| Château les Carmes Haut-Brion | |
| Location Place: | 20 rue des Carmes |
| Location City: | Bordeaux |
| Location Country: | France |
| Appellation: | Pessac-Léognan |
| Key People: | Jean de Pontac, Léon Colin, Patrice Pichet |
| Acres Cultivated: | 86 |
| Cases Per Year: | 30000 bottles |
| Signature Wine: | Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion |
| Varietal1: | cabernet franc |
| Varietal2: | cabernet sauvignon |
| Varietal3: | merlot |
| Varietal4: | petit verdot |
| Website: | les-carmes-haut-brion.com |
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a Bordeaux wine estate located in the AOC Pessac-Léognan within the region of Graves.
In addition to producing a red grand vin named Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion, the estate produces the red second wine Le Clos des Carmes.
The property shares its origins with châteaux Haut-Brion, La Mission Haut-Brion, Laville Haut-Brion and La Tour Haut-Brion, in once being part of the Haut-Brion estate that belonged to Jean de Pontac. Reportedly at age 101, De Pontac donated land holding a water mill and vineyards to the Carmelite order, who tended the property from 1584 until the French Revolution.[1] [2] During this period the estate took the name Les Carmes Haut-Brion.
After the Revolution, it was confiscated and sold at auction to Léon Colin, whose descendant lineage maintained ownership of the estate into the 21st century with the Chantecaille-Furt family.[1] [2] In November 2010, Didier Chantecaille-Furt and his daughter Penelope sold Les Carmes Haut-Brion to real estate executive Patrice Pichet for €18m, reported to be a "record price".[3] [4] [5] [6]
The estate employs Stéphane Derenoncourt as consultant oenologist. Thierry Rustmann, former co-owner of Château Talbot, took over the running of the estate following the sale.[6]
The estate has 4.7ha under vine, with a grape variety distribution of 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The annual production of the red grand vin Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion is approximately 1800winecase, and of the second wine Le Clos des Carmes there is a production of 200winecase.