Château de Camensac is a winery in the Haut-Médoc appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Château de Camensac is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen ''Cinquièmes Crus'' (Fifth Growths) in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.

Vineyard

The vineyards of Château Camensac are in the commune of

Saint-Laurent-Médoc Saint-Laurent-Médoc (, also known as ''Saint-Laurent-du-Médoc''; oc, Sent Laurenç de Medòc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department T ...

, just beyond the boundary of the

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appellation. As such it is entitled to only the Haut-Médoc appellation for its wines. The estate's 65 hectares of vines (60%

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, 40%

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) are planted at a dense 10,000 vines per hectare and have an average age of 35 years. The estate limits yields to 45

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per hectare and grapes are picked and sorted by hand.

The wine

As is common for wineries in the

Médoc The Médoc (; oc, label= Gascon, Medòc ) is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located in the ''département'' of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Its name comes from ''(Pagus) Medull ...

, Château Camensac produces two wines, its first label, Château Camensac, and a second label, La Closerie de Camensac, into which lesser quality lots are blended. After harvest, the wines undergo primary fermentation in stainless steel vats before being transferred to oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and 17–20 months of aging. In recent years,

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Michel Rolland has been a consultant.

External links

Château Camensac official site
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