Three female portraits decorate the windows on the garden side of the castle and their eyes recount the history of a life. On the right, a girl bears on her brow fruit full of the promise of life. Her eyelids lowered in modesty try to conceal an eager gaze into the future. A child, symbol of fertility, and roses, the arms of Jean Vassal, the builder of the chateau, the future here lies in the features of a lovely proud young woman gazing resolutely forwards. This is the portrait found on the label of the Engarran Sainte Cécile vintage. The last of the three ages under an Italian headdress is toothless and wrinkled; the eyes of old age hold a message for youth: "make hay while the sun shines". © Château de l'Engarran 2003