The town was part of the Duchy of Fronsac, held by the famous Duke of Richelieu, nephew of the cardinal, godson of Louis XIV and governor of Guyenne and Gascony. The prosperous village, endowed with weekly markets and monthly fairs, brought many craftsmen, traders and farmers to life in the XNUMXth century.
The vineyard then takes over: first white wine, then, after World War II, red wine, in Bordeaux Supérieur. The ethymology of Galgon comes from the Latin Galgo meaning loose land crisscrossed with deep streams allowing the installation of dikes for the establishment of mills. Indeed, this definition seems the most appropriate since the village of Galgon is crossed by two rivers: Isle and Saye, and on the latter were built 6 mills, during the XNUMXth century ...
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