Château d’Arche is a Sauternes Grand Cu Classe. It was one of only 58 Bordeaux châteaux to be included in the famous 1855 Classification where it was awarded Deuxieme Cru Classe or second growth status. This ancient property lies in the Sauternes commune within the region of Graves, itself home to many of Bordeaux’s greatest dry white wines. Château d’Arche owes much of its acclaim to its position on a gravel ridge that not only gives exceptional drainage but leaves vines exposed to botrytis cinerea, the noble rot that is essential to the area’s exquisite, sweet wines. The A de Château d’Arche Bordeaux Blanc is a dry white wine produced from grapes that haven’t been affected by botrytis. Following a poor period in the 1960s and 1970s, in 1981 it came under the control of the leading Bordeaux figure Pierre Perromat who returned it to its former glory. Since 1994 it’s been managed by Chateau Palmer’s owners Malher-Besse and the quality has continued to soar.