Siaurac is located in the extension of the famous Pomerol plateau in Néac, with 46 hectares in a single block, making it the largest property in the appellation, a 19th-century château classified as a ‘Historic Monument’, 15 hectares of romantic, undulating parkland with century-old trees, classified as a ‘Remarkable Garden’, an orangery and an 18th-century wood.
Château Siaurac is the most iconic property in the appellation.
As noted in the 1893 edition of Féret, "Château Siaurac is separated from the first grands crus of Pomerol only by a narrow strip of water called the Barbane."
In 1918, Château Siaurac bore the colours of the neighbouring appellation... Pomerol.
Architecture
This building, with its simple and elegant style, features numerous references to classical 18th- and 19th-century architecture. The wings surrounding the courtyard and the farm buildings, which now house the vat room and barrel cellar, remain from the 18th-century structure. Between 1853 and 1856, Benjamin Brisson undertook the modernisation of the buildings with a rectangular main building and a square upper floor.
On the courtyard side, the main building consists of five rectangular bays, the three central ones forming a powerful front section. The windows on the ground floor are highlighted by moulded frames, and the central French window is topped by an entablature, framed by two corbels supporting the cornice. On either side of the central bay, there are dormer windows in the roof.
On the garden side, the façade has nine bays and the roof features four chimney stacks. A horseshoe-shaped staircase connects to the French window in the central bay. Benjamin Brisson combines this architecture with a landscaped park designed by landscape architect LB Fischer, who redesigned the public garden in Bordeaux at the end of the 19th century. In 1950, a renovation campaign refurbished the rooms of the château