Château Carbonnieux 1975 HE
The 1975 Château Carbonnieux is a red wine from Pessac-Léognan in Bordeaux, classified as a Cru Classé de Graves. It relies on a blend dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Merlot (30%), completed by Cabernet Franc (7%) and Petit Verdot (1%). The estate's vineyard, located around the château in Léognan, extends across the top of a gravel ridge; this location constitutes an essential landmark of the identity of this great Graves wine.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Top Shoulder
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac Léognan
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Carbonnieux
- Millésime
- 1975
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot
Château Carbonnieux
Château Carbonnieux is a wine estate in Léognan, within the Pessac-Léognan appellation, classified for both red and white wines in the Graves Classified Growths. Owned by the Perrin family since 1956, it cultivates 100 hectares of vineyards in a single block around the château, divided between red and white grape varieties. Its plots are situated on a gravelly ridge and clay-limestone soils.
- Owner
- Famille Perrin
- Maître de chais
- Andréa Perrin
- Surface (ha)
- 100.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Bordeaux archives mention, in 1234, Ramon or Raimond Carbonnieu, sub-prior of Sainte-Croix Abbey and owner of vineyards in Léognan; a deed of exchange dated 1292 confirms the long-standing link between the site and the abbey. The Benedictines developed the estate’s initial infrastructure before abandoning the vineyard in the wake of the upheavals and crises of the late Middle Ages. In 1519, they sold the Carbonnieux estate to Jean de Ferron, whose family pursued a policy of acquisitions and land consolidation for over two centuries. Burdened by debt, the Ferron family sold the estate to the Benedictines of Sainte-Croix in 1740. Under their management, Dom Galéas developed the blending and bottling of white and red wines; the white wines of Carbonnieux were particularly noted in the 1776 classification by the Intendance de Guyenne. Sold as national property in January 1791, the estate was acquired by Élie de Bouchereau, whose family retained ownership for 87 years and, notably, built up a significant ampelographic collection there. Following the phylloxera crisis, Carbonnieux passed through the hands of several successive owners between 1878 and 1956. Marc Perrin purchased the château on 18 April 1956 and undertook the restoration of the buildings as well as a replanting programme. His son Antony subsequently modernised the facilities, including the construction of a new wine-making vat in 1990. Antony’s children, Éric, Christine and Philibert Perrin, have taken over the family business; since 2019, Andréa Perrin has served as oenologist and cellar master.
