{"id":19287,"date":"2021-12-19T16:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T15:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vinispi.com\/chateau-de-la-croix-estate-in-the-heart-of-the-medoc\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:43:55","slug":"chateau-de-la-croix-estate-in-the-heart-of-the-medoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vinispi.com\/en\/chateau-de-la-croix-estate-in-the-heart-of-the-medoc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau de la Croix, estate in the heart of the M\u00e9doc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The history of the estate<\/h2>\n

In 1870, the Francisco family acquired the Ch\u00e2teau de la<\/a> Croix estate. At the time, the estate consisted of 15 hectares (12 hectares of woodland and 3 hectares of mixed farming) 7km from Lesparre, in the heart of the M\u00e9doc<\/a> peninsula. Some fifty years later, 6 hectares of vines were planted following the abandonment of a few hectares of less profitable mixed farming.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1956, frost destroyed half the vineyard, but the family didn’t give up and replanted all the frozen plots the following year. A few years later, the next generation of the Francisco family bought some twenty hectares of the village’s most prestigious terroirs. In the 1980s, under the fourth generation, numerous investments were made to improve the structure and quality of the wines.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2016, after years of expanding the estate and improving the quality of the wines, Jean Francisco handed over the reins to his daughter St\u00e9phanie. The latter brings a fresh look, combining modernity and tradition to a vineyard that now covers 31 hectares of vines.<\/span><\/p>\n

The terroir<\/h2>\n

Covering 31 hectares, the Ch\u00e2teau de la Croix vineyard is made up of vines that are 35 years old on average, planted at high density and trained with the meticulous attention to detail characteristic of the prestigious M\u00e9doc crus. The grape varieties are 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot.<\/span><\/p>\n

The terroir on which these vines are grown is made up of major soil types: <\/span><\/p>\n