Château Cantenac-Brown
Château Cantenac-Brown is a French winery in the Margaux appellation on the Médoc peninsula . The 48 hectare estate in the district of Cantenac was awarded the rank of 3ième Grand Cru in the Bordeaux wine classification in 1855 .
The vineyards in Margaux are 65% planted with the grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon , 30% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc . After fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, the wine matures in barriques for at least 12-15 months .
The second wine of the estate has been called Brio de Cantenac Brown since 2001 . Before it was called Château Canuet. Château Cantenac-Brown is accompanied and advised by the oenologist Mr. Boissenot.
history
On August 11, 1754, Jacques Boyd, of Irish descent, bought vineyards from the de Sainvincens family and thus founded the winery. On August 28, 1806 the estate passed to John-Lewis Brown, who had married into the Boyd family. The greater part he called Château Cantenac-Brown. For this part he designed the Tudor-style building, which is well worth seeing . In 1843 he sold the château to a banker named Gromard. It was later bought in 1860 by the wealthy wine merchant Armand Lalande, who also owned the Château Léoville-Poyferré . He replanted the vineyards and modernized the cellars. Mrs. Edouard Lawton (née Lalande) bequeathed the property to her son Jean, who in 1968 gave the property to the du Vivier family in a very poor condition. In 1989 the property became the property of the AXA insurance group . It has been owned by the Halabi family since 2006.
Terroir
The Château Cantenac Brown team cares about nature. On average the vines are 35 yes and there are 8,500 to 10,000 vines per hectare, with 65% Cabernet Sauvignon , 30% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc .
Wines
- Château Cantenac Brown is a 3rd Grand Cru Classé 1855
- BriO de Cantenac Brown, the other wine on the "Margaux appellation".
- Château Brown Lamartine, is a "Bordeaux Supérieur", red wine with 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon .
- AltO de Cantenac Brown, white wine on the Bordeaux appellation since 2011, 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Sémillon .
literature
- Charles Cocks, Edouard Féret, Bruno Boidron: Bordeaux et ses vins . 18th edition. Èdition Féret et Fils, Bordeaux 2007, ISBN 978-2-35156-013-6 .
- Horst Dippel : The wine lexicon . 3. Edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-596-13826-4 .
- Robert Parker : Parker's Wine Guide (= Collection Rolf Heyne ). Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-16305-2 .