{"id":2025,"date":"2026-07-28T09:43:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puyfromage-com.dev.hiteo.cloud\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:48:32","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2025\" class=\"elementor elementor-2025 elementor-31\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc8953 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fc8953\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c16801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c16801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48330ff elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"48330ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33532ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"33532ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba59af e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ba59af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db0689d elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db0689d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For more than two centuries,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794da1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"794da1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>our family\u2019s history has been closely intertwined with wine and the Bordeaux vineyards. First coopers and then wine merchants, our family acquired Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage in 1943, a family-owned wine estate in the Francs C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux appellation. Today, a new generation is continuing this story with the same passion: <strong>to reveal the unique character of our terroir, preserve it and pass this family heritage on to future generations.<\/strong>  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc4f055 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc4f055\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/macaron-marron-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1595\" alt=\"Macaron marron Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage en gironde\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29aa805 e-transform elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"29aa805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:90,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b880af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b880af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bed7c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"8bed7c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"familyhistory\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed6cd59 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed6cd59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A family history <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd13dfb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd13dfb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7287d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7287d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Coopers, winery equipment manufacturers, wine merchants and winegrowers\u2026 these are just some of the professions practised by our ancestors, including Pierre Moreau and Georges P\u00e9pin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83c89a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83c89a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8444032 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8444032\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b96f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b96f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1764-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1146\" alt=\"Element graphique marron annee 1764 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1764-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 632w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1764-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x128.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f90bd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52f90bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our grandfather, Pierre Marque, used to tell us that it all begin in 1764<\/strong>. That was the year Pierre Moreau founded Tonnellerie Moreau in Cognac, today known as Seguin Moreau \u2013 one of the world\u2019s most renowned cooperages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad75a3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad75a3d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59c163d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59c163d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-pierre-marque-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1557\" alt=\"Photo pierre marque Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage en gironde\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-pierre-marque-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp 535w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-pierre-marque-chateau-puyfromage-gironde-201x300.webp 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-748117b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"748117b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bee63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bee63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1811-seule-entreprise-francaise-du-secteur-viti-vinicole-specialise-dans-le-traitement-et-conditionnement-des-vins-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1563\" alt=\"1811 seule entreprise francaise du secteur viti vinicole specialise dans le traitement et conditionnement des vins Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1811-seule-entreprise-francaise-du-secteur-viti-vinicole-specialise-dans-le-traitement-et-conditionnement-des-vins-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 800w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1811-seule-entreprise-francaise-du-secteur-viti-vinicole-specialise-dans-le-traitement-et-conditionnement-des-vins-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x193.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1811-seule-entreprise-francaise-du-secteur-viti-vinicole-specialise-dans-le-traitement-et-conditionnement-des-vins-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-768x494.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840d4ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"840d4ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4969f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4969f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1811-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1585\" alt=\"Element graphique marron annee 1811 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1811-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 447w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1811-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x144.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aabb85b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aabb85b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meanwhile, P\u00e9pin-Gasquet, founded in 1811 by Georges P\u00e9pin, grew to employ as many as 420 people in Bordeaux. At the time, it was the only French company in the wine industry specialising in wine treatment and conditioning. For many years, the company was managed by our great-uncle, Jean Bacqu\u00e9, exported filters, wine presses and other winery equipment all over the world. <strong>P\u00e9pin-Gasquet also owned Ch\u00e2teau S\u00e9gur, a well-known wine estate in Bordeaux\u2019s M\u00e9doc appellation.<\/strong>  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3790f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3790f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e18b6e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e18b6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1913-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1583\" alt=\"Element graphique marron annee 1913 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1913-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 501w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1913-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x149.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8617553 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8617553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In 1913, our great-grandmother Andr\u00e9e Moreau married Abel Albert, who, at a very young age, succeeded his father Fran\u00e7ois. In 1880, Fran\u00e7ois had founded a fine wine merchant business in Angoul\u00eame, near Bordeaux.<\/strong> In 1929, Abel hired our grandfather, Pierre Marque, as his general agent. Despite the extensive travelling required to sell the wines, Pierre found time to fall deeply in love with his employer\u2019s only daughter, Jacqueline. They married in 1937, when she was just 17 and he was 26. Pierre went on to manage the wine merchant business until 1974.