Château Latour-Martillac

Viticulture first began in the 19th century when the land was attached to the estate of Château de la Brède, birthplace of Montesquieu.

Under the ownership of Monsieur Charropin, the estate took the identity of Latour-Martillac, but the wine it produced was not noted as remarkable until the involvement of Edward Kressmann.

[1] Following the death of the owner, Kressmann faced the risk of losing a wine that had been a favourite of his clients for generations, so he bought it outright.

[2] Already by 1884, Edward Kressmann had planted white grape varieties and, in 1892 launched the wine Graves Monopole Dry which was successful.

the estate is under the management of the following generation of the Kressmann family, the brothers Tristan and Loïc, working with the consultants Denis Dubourdieu from 1986 and Michel Rolland between 1989 and 2005.