LIBOURNE (33): Guided tours of Sales Castle

Name: LIBOURNE (33): Guided tours of Sales Castle
Start: 2020-09-19T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de Sales

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, discover the castle through guided tours!

19 and 20 September 2020Passed

Conditions

Free. Registration by phone from September 1st. Groups limited to 20 people. Appointment in front of the entrance of the property. Mask must be worn throughout the visit.

Registration

05 57 57 51 63

On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, discover the castle through guided tours!

General presentation of the estate, discovery of the courtyard, terraces and gardens by Eric Cron, Head of Heritage and Inventory.
Tasting of a vintage offered by the property.

About the location

Château de Sales

11 chemin de Sales, 33500 Libourne

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Libournais is distinguished by the diversity of its landscapes interspersed by the winding valleys of the Dordogne and Isle. The areas of palus replace the hillsides and plateaus covered with vine and wood. If Libournais is famous for its wines (Pomerol, Lalande-de-Pomerol, Saint-Émilion, Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac), this specificity belongs to a recent history.
The eighteenth century offered a more diversified panorama: crops and woods dominated and many palus were still exploited for pasture and fodder. Marked by the development of estates owned by the Libourne bourgeoisie, this territory was transformed from the sixteenth century and especially in the nineteenth century.
Constituting the largest wine estate in Pomerol by its size, the castle of Sales was an essential link of this progressive conquest of the vineyard.
The reconstruction of the kingdom after the Hundred Years' War passed through phases of consolidation to restore the land to cultivation. Fiefs were then created and thu