Château

Château Haura

shah-TOH oh-RAH
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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

An estate at Illats that made its name with a sweet Cérons, replanted mostly to red Graves and in the hands of the Dubourdieu family since 2002.

Appellation
Graves

The château

For 100 years Château Haura has joined 2 old properties of Illats, Hillot and Haura. Its reputation was built on a sweet Cérons; the vineyard has since been largely replanted to red, but a few barrels of noble-rot wine are still made, a thread back to what the name once meant. Denis Dubourdieu took the estate on in 2002, and since his death in 2016 his family has carried it on with its other estates. It covers about 15 hectares, 13 of them in production, on 2 gravelly rises separated by a small valley, with vines 22 years old on average.

The red Graves is fermented in stainless steel with gentle punching down and aged 12 months in barrel; the 2020 is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. The sweet Château Haura Cérons is 100% Sémillon grown on gravel, fermented and aged 9 months in barrels and wooden vats.

At a glance

Appellation
Graves, red; Cérons, sweet
Commune
Illats
Classification
No classification
Direction
Denis Dubourdieu Domaines, since 2002
Vineyard
About 15 hectares, 13 in production; vines 22 years old on average
Soil
Gravel, on 2 rises Terroir of Graves →
Grapes
The 2020 red: Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 40%; the Cérons: Sémillon 100%
Cellar
Red: stainless steel, 12 months in barrel; Cérons: 9 months in barrel and wooden vat
Wines
Château Haura, red Graves; Château Haura Cérons
The house
Denis Dubourdieu Domaines: also Doisy-Daëne, Clos Floridène, Doisy Dubroca, Reynon and Cantegril

Sources

Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Haura is in the Graves appellation.

Private

By invitation only.

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