Château Beyzac

Lecoutre de Beauvais mentions Beyzac in 1838; its owner was then a member of the Camiran family, originally from the Agenais, who had arrived in the Gironde in the 17th century. The wines already belonged to the class of the good Bourgeois of the Médoc.
In the first edition of the ” Féret ” in 1850, it was in the hands of Jacques Henri Wustenberg, head of the eponymous négociant house founded by his father in 1779, president of the Bordeaux chamber of commerce and president of the conseil général in 1847; a street in Bordeaux bears his name. On his death, as often happened at the time, his son took over the négociant house and his daughter, Françoise, received the Beyzac estate as her dowry, one of the very first properties of the commune in both quality and size.
She married Émile Bosc in 1849, son of Jean-Jacques, another renowned négociant of the period. It is no surprise that the cru was in his name in 1868, still among the Bourgeois crus and the great properties, producing more than 150 barrels at that time.
As a family tradition, their daughter inherited the property. Magdelaine Bosc married Louis Henri Brown de Colstoun in 1878; he would end his life as a rear admiral of the Navy and, on the day of his wedding, as a ship’s captain who had already roamed the four corners of the world, he was aide-de-camp to the Minister of the Navy. They maintained the château and the wines at their rank until the beginning of the 20th century, but their succession was more difficult. The property, broken up, was sold after the Great War and during the years of crisis, its owner ended up joining the cooperative.
At the end of the 1990s, Jean-Paul Rolland, a passionate winegrower, acquired this historic estate and set about restoring it to its former lustre. It is work that demands patience and investment. A man of experience, who has managed Château des Granges de Civrac for many years, he has a perfect grasp of the road that remains to be travelled.
Fifteen years later, with his daughter Aude having joined him on the property and the vines reaching a sufficient average age, he can be happy with the challenge met: the wines of Beyzac live up to his hopes and delight enthusiasts across France.