History
Our Origins
The Borie family
at the origin of Maison Borie-Manoux
The Borie family moved from the small town of Meymac in Corrèze in central France to Bordeaux in the 19th century, where there were more opportunities. Eugène Borie the wine merchant business was founded in 1870. It was turned into Eugène Borie Frères by Eugène Borie (1862-1911) and Emile Borie (1865-1940). In 1886, it set up in Pauillac and quickly earned a reputation thanks to its strategic choice of distribution (development in northern France and Belgium). In 1901, it built new cellars to be more independent and became the owner of Château Caronne Sainte-Gemme, Haut-Médoc.
Eugène Borie had four children, including Francis and Marcel. When their father died, Francis (1890-1958) joined his uncle Émile to work with him. A few years later his brother Marcel (1892-1961) joined him.
The birth of Borie-Manoux
The company changed its name to Borie-Manoux after the Second World War. At this time, Marcel Borie took over the company and decided to move Borie-Manoux from Pauillac to Bordeaux, setting up the head office in the Cours Balguerie-Stuttenberg in Chartrons, the historic district of Bordeaux’s wine merchants. He managed the company until 1961.
At the same time, the Borie brothers, passionate about winemaking, bought Château Batailley in 1924, a small part of which was separated at the end of the war. This part called the “couronne” became known as Haut-Batailley. In 1947, Marcel Borie bought Château Trotte-Vieille followed a few years later in 1955 by Château Beau-Site. Francis Borie bought Château Ducru-Beaucaillou in 1941, which still belongs to the Borie family.
Borie-Manoux flourishes
The era of the Castéja family
In 1961 Marcel Borie was succeeded by Émile Castéja, his son-in-law. He created the Beau-Rivage brand and from the 1950s developed Chapelle de la Trinité. Following in the footsteps of his ancestors and with a passion for winemaking, he bought the Château du Domaine de l’Église and Château Pignon in 1973.
In the 1990s, his son Philippe Castéja became CEO of Borie-Manoux, running the business not only as a wine merchant and grower but also as a winemaker, looking after the Pomerol and Saint-Émilion estates. Since 2001, he has managed all the properties as well as the trading house. Philippe Castéja continues to develop the family group, which now boasts eleven châteaux in the Bordeaux region. His son Frédéric Castéja joined him in 2008. In 2018, he was appointed Executive Director of Borie-Manoux.
A story enriched by several Houses
To expand, Borie-Manoux acquired merchants such as Turpin Frères, Henri Moreau and Albert Duverger. In 1996, the family also acquired a majority stake in Drouet Frères, a wine producer and merchant in the Loire region. It opened its own winery and storage site in Bordeaux, then relocated to Saint-Loubès in 2011 when Grands Vins de Gironde was acquired by the family holding company. In 2014, the family group acquired Mähler-Besse, a wine merchant with a complementary offering to that of Borie-Manoux. The Castéja family then embraced digital technology with the creation of an online store, La Grande Cave, in 2016 followed in 2018 by the acquisition of 1Jour1Vin, a private sales website, to offer a wider range of products online. Today, Borie-Manoux is well-supported by its partners. It focuses mainly on the great wines of Bordeaux but has also diversified to meet the needs of its customers.
Our family has been in the wine business for centuries
A promising future for the Castéja family
Château Duhart-Milon and Château Pichon Baron: part of the Castéja story
Philippe and Frédéric Castéja: succession guaranteed
Borie-Manoux exclusives and properties
owned by the Castéja family
The BCAP group, chaired by Philippe Castéja, historically owns several properties in the Bordeaux region, notably those acquired by his mother and father Denise Borie and Émile Castéja. As mentioned above, this wine empire comprises eleven properties covering 6 appellations, including a Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion and several Grands Crus Classés du Médoc. Borie-Manoux has a number of exclusive properties: