The first recorded instance of the estate dates back to the 16th century, with the construction of a “noble house of taste” by Étienne de Rostéguy de Lancre, member of the Parliament of Bordeaux and Lord of Tastes and Saint-André-du-Bois. The property remained in the name of the Lancre family for two hundred years.
In 1780, the castle is let to Catherine de Forcade, Baron of Malromé’s widow, who gives the domain its name.
In 1847, the castle is passed down to Jean de Forcade, President of the Council of State during Napoléon III’s reign, and his half-brother, the Marechal of Saint-Arnaud, Governor of Paris and Minister of War. They restored the castle in the style of Viollet-le-Duc.
In 1883, Countess Adèle of Toulouse-Lautrec acquired the Malromé castle along with the surrounding 34 hectares of vineyards from the widow of Forcade la Roquette. The Countess used her dowry to make this acquisition, in order to live away from her husband, Count Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was obsessed with hunting and horse-riding.
After her passing, the estate passed through the hands of several eminent personalities. One among them was Dr. Gabriel Seynat, who was Deputy Mayor to Jacques Chaban Delmas in 1947.
The Château’s wine estate is one of the oldest still in operation and draws on its centuries-old know-how and its terroir to reveal the unique aromatic signature of Henri de Malromé wines.
