Laroze 1998

Chateau Laroze is a Grand Cru Classé wine estate in the Saint-Émilion district of Bordeaux, known for its red wine of the same name based on the Merlot grape. La Fleur Laroze is the second wine, while a third wine, Lady Laroze, was introduced with the 2010 vintage to celebrate the owning family’s 400th anniversary making wine in Saint-Émilion.

This estate itself was formed in 1882 when Georges Gurchy and his wife bought and combined three small vineyards totalling 15 hectares (37 acres). The château and cellars were built in 1885. Gurchy’s granddaughter married a doctor called Meslin, and the estate remains under the ownership and management of the Meslin family.

There are now 27 hectares (67 acres) of vines on silica-clay soils surrounding the château at the bottom of a hill to the northwest of Saint-Émilion village. Plantings are 68 percent Merlot with 26 percent Cabernet Franc, and six percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Annual production totals around 110,000 bottles, of which 80,000 is the grand vin.