Château Gloria

Château Gloria offers Bordeaux drinkers classed-growth quality St-Julien without the price tag. It is the result of founder Henri Martin’s ambition to own a classed growth. During the 1940s he started putting together small parcels of vines, starting with 0.6 hectares from Château Lynch-Bages. Henri only purchased from existing classed growths and his estate gradually formed from châteaux including Léoville-Poyferré, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Léoville-Barton, Duhart-Milon and Gruaud-Larose. Although unclassified, the quality of the soils and vines is clear. Henri went on to realise his dream, taking ownership of Grand Cru Classé Château St-Pierre in 1981, running both properties in tandem. Gloria is now run by Henri’s daughter Françoise and her husband Jean-Louis Triaud, who have undertaken significant renovations and investment, completely overhauling the winemaking facilities in 2015 and Château Gloria continues to go from strength to strength.