News from the Château
HISTORY, EVENTS AND NEWS
20 April 2023
CHÂTEAUX DE LA DAUPHINE AND CANON PÉCRESSE JOIN FORCES ON TWO GREAT FRONSAC TERROIRS The Labrune family (Château de La Dauphine) and the Pécresse family (Château Canon Pécresse) have entered a partnership agreement to develop these two […]
22 June 2022
Valentine, Benjamin and Linjing will be delighted to receive you on Monday to Sunday at Château de La Dauphine. . . Our organic and biodynamic vineyard, our common history with Versailles, and our wines and foods pairing […]
22 October 2021
It is now some time since the seed for this idea was planted, but we had to be patient and try to keep quiet about a project that is very close to our hearts. As of today, […]
18 October 2021
Belgium embraces Château de La Dauphine with “Strong Women Make Big Bottles”. This year, the operation organized by the CIVB is focusing on Belgium. It highlights talented women winegrowers from the Bordeaux region and equally talented women […]
15 October 2021
Making wine in 2021 required serious determination, with winegrowers being faced with a series of calamities. The growing season began with a month punctuated by long nights battling against deadly frosts; a battle that was successful to […]
14 July 2021
We are delighted to announce the official acquisition of Château Vrai Canon Bouché, in the Canon-Fronsac appellation. This jewel of a property stands on a promontory overlooking the rolling landscape of Fronsac and has 13 hectares of […]
26 June 2021
We carry out experiments every year at Château de La Dauphine and the latest one, which will take several years, aims to rebalance the proportion of fungi to bacteria in our soil. In line with our organic […]
25 March 2021
2020 was a vintage of contrasts – By David Pernet SOVIVINSThe year began with a historically rainy winter followed by an almost tropical spring. These conditions meant that protection of the vines against mildew and soil management […]
1 October 2020
For several years, Château de La Dauphine has been experimenting with ageing wines in amphorae. Completely neutral, the amphorae make it possible to mature the wines giving a pure expression of the terroir and the grape variety. […]
28 September 2020
The red grape harvest began on Monday, 14 September 2020 at Château de La Dauphine. We started with the Merlot and finished with the Cabernet Franc at the end of the month on our 53-hectare vineyard that […]
8 September 2020
As August slowly came to an end, under a still blazing sun, La Dauphine’s team gathered in the early morning to pick the white grapes by hand for only the second time. The plot covers almost a […]