Chateau Cantemerle

Records exist of winemaking here for over 650 years and the estate was in the hands of Durfort family for 300 years and then the Dubos family for a further 90, until in 1981 in dire need of investment and with only 20 hectares productively planted, it was sold to the French insurance company SMABTP. They rebuilt the estate with a new cuverie and full replanting to today’s 80 hectares of vineyards.One of the prettiest estates in the Médoc, the 5th growth Cantemerle is unusual for the high proportion of Merlot in the vineyard at some 40%. The style here is for a very fragrant, supple and rich wine which is regularly one of the best value Cru Classés.