Louis Eschenauer Bordeaux

Louis Eschenauer is a French negociant company which works with various partner wineries to sell Bordeaux and IGP Pays d’Oc wines to over 90 countries worldwide. Since 2007 it ha been part of the Les Grands Chais de France group.

The company’s origins date back to 1821 when Louis Eschenauer moved from Alsace to Bordeaux, setting up a wine-trading business. From the mid 1870s, under the name Eschenauer & Compagnie, the company became an increasingly powerful player. first buying the Terrefort La Tour de Mons estate in the Médoc, then in 1899 the Graves Premier Cru Château Camponac in the Graves, a tiny five hectare (12 acre) property in a prime spot opposite Château Pape-Clément. As a negociant it bottled wine from top properties such as Château Olivier and Smith Haut-Lafitte in the Graves, and Rauzan-Ségla in Margaux.

Today’s portfolio includes several dry red and white Bordeaux AOC bottlings, Bordeaux Supérieur, a sweet Bordeaux Blanc and a Grand Vin range comprising Louis Eschenauer-branded Saint-Émilion, Médoc and Sauternes. White and pink Crémant de Bordeaux is also produced, and half-a-dozen Pays d’Oc wines complete the line-up.