1961 Chateau Durfort-Vivens Margaux 750 ml

It’s the rare wine that actually makes us do a double-take. 

The 1961 Château Durfort-Vivens Margaux did just that.

We’re proud to offer you this over-60-year-old Second Growth, which hails from the vintage commonly invoked as the Médoc’s greatest ever. After maturing at the château, it’s in perfect condition, ready to deliver the experience that only comes with a perfectly aged bottle of Grand Cru Classé Bordeaux. 

Durfort-Vivens has a glorious history. In his travel diaries, Thomas Jefferson rated it right after Lafite, Latour, and Margaux, and for decades—when Durfort-Vivens and Château Margaux belonged to the same family—the fruit from the estate actually went into Château Margaux. In other words, had the Lurton family purchased the estate a few years later than they did, this bottle would not exist: All the grapes would have gone into Château Margaux. 

Lucien Lurton became a Bordeaux tycoon by snapping up châteaux in the 1960s and 70s when they were at the absolute bottom of the market. By the time he decided to break up his fiefdom in 1992 and distributed it among his many children, it was one of the region’s richest.

Lucien’s son Gonzague demanded Durfort-Vivens, and the younger Lurton’s passion for the property, cultivated since childhood, is one of the first things we think of whenever we’re lucky enough to taste an aged bottle from the estate, which legendary New York Times writer Frank Prial said “can compete with Bordeaux’s best.” This is a stunning wine that encompasses the history of a revered Margaux Second Growth and the acumen of a celebrated Bordeaux family.