Chateau Cos Labory

The domaine first appears in the history books as Cos-Gaston, named for the Gaston family who resided here. The patriarch Pierre Gaston ran a successful estate complete with vineyard, and there was commercial production of wine. On his death in August 1777 the property passed to his son Hyacinthe Gaston, one of three offspring, who went on to marry Anne Pauty. They resided at the estate for many years, subsequently bequeathing it to their only child, Marie-Sany Gaston. This was the route by which the estate eventually came to the Labory family, following the marriage of Marie-Sany to François-Armand Labory. It was a significant estate, with an annual production as high as 90 tonneaux (1 tonneau is 900 litres, so the equivalent of four modern Bordeaux barriques) of wine. In terms of production therefore, Cos Labory matched many of the larger estates of the Médoc of the era.