Please see below for the vintages available, quantities, and pricing. Single bottles will be packed into individual wooden cases. Additionally, it is worth noting that as the shape of the historical bottles can be slightly different, depending on the vintage, the wooden case dimensions will also differ.
The bottles in this offer have been stored without labels in the cellars of Château Gruaud Larose. After a bottle has been selected, it will then be labelled and packaged in its own OWC. Some vintages have been recorked, and this will be verified by the Château on an individual basis.
For added context, Château Gruaud Larose is younger than most of its cohorts. Its origins date to 1725 and the knight Joseph Stanislas Gruaud. The property was called Fond-Bedeau, and was administered by two Gruauds; one a priest and the other a magistrate. The magistrate, the Chevalier (Knight) du Gruaud, died in 1778 and his part of the property was deeded to Joseph Sebastian de La Rose, who renamed this property Gruaud-La Rose or Gruaud-Larose.
Control of the property was split among multiple descendants, but the property remained intact until 1867 when it was split into Château Gruaud-Larose-Sarget (after the Baron Sarget) and Château Gruaud-Larose-Faure (after Adrien Faure, who married one Sophie Bethmann, heiress to a portion of the estate).
The two châteaux were reunited by the Cordier family, (whose labels you will see in the offer) who purchased the Sarget piece in 1917 and the Faure piece in 1935; the château became a centerpiece of the many Cordier properties along with Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey and Château Talbot. Today it is owned by the Taillan Group, who also own Château Haut-Bages-Libéral.
Please see below for more information. It is rare when one can experience history in such a unique and personal way, in this case, via a bottle (or bottles) of wine. Step back in time through the cellars of Château Gruaud Larose!