{"id":161,"date":"2015-02-12T21:29:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T21:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/2015\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T11:19:48","slug":"an-exceptional-terroir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/an-exceptional-terroir\/","title":{"rendered":"An exceptional Terroir"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>An ideal location<br \/>\nand temperate climate&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>In the Northern Graves &#8211; the oldest winegrowing terroir in Bordeaux dating back 2,000 years &#8211; Ch\u00e2teau Brown lies in the heart of the young Pessac-L\u00e9ognan appellation created in 1987 by Andr\u00e9 Lurton, a key winegrowing figure in Bordeaux.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cent wp-image-3703 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN-382x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN-382x255.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/RELIEF-DE-BROWN.jpg 1559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><p>Sloping plots<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bordered by vast forests and built-up areas (the towns of Gradignan, Villenave d\u2019Ornon and L\u00e9ognan), the vineyards enjoy a micro-climate that is ideal for the grape ripening process and therefore the quality of the wine.<\/p>\n<p>Ch\u00e2teau Brown covers some 60 hectares, including 31 hectares of vines in a single stretch: 26 hectares for reds and 5 ha for whites. For the red wines, the vineyard comprises a majority of <strong>Cabernet Sauvignon<\/strong> (53%) and <strong>Merlot<\/strong> (45%), plus 2% of <strong>Petit Verdot<\/strong>. The varieties on the plots dedicated to white wines are 60% <strong>Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong> and 40% <strong>Semillon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cent alignnone wp-image-3704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-382x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-382x169.png 382w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-1536x680.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/ligne-de-raisin-2048x907.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ideal location and temperate climate&#8230; In the Northern Graves &#8211; the oldest winegrowing terroir in Bordeaux dating back 2,000 years &#8211; Ch\u00e2teau Brown lies in the heart of the young Pessac-L\u00e9ognan appellation created in 1987 by Andr\u00e9 Lurton, a key winegrowing figure in Bordeaux. &nbsp; &nbsp; Bordered by vast forests and built-up areas (the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-heritage.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"actualites":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"franck","author_link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/author\/franck\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"An ideal location and temperate climate&#8230; In the Northern Graves &#8211; the oldest winegrowing terroir in Bordeaux dating back 2,000 years &#8211; Ch\u00e2teau Brown lies in the heart of the young Pessac-L\u00e9ognan appellation created in 1987 by Andr\u00e9 Lurton, a key winegrowing figure in Bordeaux. &nbsp; &nbsp; Bordered by vast forests and built-up areas (the\u2026","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions\/4260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chateau-brown.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}