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Testimonies from the past century: the history of our family home
Thanks to the research work of Clément’s grandfather, Jean Guillot de Suduiraut, we are fortunate to know many details of the history of our family home.
During your stay, we would be delighted to share our anecdotes and our knowledge of the place with you. In the meantime, we have created this page so that you can soak up the soul of this unique house…
Late 19th century: the creation of the estate by Amilcar Dupeyron
Before the end of the 19th century, the Broustaret wine estate did not yet exist. However, there was already a building in place of the current house, but it did not look anything like it. From the plans that have been found, it would appear that there was a central courtyard and that the building was U-shaped.
But how did we arrive at the architecture we know today ?
Creating the estate and building the house
We owe the creation of the wine estate and the conversion of the house to a wealthy Bordeaux wine merchant, Amilcar Dupeyron. At the time, it was customary for the Bordeaux bourgeoisie to own an estate in the countryside to ‘get away from it all’ during their holidays.
Following this trend, Amilcar Dupeyron created the Broustaret estate around 1900. He had the main building and outbuildings completely rebuilt in the style fashionable at the time.
The main building, which is now T-shaped, was built in two stages, a few years apart. The more elaborate western section was built in the second phase and features details inspired by the Renaissance style.
In the 1930s, following a series of financial mishaps, Château du Broustaret was put up for auction by the Dupeyron family. It was bought in 1940 by the Perrier family, whose daughter Fanny, born in 1930, was Clément’s grandmother. Le Broustaret then became part of the family !
The Broustaret stained-glass window
A key feature of the house is the large stained-glass window over the main staircase, which was completed when the house was finished in 1901.
We owe it to Henri Curcier, a glassmaker from Bordeaux who worked between 1895 and 1903. His workshop was in Bordeaux, at 19 rue Vital Carles, now not far from the famous Mollat bookshop.
Its stained-glass windows, made of transparent painted glass, are listed as historic monuments, as are the stained-glass windows of the Château des Chabannes in Charente and many church windows with religious themes (Pujols sur Ciron, Notre Dame d’Ambès…). The one at Le Broustaret is an exception !
Its imposing size and the beauty of its colours make it a unique and remarkable decorative element, giving the house a soul. Don’t hesitate to admire it in detail during your stay!
During the Second World War … on the edge of the demarcation line
During the war, Le Broustaret was in the occupied zone. The demarcation line was only a few dozen kilometres away.
After acquiring the estate in the 1940s, our grandmother Fanny’s family moved to Le Broustaret during this period.
It was a time full of memories. Fanny’s parents were sent to the kommandantur in Cadillac for unknowingly crossing the demarcation line when they bought a horse in Sauveterre-de-Guyenne !
Our grandfather Jean’s family lived only a few kilometres away, at Château Jourdan. Their engagement took place after the war, in 1952.
The 1961 fire at Château du Broustaret
At 10am on 9 February 1961, the Château du Broustaret caught fire ! Fortunately, the fire was extinguished using two hoses supplied by motor-driven pumps from the bamboo grove.
We found this archive photo at the Cadillac-Beguey fire station.
Most of the house was spared in this incident. However, the roof, which was two storeys high before the fire, is being lowered by one storey for reconstruction.
Farming at Château du Broustaret : a long tradition
Throughout the 20th century, the land around Broustaret was farmed, both for wine-growing and agriculture. There was also livestock farming, with sheep in particular. This was long before the Bordeaux region specialised in growing vines. It was a very different landscape!
Scenes of farming in Broustaret in the 1920s and 1940s
The young girl in the last photograph is Fanny, Clément’s grandmother, who lived in Le Broustaret in the 1940s. All her life, she nurtured a passion for animals : sheep, chickens, rabbits… which led her in the 1970s to move back to the region, to Le Broustaret, to set up bed and breakfast accommodation and devote herself to farming with her husband, Jean.
The creation of the guest house in 1978 : a new life for Broustaret
In 1976, Jean, Fanny and their three daughters left the Paris region to start working the house and land at Broustaret again. There’s plenty of work ahead !
In 1978, after the renovation, Jean and Fanny opened the guest rooms. It was the start of an adventure ! They also raised sheep, chickens and rabbits on the premises, while some of the land around the house was planted with corn.
The buildings surrounding the guest house were gradually renovated, year after year. The estate was renovated and gradually transformed into the house we know today.
1990-2000 : The development of the Château du Broustaret wine business
In the 1990s, Jean and Fanny gently handed over the reins to Cécile, their youngest daughter, and her husband Jean-Christophe. In 1992, they took over the vineyard from Château Jourdan. A vat room and winery were built 300 metres away, at La Grèche.
For 30 years, Cécile and Jean-Christophe worked the vineyards, but not only that ! Le Broustaret was also the scene of more than twenty editions of a classic car rally, organised by Jean-Christophe, for whom this is one of his passions.
Cécile and her husband also created the vineyard sponsorship programme, which enabled many enthusiastic amateurs to become ‘winegrowers for a day’ by trying their hand at pruning and harvesting…
In recent years : the Atelier Passiflore and the takeover of the guest rooms…
The last wine to be made at Le Broustaret was the 2022 vintage. Today, Cécile and Jean-Christophe are happy to continue welcoming you to the winery to help you discover the wines on sale. As Broustaret is a wine for laying down, we are only at the 2016 vintage! There are still a few years to discover…
L’Atelier Passiflore, a story of flowers in Broustaret
In 2019, their son Clément and his partner Hélène (that’s us!) moved to Le Broustaret.
In 2020, right in the middle of covid, we created the Atelier Passiflore, with the poetic idea of preserving in jewellery the flowers we grow alongside the vines.
The transfer of the guest house
Keen to keep alive the bed and breakfast adventure started almost 50 years ago by our grandparents and continued by our parents, we took over the running of the guest rooms a few years ago.
The Broustaret sundial, a symbol of this shared history
This sundial was installed on the south façade of Broustaret to mark the 80th birthday of our grandfather, Jean Guillot de Suduiraut. The Latin phrase on it reminds all his descendants: ‘This house made you all’.
We would like to thank our grandfather, Jean, for his diligent research into the history of our house and our family. We would also like to thank our grandparents and parents for their confidence in passing on the family treasure that is Château du Broustaret.
Finally, a big thank you to you !
We are committed to preserving the unique atmosphere of Le Broustaret. And if we’re able to do so today, it’s thanks to you, who come to discover the place for a night or a stay, and who often even come back… ! Thank you and see you soon at Château du Broustaret !
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