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f511f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f511f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca733cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca733cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-andre-moreau-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1559\" alt=\"Photo andre moreau Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage en gironde\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-andre-moreau-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp 679w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-andre-moreau-chateau-puyfromage-gironde-255x300.webp 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2549244 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2549244\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66f3362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66f3362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-ancienne-vignes-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1561\" alt=\"Photo ancienne vignes Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Saint-Cibard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-ancienne-vignes-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard.webp 800w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-ancienne-vignes-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-300x245.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-ancienne-vignes-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-768x626.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e24969 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e24969\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6032f37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6032f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1943-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2074\" alt=\"Element graphique marron annee 1943 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1943-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 552w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-1943-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x139.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c63a6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08c63a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong> In 1943, Abel Albert acquired Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage together with Pierre Taittinger, founder of the prestigious Taittinger Champagne House and then Mayor of Paris.<\/strong> Confident in the experience and abilities of his son-in-law,<br\/>Pierre Marque, Abel entrusted him with the management of the estate. Pierre later passed the reins on to his son Philippe, who in turn handed them over to his younger brother, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c7bd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7c7bd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305a2ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"305a2ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-2025-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1579\" alt=\"Element graphique marron annee 2025 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-2025-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 647w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-marron-annee-2025-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x115.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25da37d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25da37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Following the transmission from our parents\u2019 generation, <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage is now owned <\/strong><br\/>by ten cousins. Since the beginning of 2025, a new generation has taken on the responsibility <br\/>of continuing this remarkable family story, entrusting the management of the estate to Jean-<br\/>Bertrand. He brings with him the experience gained alongside his father Philippe, as well as <br\/>from running <strong>Ch\u00e2teau Maison Noble<\/strong>, which he acquired out of passion in 2012. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c88e75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c88e75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4ac52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef4ac52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-famille-chateau-puyfromage-maison-noble-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1553\" alt=\"Photo famille Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage maison noble \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-famille-chateau-puyfromage-maison-noble-bordeaux.webp 1000w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-famille-chateau-puyfromage-maison-noble-bordeaux-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-famille-chateau-puyfromage-maison-noble-bordeaux-768x511.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c67b4c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c67b4c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252e82e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"252e82e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-jean-bertrand-marque-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1577\" alt=\"Photo jean bertrand marque Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-jean-bertrand-marque-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 800w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-jean-bertrand-marque-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-jean-bertrand-marque-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-768x1024.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed72494 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed72494\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8bce9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b8bce9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Committed and deeply committed to strong values, Jean-Bertrand strives to preserve the distinctive character of Puyfromage \u2013 the result of a unique terroir combined with expertise patiently acquired over time and passed down from one generation to the next.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba64510 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba64510\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfa2172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfa2172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Our investments have always had one simple purpose: to make ever-better wines and never disappoint those who choose them.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4944e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4944e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befaadd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"befaadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"propertyhistory\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16a7e97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16a7e97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of the property<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cddb1e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cddb1e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-gris-annee-1574-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1587\" alt=\"Element graphique gris annee 1574 Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-gris-annee-1574-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 619w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-gris-annee-1574-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x154.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c24bbb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c24bbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5b8ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a5b8ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-postale-chateau-puyfromage-1904-saint-cibard.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1575\" alt=\"Photo postale Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage 1904 \u00e0 Saint-Cibard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-postale-chateau-puyfromage-1904-saint-cibard.webp 720w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-postale-chateau-puyfromage-1904-saint-cibard-300x190.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f19b2a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f19b2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58497dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58497dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d55de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d55de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vitraux-et-histoire-du-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-gironde.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1573\" alt=\"Vitraux et histoire du Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Saint-Cibard en gironde\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vitraux-et-histoire-du-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-gironde.webp 1000w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vitraux-et-histoire-du-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-gironde-300x239.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vitraux-et-histoire-du-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-gironde-768x611.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-026f9bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"026f9bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffed73f elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffed73f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PUYFROMAGE is a rather unusual name. Local history offers the following explanation.<br\/>PUY, as in many other French place names \u2013 such as the Puy de D\u00f4me in Auvergne \u2013 means a hill or high point : Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage is indeed located on the secondhighest point in the Gironde department. FROMAGE is said to be a corruption of the English words <span class=\"insecable\">\u201cFROM EDGE\u201d<\/span>, meaning \u201cfrom the hillside\u201d, from where optical signals were reportedly sent during the Hundred Years\u2019 War. <\/p><p>Interestingly, history seems to repeat itself: as early as 1953, French television was transmitting radio signals from a tower erected among our vineyards.