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
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
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in
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
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, the winery is located in the commune of
Sauternes.
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. 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 into 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 1937, the majority of the former Château Romer vineyards, compromising to , were sold to Xavier Dauglade and Madame du Hayot, forming Château Romer du Hayot. The part of the original estate that has remained under the Château Romer name, about , had been sold by Myre-Mory to Roger Farges in 1911.
The original estate buildings were torn down in the 1970s, when the
E72 road was built, and since then the wines have been vinified off-site by the Du Hayot owners.
Production
Château Romer du Hayot cover an area of . The vineyards are planted with 70%
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 ...
, 25%
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 ...
. About 25 000 bottles are produced annually.
Château Romer du Hayot at Les vignobles Du Hayot
accessed 2012-04-22
Vinification takes place together with the other Sauternes properties of Vignobles Du Hayot, at Château Andoyse in Barsac.
References
External links
Château Romer du Hayot official webpage
(at Les vignobles Du Hayot)
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Bordeaux wine producers