CHÂTEAU DURFORT-VIVENS
Le Relais de Dufort Vivens Margaux
2015
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Margaux
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon
79 %
Merlot
19 %
Cabernet Franc
2 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website
About this winery
History Château DURFORT-VIVENS owes its name to the Durfort de Duras, a powerful family in the South-West of France that came to Margaux in the fourteenth century. In 1824, the Viscount of Vivens’ name was added to that of Durfort. The quality of the Durfort wine began to be appreciated at the end of the eighteenth century. Thomas Jefferson, the American ambassador in France and future president, was a wine connoisseur and ranked it directly after Lafite, Latour and Margaux in his...
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