Chateau La Porge (Entre-Deux-Mers )
Born in 1877, son of a winegrower, it was Louis Sirac who was the first to seek land suitable for making great Bordeaux wines and creating his own château. So in 1928 he acquired the first plots in Moulon, a small village in Libournais, located 7 km from Saint Emilion, giving birth to Château Le Porge. Louis passes on his knowledge and all his philosophy of the great Bordeaux wines to his son Pierre-André Sirac.
The transmission of the estate to his son Pierre Sirac gave a new dimension to Château Le Porge. The clay-limestone soils near the castle allow the production of sumptuous red wines. A little further, the highlands refine the perfect gestation of a high quality white wine.
Today it is Matthieu Sirac, born in 1977, who, after brilliant studies in Viticulture and Oenology, is still developing the estate with new lands allowing the range of wines to be extended. Its constant search for the best marriage between the typicity of the terroirs and the grape varieties, combined with the best winemaking techniques, now allows us to give the best of each plot of the estate. The range offered is rich and varied, offering Traditional red Bordeaux and Superior red Bordeaux, a Bordeaux-Clairet, a Bordeaux Rosé, a white Entre-deux-mers as well as two Bordeaux Crémants, white and rosé.
The transmission of the estate to his son Pierre Sirac gave a new dimension to Château Le Porge. The clay-limestone soils near the castle allow the production of sumptuous red wines. A little further, the highlands refine the perfect gestation of a high quality white wine.
Today it is Matthieu Sirac, born in 1977, who, after brilliant studies in Viticulture and Oenology, is still developing the estate with new lands allowing the range of wines to be extended. Its constant search for the best marriage between the typicity of the terroirs and the grape varieties, combined with the best winemaking techniques, now allows us to give the best of each plot of the estate. The range offered is rich and varied, offering Traditional red Bordeaux and Superior red Bordeaux, a Bordeaux-Clairet, a Bordeaux Rosé, a white Entre-deux-mers as well as two Bordeaux Crémants, white and rosé.
The vineyards of our estate cover more than 36 hectares located in the heart of Entre-Deux-Mers, just opposite the Saint Emilion vineyard. Like the latter, our vineyard is mainly made up of limestone and clay-limestone soils which each have their own mineral (strong influence on the flavors of the wine) and mechanical (strong influence on the water management of the vine).
Thus, on our plots located on the edge of the Dordogne which separates us from the Saint Emilion vineyard, as on the other bank, the soils are heavily loaded with alluvium. On the other hand, our plots located to the south of the Estate with slight relief and an ideal orientation, benefit from optimal sunshine and easy to work soil. Finally, further north, these last plots, mostly on hillsides, of gravelly terraces, offer other qualities of vine management and other taste advantages.
Since the first generation, the Sirac family had understood that the choice of grape variety combined with that of the land was the great secret to obtain remarkable wines in a climate specific to the vineyard. Today, Matthieu Sirac is more than ever in constant search of this perfect match between soils, grape varieties and vinifications.
This diversity is expressed in our vineyard as follows:
24.5 hectares in Bordeaux Red (90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet-Sauvignon)
3 hectares in Bordeaux Supérieur (100% Merlot)
4.5 hectares of Entre-Deux-Mers Blanc (70% Sémillon, 30% Sauvignon)
1 hectare in Crémant Blanc (100% Sémillon)
1 hectare in Crémant Rosé (100% Cabernet-Sauvignon)
1 hectare in Bordeaux Rosé (100% Merlot)
1 hectare in Bordeaux Clairet (100% Merlot)
Thus, on our plots located on the edge of the Dordogne which separates us from the Saint Emilion vineyard, as on the other bank, the soils are heavily loaded with alluvium. On the other hand, our plots located to the south of the Estate with slight relief and an ideal orientation, benefit from optimal sunshine and easy to work soil. Finally, further north, these last plots, mostly on hillsides, of gravelly terraces, offer other qualities of vine management and other taste advantages.
Since the first generation, the Sirac family had understood that the choice of grape variety combined with that of the land was the great secret to obtain remarkable wines in a climate specific to the vineyard. Today, Matthieu Sirac is more than ever in constant search of this perfect match between soils, grape varieties and vinifications.
This diversity is expressed in our vineyard as follows:
24.5 hectares in Bordeaux Red (90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet-Sauvignon)
3 hectares in Bordeaux Supérieur (100% Merlot)
4.5 hectares of Entre-Deux-Mers Blanc (70% Sémillon, 30% Sauvignon)
1 hectare in Crémant Blanc (100% Sémillon)
1 hectare in Crémant Rosé (100% Cabernet-Sauvignon)
1 hectare in Bordeaux Rosé (100% Merlot)
1 hectare in Bordeaux Clairet (100% Merlot)