On a limestone rock plateau, Laroque,
the largest wine estate of Saint-Emilion,
stands as a defensive stronghold,
a witness to a rich and distant past...
The unique character of Chateau Laroque, created by a majestic landscape and thick solid walls, evokes a rich and distant past.
The restoration of the cellars carried out in the 19th century was the work of Maurice Dufaure de Rochefort, a keen enthusiast of Saint-Emilion wines. Once the new cellars had been completed, he refocused the economic activity of Château Laroque solely on vine-growing.
After the phylloxera epidemic and the hard times that ensued, the estate and its wines were given a new lease of life in 1935 thanks to the unstinting work of its new owners: the Beaumartin family.
Over the decades that followed, with the appointment of estate manager Bruno Sainson, Château Laroque rediscovered its boldness and identity and emerged as one of the finest growths in Saint-Emilion, rising to the rank of Grand Cru Classé in 1996.
It is today the largest wine estate in Saint-Emilion with 61 hectares (151 acres) under vine.
This fresh momentum was maintained by Xavier Beaumartin, at the helm of the property from 2004 and succeeded in 2018 by his nephew Stanislas Droin.
David Suire took over the management of the wine estate from Bruno Sainson in 2015.
