Château BEAUMONT 1995
Château Beaumont is located in Cussac-Fort-Médoc, in the Haut-Médoc region of Bordeaux. Cleared from 1772, the estate became the property of Henri Labarthe, who sanitized it and thus prepared it for the cultivation of vines. The Beaumont vineyard was born in 1824 with its new owner, Monsieur Bonnin. From 1830 to 1847, the Maison de Beaumont belonged to the Marquis d'Aligre, one of the greatest fortunes in France, who tripled the area of the vineyard. In 1849, the estate passed into the hands of the Bonnin brothers who built the Château Beaumont in 1854 in a Renaissance style known as Mansart. In 1860, the Count of Gennes acquired the property which he sold in 1872 to Jean-Victor Herran, Minister of Honduras. The Parisian industrialist Joseph Germain succeeded him in 1890. Through his devotion he succeeded in raising the wines of Château Beaumont to the 1st rank of Crus Bourgeois du Médoc. We owe him the construction of the vat room in 1894. From 1925 to 1986, the Milanese Company Della Grazia et Cie, Lieutenant-Colonel of Caracas Ignacio Andrade, former Venezuelan Senator Dionisio Ramon Bolivar Carvajal and then the winemaker Bernard Soulas who completely reconstructs the vineyard and restores the castle. In 1986, Château Beaumont began its 12th life with the arrival of the GMF group, which joined forces with the Japanese group Suntory to create the Société Grands Millésimes de France, also owner of Château Beychevelle and the Bordeaux trading company Barrière Frères. Today, the capital of Grands Millésimes de France is held by the Suntory and Castel Groups.
The wine of Château Beaumont is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. The vinification is carried out with gentle and selective methods in the extraction of colour, tannins and aromatic compounds. The wine is aged for 12 to 14 months in barrels, with one third of the barrels being renewed.
Grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot