Château Sigalas-Rabaud

The Rabaud estate was brought as a dowry, in 1660, by Marie Peyronne de Rabaud to messire Arnaud de Cazeau, from a parliamentary family, and was kept by their descendants until 1819. M. Pierre-Hubert de Cazeau, mayor of Bommes, then sold it to M. Deynes. It was acquired in 1863 by M. Henri Drouilhet de Sigalas.
Château de Sigalas-Rabaud comprises half of the Rabaud premier cru assembled by M. Drouilhet de Sigalas. Owned by the children of his great-granddaughter, the Marquise de Lambert des Granges, it is located on the south-facing slopes of the high hillsides of the Sauternais. Its gravel-clay soil produces wines whose bouquet, freshness, finesse and breeding rank them among the jewels of the great Sauternes.
The cellar and vat room, in the left wing of the château, can hold 125 barrels on the floor. The cultivation of the vineyard and the vinification, carried out with the greatest care, produce an average of 20 barrels of first wine and 5 barrels of the second wine, Lieutenant de Sigalas.
In November 1957, a gallery of paintings glorifying the vine and wine, the work of eight artists from the Gironde, was inaugurated.
In July 1989, a reception and tasting room was built in the main building of the cellars. This rustic-style room can receive groups of up to 70 visitors and serve meals to 50 guests.
In September 1989, the heirs of the Marquise de Lambert des Granges, née Marie-Antoinette de Sigalas, formed a Société Anonyme Simplifiée. The wines are sold through the Place de Bordeaux.
The Lambert des Granges family also owns Château de Gaussens in Baurech and Château du Mirail in Brouqueyran.