Rich in wines whose worldwide reputation is well established, the “Bordeaux Wine Route in Saint-Émilion, Pomerol, Fronsac” occupies the right bank of the Dordogne, between Bordeaux and Bergerac, as well as the northern part of the river. 'Between two seas.
The road takes its name from the organic group combining the three major AOCs of the same name, it is organized around the port city of Libourne, and thus today forms the region of Grand Libournais.
The flagship of the area is the magnificent medieval city of Saint-Emilion, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a “Cultural Landscape”, and one of the most famous showcases of the Bordeaux vineyards.
La "Bordeaux Wine Route in Saint-Émilion, Pomerol, Fronsac" stands out for the great homogeneity of its landscapes, its geology (predominantly limestone subsoil), its concentration of vineyards, and the importance of family farms, small and medium-sized properties, which contrast with the large estates of the “Bordeaux Wine Route in Medoc”.
At the crossroads of river and land routes, the Fronsadais, and especially the Tertre de Fronsac, has always occupied a strategic position: the Gauls held an important market there, the Romans built an altar there, then, in the year 770, Charlemagne built a powerful fortress there.
The mound of Fronsac
Highest point of the Fronsadais at 77 meters high.
Later, during the three centuries of English occupation, the wines of Fronsac were widely exported to England. In 1663, the Duke of Richelieu decided to acquire the lands of the Duchy of Fronsac, and had a "madness" built there, the scene of the gallant festivals whose echo spread to the court of Louis XIV. From then on, the notoriety of Fronsac wines continued to expand.
In the XNUMXth century, the qualitative revolution of Libournais wines took its roots here and the rise of world maritime trade largely contributed to establishing the Fronsac vineyard among the noblest of the Bordeaux vineyards.
In the 1750th century, the wines of Fronsac and Canon Fronsac enjoyed the strongest reputation among the wines of Libournais, Saint-Emilion and Pomerol, honoring themselves with the highest prices. Likewise, in XNUMX, three notables from Fronsac and Canon Fronsac, Messrs Lafon, Boyer and Mathieu, were the first to initiate a wine revolution, transforming the vineyard previously made up of “metairies” into small “crus” ( ancestor of today's castles).
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