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a16d53a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a16d53a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fc6511 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9fc6511\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc7939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ecc7939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/batiments-anciens-tous-dates-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1565\" alt=\"Batiments anciens tous dates Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage en gironde\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/batiments-anciens-tous-dates-chateau-puyfromage-gironde.webp 800w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/batiments-anciens-tous-dates-chateau-puyfromage-gironde-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/batiments-anciens-tous-dates-chateau-puyfromage-gironde-768x487.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6768a21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6768a21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d1d9b elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60d1d9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The estate\u2019s historic buildings bear witness to its long history. <br>When the Ch\u00e2teau\u2019s roof structure was restored following a fire, the date 1574 was discovered on the main beam. <br>The mullioned windows are characteristic of the Renaissance period. The glass balcony section must have been added later\u2026 <\/p><p><strong>The estate has belonged to the Marque-Albert family since 1943.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a598cfe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a598cfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad0fc3 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ad0fc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ch\u00e2teau<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0e856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e0e856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/macaron-marron-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1597\" alt=\"Macaron marron Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux 1\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d93a8c8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d93a8c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9aa64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c9aa64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Set on one of the highest points in the area, in the continuation of Saint-\u00c9milion\u2019s limestone plateau, <strong>the present-day Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage was built in 1574<\/strong>, close to the remains of an 11th-century ch\u00e2teau and a 16th-century royal dovecote.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8163c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f8163c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-saint-cibard.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1571\" alt=\"Photo Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux \u00e0 Saint-Cibard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-saint-cibard.webp 1500w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-saint-cibard-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-saint-cibard-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/photo-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-saint-cibard-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a911a43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a911a43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f36e0d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f36e0d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccb3fe elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ccb3fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The dovecote<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46432e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46432e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-beige-490-hectares-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1589\" alt=\"Element graphique beige 490 hectares Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-beige-490-hectares-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux.webp 636w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/element-graphique-beige-490-hectares-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-300x133.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff0cfe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dff0cfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ae526 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35ae526\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-627031d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"627031d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/colombier-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1593\" alt=\"Colombier Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Saint-Cibard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/colombier-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard.webp 1000w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/colombier-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-259x300.webp 259w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/colombier-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-884x1024.webp 884w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/colombier-chateau-puyfromage-saint-cibard-768x889.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e89a14 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e89a14\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2b1a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa2b1a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27795f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27795f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These dovecotes, rarely built on such an impressive scale, were above all symbols of prestige: the larger they were, the more powerful the lord.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d110cae elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d110cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each nesting hole represented one journal \u2013 an old unit of land corresponding to the area one person could work in a day, approximately 49 ares (0.49 hectares). Based on this calculation, <strong>the estate would once have covered around 490 hectares, five times its present size<\/strong>. The number of nesting holes occupied by pigeons was also used as a basis for calculating taxes. <\/p><p>The pigeons could cause considerable damage to crops, with each bird consuming around 25 kilos of food per year. A document held in the Departmental Archives even states: \u201cWe, Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy\u2026 prohibit pigeons at Puyfromage.\u201d <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c379c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c379c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a23d1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a23d1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1ffbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb1ffbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/interieur-du-colombier-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1555\" alt=\"Interieur du colombier Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage \u00e0 Bordeaux\" srcset=\"https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/interieur-du-colombier-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux-.webp 800w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/interieur-du-colombier-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux--300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/puyfromage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/interieur-du-colombier-chateau-puyfromage-bordeaux--768x513.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a6a60 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98a6a60\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f362724 elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f362724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pigeon meat was highly prized, while their droppings, known as colombine, provided a particularly valuable fertiliser at a time when artificial fertilisers did not exist. It was so highly prized that it was sometimes even included in a bride\u2019s dowry \u2013 in 1837, it was worth 25 francs per hectolitre!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our History For more than two centuries, our family\u2019s history has been closely intertwined with wine and the Bordeaux vineyards. First coopers and then wine merchants, our family acquired Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage in 1943, a family-owned wine estate in the Francs C\u00f4tes de Bordeaux appellation. Today, a new generation is continuing this story with the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1167,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2025","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Our history | Ch\u00e2teau Puyfromage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For over two centuries, our family has been passionately committed to winegrowing in the Bordeaux region. 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