Château CARBONNIEUX 2017
The name Carbonnieux is said to come from a family called "Carbonius" or Carbonnieu who cleared and cultivated land near Léognan at the beginning of the 13th century. For centuries, the domain flourished and the famous bottle with the Saint Jacques shell attained worldwide renown, from Constantinople to the United States.
During the French Revolution (1789) the state confiscated all clerical property. In January 1791, after a fierce auction, Carbonnieux was sold as a “national property” to Elie de Bouchereau, an ancestor of the Fondator of Clos des Millésimes, Fabien Bouchereau. Unfortunately, like most landowners during the “disease crisis”, the Bouchereau family had to sell their estate in 1878. At the dawn of the 20th century and up to 1956, the estate changed hands many times before the Perrin family eventually took it over.
Château Carbonnieux 2017 is a blend of 60% Sauvignon and 40% Semillon aged for 10 months in barrels and wooden casks (25% of which is new).