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1812 : The “Château les Pâques” has
belonged to the Martin family for several generations. The viticulture expertise in the family
extends back to the nineteenth century when André Martin, our
ancestor, marry to Catherine Chabanais in 1812. Thus, they now live
in Les Pâques village. After nine generations, Martin family is still
living in this village.
1970 : Yvan and Claudette Martin took over, the usage started to change.
They increased the area of the vineyard. They also
changed part of the vineyard by replacing the Ugni Blanc
and Colombard white grape varieties with
red grapes such as Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
1982 : They began to produce the
first bottles of Château Les Pâques and starts the fayres in
Laigné en Belin and Coulommiers.
1991 : Bruno and Marie-Cécile Martin start to work. They
continue the transformation of the vineyard by planting
the entire vineyard with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and
Sauvignon Blanc and thus transforming the winery. Bruno introduced new
technics of winemaking and he has a main objective, produce a wine of very
good quality.
2017 : Tony, their son, join his
parents. He gives new ideas after some travels in the south of France,
Burgundy, Alsace and in New-Zealand. He has for example the idea to start a
new wine, the “Cuvée Petit Port and start to export the wines.
For the last
nine generations, Martin family belong to the history of Les Pâques village.
Thus, we choose the easter bells (Pâques means easter in French and easter
eggs are delivered by bells in France) as our logo.
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