Alexandre de Lur Saluces

Count Alexandre de Lur Saluces (20 May 1934 – 24 July 2023) was a French viticulturist who for 36 years acted as manager of Château d’Yquem, and at the time of his death still acted in this capacity for Château de Fargues, both Sauternais châteaux held by the Lur Saluces family for generations.

Biography Early life A member of the Lur Saluces, a noble family originally from Aquitaine. Born the eighth of nine siblings, he was the son of Amédée de Lur Saluces, and of Eléonore de Chabannes la Palice, niece of Bertrand de Lur Saluces and the daughter of Eugène de Lur-Saluces.

De Lur Saluces attended the Saint-Martin de France college in Pontoise. Then, he studied at the EDHEC Business School faculty of Law.

After his military service from 1959 to 1962, and experience working at a variety of companies, his uncle Bertrand marquis de Lur Saluces, taught him the family business of winemaking. Upon Bertrand's death on 19 December 1968, Alexandre took over management of d'Yquem until its takeover by LVMH in 1999.

Alexandre de Lur Saluces died on 24 July 2023, at the age of 89.

Titles and distinctions Knight of the National Order of Agricultural Merit Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic