Château Brane-Cantenac has built its legend around a vineyard of 90 hectares comprised of differents plats. The biggest of these lies right in front of the chateau on the finest bench of large-sized grave within the Margaux appellation. This area that rises above the surrounding land is called the plateau of Brane. It’s as if the earth has swelled up with pride to show off its potential. The layers of stones, from the forer rever-bed of the Garonne lie as deep as 10 metres here. These are unfertile soils which also have a warming influence, favouring the regions’s preferred grape, the cabernet-sauvignon. They make it work hard, sending its roots deep to find sustenance.
Brane-Cantenac’s vineyard is carefully tended all the year : improvements to drainage, new plantings adapted to the plots, severe pruning and de-budding to limit the crop, and hand harvesting. When Henri Lurton tood over the estate from his father, in 1992, he put into practice all that he had leamt trhoughout his extensive training and experience acquired in vineyards all over the world. The wine of Brane is prepared in its vineyards. The family’s relationship with this land was founded by his great-father, in 1922.
It has continued through fine and less-than-fine vintages, through difficult or more favourable economic contexts. Such steadfasst attachment has nothing to do with fashion.
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