In 1871, the Chateau attracted the attention of Edouard Kressmann who had just founded his wine merchant business in Bordeaux. He was seduced by the quality of the white wines grown on a remarkable gravelly hilltop.
Alfred Kressmann, eldest son of Edouard, acquired the property in 1930. He changed the name: to avoid confusion with its illustrious namesake in the Medoc : Château Latour became Château LaTour-Martillac.
The vineyard consisted of a dozen hectares of which the majority was planted in white wine. Without touching the oldest plots, he then added Cabernet Sauvignon to the Merlot that was already planted.
The classification of Graves wines finally took place in 1953 under the authority of the l’Institut National des Appellations d’Origine.
The classification recognized 16 châteaux, all in the north of the Graves region.
Château LaTour-Martillac is one of only six properties classified for both red and white wines.
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