Chateau Brown, Graves Pessac Leognan Bordeaux Wine

Chateau Brown Graves, Pessac Leognan, Bordeaux wine producer profile, with wine tasting notes, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews. If you want to read about other important, Bordeaux Chateaux: Links to all Bordeaux Wine Producer Profiles

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The history of Chateau Brown dates back almost 1,000 years! Vines were first planted at this location around 1200 BC! However, the modern age for the estate starts in 1939, when it was purchased by Andre Bonnel. The estate stopped producing wine at some point during the 1950′s and the vineyards fell into a dilapidated state.

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The chateau was sold to Jean-Christophe Mau. The Mau family were well established in Bordeaux as the owners of a large Bordeaux wine negociant firm. Within a few years, the family sold their interests in the negocant company and focused their efforts on improving the Bordeaux wine produced by Chateau Brown. To aid in this effort, the family hired the famed wine consultant, Stephane Derenoncourt.

The Bordeaux wine vineyards are planted to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. The estate also maintains small plantings of 4.5 hectares of Bordeaux white grape varietals which consist of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon. On average, Chateau Brown produces close to 5,000 cases of red Bordeaux wine per vintage and less than 300 cases of white wine per year.