François Lurton-Escapade Vagabondes
In South-West France, François Lurton-Escapade Vagabondes expresses the roaming instinct of a Bordeaux wine family rooted in viticulture since 1897. François, son of André Lurton and part of the fifth generation, founded his own company with Jacques in 1988, then shaped it into a map of terroirs rather than a single address.The trail leads to Gascony, in the Gers, where Atlantic influence, the Pyrenean foothills and clay-limestone soils give French Sauvignon Blanc a cooler, more mineral frame. Morning mists, imagined as “fumées blanches”, drift over the rows; in 1997 this landscape became the basis for a project built on parcel selection, precise picking dates, temperature-controlled vinification and clean stainless-steel ageing.
Escapade Vagabondes suggests travel, yet the craft remains exacting: a Vin de France with a South-Western pulse, guided by varietal clarity, responsible viticulture and Lurton’s belief that elegance can be born from movement.
