Château Camensac 2003 Magnum
Château Camensac 2003 is a red wine from the Haut-Médoc appellation in Bordeaux, classified as a 5ème Grand Cru Classé in 1855. Produced by Château Camensac, it blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. The Wine Advocate awards it 89/100 and Jancis Robinson 14.5/20. Critics describe an evolved, supple, and fleshy wine with black fruits and notes of plum and fig, featuring an ample structure and still slightly vegetal tannins on the finish. Published drinking windows ranged from 2006 to 2016 and from 2010 to 2016.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Haut-Médoc
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Camensac
- Millésime
- 2003
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot
Château Camensac
Château de Camensac is a 1855 Fifth Grand Cru Classé located in Saint-Laurent-Médoc, in the Haut-Médoc appellation, near Saint-Julien. The estate cultivates 75 hectares of vines on gravelly hilltops and sandy-clay soils. It has been owned by Jean Merlaut and Céline Villars-Foubet since 2005.
- Owner
- Jean Merlaut et Céline Villars-Foubet
- Maître de chais
- Christian Alquié
- Surface (ha)
- 75.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The locality of Camensac is recorded on old maps of the commune of Saint-Laurent-Médoc, where vines were already present in the early 18th century. In 1799, following the break-up of the Beychevelle seigneury during the Revolution, Joseph Popp acquired Camensac at an auction. The Popp family, wine merchants of Hamburg origin based in Bordeaux, subsequently retained ownership of the estate throughout the 19th century. Under Bruno Popp, the cellars were extended in 1860. The château was classified as a fifth growth in the 1855 Médoc wine classification. The estate changed hands in 1887, before being acquired by Count Lahens in 1906. Paul and Albert Cuvelier became the owners in 1912. In 1964, Elysée and Henri Forner took over a largely neglected vineyard, carried out replanting and modernised the estate with the support of the oenologist Émile Peynaud. Jean Merlaut and Céline Villars-Foubet bought the château in 2005. The estate is now managed by Jean-Pierre Foubet, with Christian Alquié as cellar master.
