Château
Château Haut-Bergeron
A family Sauternes at Preignac, next door to Château d’Yquem, where the Lamothes are in their 5th generation, with 35 hectares in Sauternes and 12 in the Graves.
- Appellation
- Sauternes
The estate
Haut-Bergeron stands at Preignac, about 40 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux and 10 from Langon, next to Château d’Yquem. The Lamothe family has been there for 5 generations, and Patrick Lamothe and his brother Hervé run it today. They farm 35 hectares in Sauternes and 12 in the Graves, and make Sauternes, Barsac, Graves and Graves Supérieures.
At a glance
- Appellation
- Sauternes
- Commune
- Preignac, next to Château d’Yquem
- Classification
- No classification
- Owners
- The Lamothe family, for 5 generations
- Direction
- Patrick Lamothe and his brother Hervé
- Vineyard
- 35 hectares in Sauternes and 12 in the Graves
- Wines
- Sauternes, Barsac, Graves and Graves Supérieures
Sources: ODG Sauternes & Barsac, Château Haut-Bergeron · Gironde Tourisme, Château Haut-Bergeron · Gironde Tourisme, Château Haut-Bergeron (French)
The record
Château Haut-Bergeron is in the Sauternes appellation.
Cru Classé
By invitation only.
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