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BodyFull
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CountryFrance
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RegionBordeaux
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Colour/StyleRed
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Grape VarietyMerlot, Cabernet Franc
Description
Originating from the estate of the Chambaud family in the 18th century, the sole heiress to the estate married Louis Garitey in 1875, who remained owners until Garitey's death in 1914 when the property was divided into three parts. The estate is first mentioned in the 1890 edition of Crocks and Feret where it was ranked among the best estates of Pomerol. One part of the estate acquired in 1917 by Madame Edmond Loubat, she bought additions to the property with the estate named Haut-Canton-Guillot adjacent to Trotanoy and Clos des Grandes-Vignes near Pomerol's church, that together form the present Latour-à-Pomerol property. Mme Loubat was also then proprietor of Chateau Petrus, and the two properties have been closely associated since their reputation were established during and after WW2. The estate was inherited by her niece, Madame Lily Lacoste, in 1961, who remained the owner for 40 years before she donated the estate to the Fondation de Foyers de Charité de Châteauneuf de Galaure in 2002.