Continuing with our travel in the Bordeaux-Medoc region …
At Pauillac’s tourist information, we asked about any last minute tour and they suggested we try Château Lamothe Bergeron, Cussac-Fort-Médoc, without a reservation.
By the time we got there, all the visitors had left already. The owner/manager saw us lingering and asked the guide to give us a tour. A private tour !
Everything about this establishment seem new even though it has been around for a long time, the chateau was built in 1868. The wine is classified as Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc.
The reception area is decorated like a living room.
The tour started with a visit to a hut overlooking a field of grapes.
Some of the big production spaces on the tour have nightclub lightings.
With massive stainless steel tanks lining the space, reflective walls and high ceilings, all one need is a DJ and nice sound system.
The tour included a multimedia experience, a kind of augmented reality without the headset. Very slick presentation of the blending process projected on a glass partition with the barrel room in the background – state of the art technology.
According to its web site (click here):
Nestling between the terroirs of Margaux and Saint-Julien, Lamothe-Bergeron forms part of the closed circle of châteaux “with a river view”, in other words those occupying the best gravels left by the Gironde estuary. This magical soil warms the grapes, provides perfect drainage and produces grapes with finesse…
The vineyards cover 67 hectares, of which 58% are planted with Merlot grapes, 38% with Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot.
At the end of the tour, we were invited to try 2 vintages.
The tasting station is diffusely lit from the bottom.
The wines were both good. We bought a 2009 and a 2014.
Fun.