{"id":719,"date":"2021-07-14T21:21:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T19:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/?page_id=719"},"modified":"2021-09-15T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T09:33:45","slug":"living-at-branaire-ducru","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/living-at-branaire-ducru\/","title":{"rendered":"Living at Branaire-Ducru"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"full\">\n<div class=\"txt\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n<h3>It\u2019s a family Ch\u00e2teau<\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>We live in it all year round<\/h4>\n<p>The Ch\u00e2teau is one of the few in the Medoc area to still be lived in all year round. The Maroteaux family live there and witness all four seasons of the vine\u2019s growth cycle. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/vivre01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgband\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/vivreband01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-103\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"full\">\n<div class=\"txt\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n<h3>Architecture<\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Sober and elegant<\/h4>\n<p>Its sober architecture, elegant symmetry and balanced lay-out are a fitting illustration of our wine.<br \/>\nWith its porch flanked by ionic columns the Ch\u00e2teau could have been described as a Palladian villa, but it is in fact an example of the Neoclassical Directoire style.<br \/>\nThe interior breathtakingly highlights the English-inspired staircase and was designed according to Victorian tastes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/vivre02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgband\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/vivreband02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-104\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"full\">\n<div class=\"txt\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n<h3>Ephemeral work of art<\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>The garden<\/h4>\n<p>In summer, the climbing roses provide a carmine frame for the orangery\u2019s glazed openings, creating a beautiful ephemeral composition.<br \/>\nWhen the frosts veil the vines in delicate white, they become our winter brides.<br \/>\nWhile in the spring, the vines flower and announce the long engagement between fruit and wine.<br \/>\nBaudelaire or Lamartine would have enjoyed staying here for a while to contemplate and taste the wine, before embarking for other destinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/vivre04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgband\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-aos=\"fade-up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2021\/03\/vivreband042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"978\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-457\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"up\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n<a class=\"upbutton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/file\/2017\/06\/up.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><br \/>\nReturn to the top of the page<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a family Ch\u00e2teau We live in it all year round The Ch\u00e2teau is one of the few in the Medoc area to still be lived in all year round. The Maroteaux family live there and witness all four seasons of the vine\u2019s growth cycle. Architecture Sober and elegant Its sober architecture, elegant symmetry and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/living-at-branaire-ducru\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Living at Branaire-Ducru&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-719","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1139,"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/pages\/719\/revisions\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.branaire.com\/en\/rest_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}