Sylvie Plomby

Château Le Lau

Region :
Bordeaux
APPELLATION :
Bordeaux, Côtes de Bordeaux, Graves de Vayres

The vineyard is located on the Arveyres plateau in the region between two seas. Cradled by the Dordogne river, "Le Lau" has an intact biodiversity. The beauty of the place has often aroused the interest of film producers; in 1956 Pierre-Gaspard Huit shot "La marié est trop belle" with Brigitte Bardot as his main actress...

Anecdotes about the domain

My grandfather was a winemaker. I grew up in the Libourne region and my parents always had St Emilion and Pomerol in their cellar... A fruity, generous, elegant wine. A wine that is as natural as possible expressing its terroir and beneficial to the health of our customers. My meeting with Cédric Boudin, recruited in March 2013 as technical director was very significant for our vineyard. He takes care of our vines with love! Another important meeting was with Nicolas Joly for biodynamics.

The domain's short story

Château Le Lau was built in 1762 by the architect Victor Louis, author of the magnificent Bordeaux Opera House. The Du Fau De Lamothe family lived there for three generations. Bought by my parents (Marcelle and Régis Plomby) in 1988, I took over the management in 2013. There was a great shortage of vines; we replanted and cared for our vines; careful pruning, manual disbudding, working the soil and under the rows of vines to eliminate weed killers. We are orienting our vineyards towards organic and biodynamic farming.the taking over of the vineyard is a new professional start for me as before I worked in the fashion industry in Paris and then in London. In 2013, I followed the courses of Mr. Dubourdieu at the oenology center of Bordeaux on the degustation and the wine making where I obtained the DUAD. I am very happy about it!

The winemaker's pride

The vineyard is located on the plateau of Arveyres (between St Emilion 18km and Bordeaux 25km) in the region of the entre deux mers. Cradled by the Dordogne River, "Le Lau" has an intact biodiversity with its woods, meadows, gardens, orchards and vegetable garden. The beauty of the place has often aroused the interest of film producers; in 1956 Pierre-Gaspard Huit shot "La marié est trop belle" with Brigitte Bardot as the lead actress. Vinification and maturation by plot. My favorite parcel of the Domaine is located on the plateau, facing south, a parcel of Merlot from 45 year old vines on a fine gravel soil. Its subsoil is clay-gravel and sandy.