Château Haut Brion

Cru Classé de Graves

It was in the Graves terroir that Jean de Pontac established the Château Haut-Brion wine estate in 1525. His descendants succeeded in producing a new type of wine – the New French Clarets – which was at the origin of today’s great wines. These efforts enabled Arnaud III de Pontac, from 1660 onwards, to identify and personalise his production: the wines of Pontac, then Haut-Brion, enjoyed immense success in London. The first of the Grands Crus Bordelais was born.

Some illustrious men have left their mark on Haut-Brion: Count Joseph de Fumel, Marshal, Governor of Guyenne and Mayor of Bordeaux; Talleyrand, then Minister for External Relations under the Consulate; and, more recently, the Ambassador of the United States of America in Paris, C. Douglas Dillon, who also served as his country’s Minister of Finance when J.-F. Kennedy was President.
In 1961, Haut-Brion was the first of the Grands Crus to use new stainless steel fermentation vats, just as it is today a pioneer in improving the grape varieties it uses through meticulous personal clonal selection.

For nearly five centuries, the owners and managers of Haut-Brion have been obsessed with this continuity of quality.
Elevated to the rank of Premier Cru Classé de la Gironde in 1855, Haut-Brion owes it to itself to remain there.

Technical Sheet

The vineyard :

Total Area: 52.82 ha
Area in Red: 49.89 ha
Area in White: 2.93 ha

Grape Varieties :

White Grape Varieties: 46% Merlot Noir, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet France, 1% Petit Verdot
White Grape Varieties: 52% Sémillon, 48% Sauvignon.

Average production:

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Export: Worldwide.

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Languages Spoken:

German, English, French, Norwegian

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