Château Brane-Cantenac

Château Brane Cantenac is a winery - in Bordeaux and was considered in the classification of 1855 as Deuxième Cru Classé. It is in the village of Cantenac Margaux and the community is part of the Margaux wine region. The estate covers an area of 90 hectares, of which 75 hectares are planted.

Wine

The average age of the vines on Brane Cantenac - is 35 years. The tillering is classic with Cabernet Sauvignon ( 55%), Merlot (40 %), Cabernet Franc ( 4.5%) and Carmenère ( 0.5%). The wines are aged 18 months in oak barrels, which are renewed annually to 50 percent.

The second wine of Château Brane Cantenac - called Baron de Brane. This wine ages for 12 months in barriques, which are renewed annually at 35%.

History

Original Rebparzellen were long known under the name Gorce. In 1820 Baron de Brane took over these parcels and added these surfaces successively additional lots added. The estate he baptized in 1843 in the name of Brane Cantenac -. In order to address the structure of this material fully, he sold in 1833, his estate Brane - Mouton to the Rothschild banking family.

In 1920 the estate was taken over by the Lurton family, the later the Château Durfort- Vivens took over in Margaux. Of present manager is Henri Lurton, who took over the estate in 1992 by his father Lucien. Winemaker 's Christophe Capdeville.