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Vineyards have been growing around the Chateau de Camensac, a magnificent 18th century Chartreuse, for several centuries.
Previously called Château Camensac, this Château is a fifth Grand Cru Classé Pauillac of the prestigious 1855 list.
The vineyard covers 75 hectares of deeply drained gravelly slopes.
Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon: 60% and Merlot Noir: 40%
All the grapes are harvested by hand and the wine is aged in its entirety for 16 to 20 months in barrels, the proportion of new barrels of which varies between 35 and 80% depending on the vintage.
Blends and tasting notes
66% Cabernet Sauvignon
34% Merlot
Dark garnet. Limpid and brilliant. Before shaking: bouquet of fresh rose, blackberry jelly. After shaking: gunflint, hearth, and still floral.
Lively attack, satiny structure, very pretty grain. Ample, woven volume. Saline touch. Long, very black cherry finish.
Climate
The autumn and winter following the harvest were too rainy and too mild. March was surprisingly warm.
The vines misjudged the weather, believing it to be the return of fine weather. The hard frosts of April bring them back to reality, mowing down their tender, barely-opened leaves. Humid flowering is better for Cabernet Sauvignon than Merlot.
Summer is within the norm. The rains return above the harvest.
We hold firm and pull the grape varieties through to maturity.
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