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Our Bordeaux at the March Madness event was a Léoville Barton. Originally, back in the 1630, Léoville was one large estate in the Saint Julien area of Bordeaux. It was owned by the Alexander de Gascq family. After the French Revolution, it was divided into two, then three different properties. The most famous is Léoville Las Cases, named after the Marquis de Las Cases who was the eldest son in the de Gasque family. Léoville Barton, the wine we enjoyed, was named after Thomas Barton, an Irishman who founded a negotiant business in Bordeaux in 1722. By 1826, with a few châteaux under their belts, the Barton family purchased Ponte Langoise which they renamed Langola Barton. A few years later, they bought a nearby vineyard which was culled from the Léoville Las Cases vineyard and renamed it Léoville Barton. There was no château or winemaking facility, so they used Langola Barton to make and bottle the wine, a tradition that still exists today. Wine Trivia alert! The château that you see on the label is actually Langola Barton. Finally, the third property, known as Léoville Poyferré, was given to the daughter, Jeanne de Gasque, sister of the Marquis de Las Cases, who gave it to her daughter, whose husband was the Baron Poyferré de Ceres. She named the property Poyferré. At first the wines were sold as Baron de Poyferré, but the name later got changed to Léoville Poyferré. All the Léovilles are Second Growths.
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