Château Larteau

The Larteau story thus begins at the end of the 18th century. The management of the estate was then in the hands of François de Belcier, knight, seigneur du Crain, Baron d’Ares, whose family probably owned these lands since the 17th century. Major work was carried out on the estate’s outbuildings in the 1770s, and the barrel cellar appears to date back to 1776, the year of American independence. Under the impetus of a great family of Libourne négociants, the Beylot family, who acquired the estate in 1778, the château enjoyed prosperous times, with a peak of renown in the 1900s. The first vineyard acquisition of this dynasty of négociants, it was kept for more than a century as a symbol of their empire. In 1903, the estate passed to the Lacaze family, who kept it until 1967, followed by other families. In 2007, Jean-Pierre Angliviel de la Beaumelle bought the estate. He renovated a large part of the cellars and the château. In 2017, the estate passed into the hands of a foreign group. In 2022, the estate returned to French ownership and picked up again with its prestigious history by dedicating the estate to the viticultural excellence of the Libournais and the banks of the Dordogne. Located on the edge of the Dordogne, south of Libourne, in Arveyres, the Larteau vineyard covers 16.6 ha, of which 12.18 ha are planted with vines. Château Larteau occupies a fine terroir of clay over deep gravel. The average age of the vines is 25 years and the average density is 5,500 vines/hectare.