Château d'Agassac
Château D'Agassac is a Haut-Médoc wine estate located on the village of Ludon-Médoc in the Médoc, only 15 minutes from the city of Bordeaux in France. Its red wine is a famous Cru Bourgeois ranked "Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel" in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1932. The property is also a leader in enotourism. History. According to a local tradition, a Latin inscription found in the underground galleries of the Château dates its construction back to the 13th century. But the first of its known lords was Guillaume-Raymond d'Agassac in 1172, Lord of Blanquefort . In 1792 the first vines was planted and the winery created. Geology and Terroir. The terroir of the estate is situated in the southern part of Ludon-Médoc between two gravely outcrops and an area of sandy gravel. The first consists of extremely fine gravel from the river and very characteristic of the commune of Ludon-Médoc. This gravely structure which can reach depths of up to 3 meters lends itself to ideal draining of water and results in a considerably early ripening of the grapes in this part of the vineyard, producing extremely refined and elegant wines. The second  outcrop is made up of large Gunz gravel which forms a carpet much deeper than the first outcrop (+6m). However, given the greater proportion of clay, it lends itself to full-bodied wines with a more firm backbone. It results in supple, palatable wines with a harmonious presence of tannins and devoid of all sharpness. Wines. D'Agassac is today one of the wines of the Haut-Médoc with the best scores and the most awards : 2000 Vintage year : "One of the 100 best wines of the World" by the Wine Spectator sélection in United States (April 2003). The winery  produces 5 various wines : Enotourism. The estate is opening for visiting and wine tasting. Member of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network, Château D'Agassac often win the Best Of Wine Tourism Contest for its quality of reception and infrastructure (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2012). It is possible to rent the estate for seminar, dinner or wedding.