| o the north of the little village of Saint-Lambert, the Chateau Fonbadet vineyard benefits from a choice location, among the most reputed estates of the Pauillac appellation: Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Lynch Bages, Chateau Pichon Longueville. Fonbadet, the place that gave its name to our estate, is a typical place name in the Medoc terroir, a combination of the Gascon words meaning fountain (fon) of the little valley (badet). In the Middle Ages, the estate was part of the Chateau Latour domain and all the evidence dating back to that period shows that vines were planted very early on, but it is only at the end of the Ancien Regime that records show a structured vineyard at Fonbadet. The vineyard was subsequently owned by families whose names are still remembered by the inhabitants of the region today. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was purchased by Pierre de Geres de Loupes, son of the Lord of Camarsac, who was the Vice-Prefect of Lesparre and Justice of the Peace in Pauil. |
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