1966 | Chteau Durfort-Vivens | Margaux

Introduction

Red Wine: 1966 | Chteau Durfort-Vivens | Margaux

The color is deep cherry. Delicate and impressive depth on the nose. A very pleasant, rich and smooth taste in the mouth. Lovely texture. Powerful and impressive finish.

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Producer: Chteau Durfort-Vivens

Vintage: 2008

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

The color is deep cherry. Delicate and impressive depth on the nose. A very pleasant, rich and smooth taste in the mouth. Lovely texture. Powerful and impressive finish.

Producer Information

Chteau Durfort-Vivens is a Bordeaux wine estate in the Margaux appellation. One of the grands crus classs (classified grands crus) of the Mdoc, it was ranked as a second growth in the original 1855 Classification. The estate is overseen by Gonzague Lurton, who took over running the property in the early 1990s. It was one of the estates visited by future US president and known wine-lover, Thomas Jefferson, just before the French Revolution. Jefferson, who was then ambassador to France, produced his own ranking of the chteaux of the Mdoc, rating Durfort-Vivens just under Lafite, Latour and Margaux. Like numerous holdings in the area, the estate in the post-revolutionary era of the 19th Century was marked by a succession of owners. This continued into the 20th Century before the chteau was bought by the Lurton family (who at that time also held a stake in Chteau Margaux, only a few hundred meters to the northeast) in 1937. In 1962, Lucien Lurton, of the same family, bought the estate. He passed the running of the chteau onto his son, Gonzague, in 1992. Since then, Gonzague Lurton has revamped the cellars and, in more recent times, converted the estate to organics (certified by Ecocert in 2015) and biodynamics (first certified by Demeter in 2017).