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• THE HISTORY •
... Just before the Revolution it was a Colonel de Lur-Saluces who was resident at Château de Malle. This period (17th Century) coincides with the division of the de Lur-Saluces family line of descent into two parts. The elder son was married on 6th June 1785 and consequently moved to Château d'Yquem whilet the younger son stayed on at Château de Malle. Claude-Henri de Lur-Saluces was beheaded in Bordeaux on 14th September 1793. His son, Alexandre, was elected as Royalist deputy of the Gironde. Another politician, Henri de Lur-Saluces, Senator of the Gironde had the privilege of seeing his Sauternes "Château de Malle" figure amongst the famous Classified Growths of 1855. The daughter of Henri married Paul de Bournazel, father of Henry, the famous "Cavalier Rouge" and grandfather to Pierre...
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