer du Hayot is a sweet white wine ranked as Second Cru Classé (French, “Second Growth”) in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Belonging to the Sauternes appellation in Gironde, in the region of Graves, th ...

. In the year 1800, Ferdinand Auguste de Lur-Saluces married a descendant of the founders, Marie Thérèse Gabrielle de Montalier, which for a time made the estate part of the wine empire of the Lur-Saluces family. In 1824, their daughter Louise Alexandrine married Count Anne Auguste Jacques de la Myre-Mory. In 1855, the year of the classification of Bordeaux wine, the estate was named Château Romer, and was classified as a second growth. In 1881, due to inheritance, the estate was divided in several smaller lots that were passed down to members of the Myre-Mory family. However, the different lots were managed together by one of the inheritors, Comtesse Beaurepaire-Louvagny. In 1911, about of the estate was sold by Myre-Mory to Roger Farges, and this land forms the basis of the current Château Romer which stayed in the Farges family for the next century. Th remaining to were sold in 1937 to Xavier Dauglade and Madame du Hayot, forming

. Later, the Farges family did not put much emphasis on winemaking. From 1976, the remaining vineyard area had André du Hayot as a tenant farmer, who vinified it at his own property. In 2002, Anne Farges restarted winemaking at Château Romer, with the 2002 vintage the first to reappear under the château's own name.Château Romer: History
, accessed 2012-04-22 In 2012, Château Romer was bought by

Bernard Magrez Bernard Magrez, born 1936, is a French wine magnate who predominantly owns Bordeaux wine estates, including Château La Tour Carnet, Château Pape Clément, Château Fombrauge and Clos Haut-Peyraguey but also a large number of wine producing propert ...

Production

Château Romer's productive vineyards currently cover of a total area of . The vineyards are planted with 90%

Sémillon Sémillon is a golden-skinned grape used to make dry and sweet white wines, mostly in France and Australia. Its thin skin and susceptibility to botrytis make it dominate the sweet wine region Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC. History The Sémill ...

, 5%

Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France. The grape most likely gets its name from the French words ''sauvage'' ("wild") and ''blanc'' ("white") due to its early origins as an indigenous grape in ...

and 5%

Muscadelle Muscadelle is a white wine grape variety. It has a simple aroma of grape juice and raisins like grapes of the Muscat family of grapes, but it is unrelated. DNA analysis has indicated that Muscadelle is a cross between Gouais blanc and an unide ...

. Only a single wine, the sweet classified growth Sauternes, is produced. This wine spends 12–18 months in oak barrel, and about 5 000 bottles are produced annually.

References

External links

Château Romer official site
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