The statement says the company has bought all the shares from the Lapalu family in Château Patache d’Aux, a 76 ha Médoc Cru Bourgeois estate, Château Liversan, a Haut Médoc Cru Bourgeois and other Crus Bourgeois, representing a surface area of 250 hectares of vineyards in the Médoc and Haut Médoc.
The company says full acquisition of the left bank estates means that Antoine Moueix Propriétés, Advini’s Bordeaux-based subsidiary, means it has a varied and quality range of wines from some 12 estates, with the appellations Bordeaux-Bordeaux Supérieur, Saint-Émilion GC, Medoc and Haut-Medoc (including nine Crus Bourgeois).
A. Moueix Propriétés director, Thibaut de la Haye said:“This acquisition means that we now represent 7% of the Crus Bourgeois, which is a major quality indicator for us commercially speaking and for the general reputation of all our wines – and this is why we want to get actively involved in this marketing activity, but from our position of wine-makers defending the production of quality wines for our consumers, rather than as a winemaking group simply making an investment.”
