Château Gravelines

The origins of Château Gravelines date back to the 16th century, when it was already producing renowned wines.

It is a historic castle in Benauge, in the commune of Semens, even if the castle is in fact only a very large wine cellar.

Its owner at the time was a vassal of the Count of Benauge, to whom he owed an annual tribute of two trained falcons and a pair of golden spurs. These attributes appear on the coat of arms of the Fleury-Dubourg family, successors to their ancestors Gassies, Gaussem and then Dubourg, who through successive purchases during the 19th and 20th centuries, increased the area to nearly 80 hectares of vines.

In 2001, the estate was sold to a GFA managed by Idia, a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, which ended up selling it to Olivier Fleury in 2023, at least the historic plots, woods and fallow land, vines around the Château and in Sainte-Croix du Mont, a total of 16 hectares, registered as 'Gravelines', the Côte du Tich with its vines planted in 1921, Coureteau with its sauvignons.

The red vineyard is made up of one-third Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet-Sauvignon.

The whites are 60% Sémillon and 40% Sauvignon.

The whites produce a light sweet wine in AOC Premières Côtes de Bordeaux, the dry wines in dry white Bordeaux (Sauvignon), the reds in Côtes de Bordeaux Cadillac and the rosés in Bordeaux rosé.

As the buildings constituting the old cellars were not acquired, the wines are vinified at the Château du Pavillon, headquarters of the Vignobles Olivier Fleury company.