Its story begins nearly three centuries ago, when the Benedictine monks of the Sainte-Croix Abbey of Bordeaux, owners of Château Carbonnieux, cultivated their first vintage on this northern Graves terroir, now known as Pessac-Léognan. On this estate, whose history spans centuries and hectares of vines, Dom Galéas, the estate’s cellarer monk, initiated the first great dry white wines of Bordeaux on the property. Whites composed predominantly of Sémillon, a grape variety now considered one of the rarest and most prestigious in France.
It is to this history that the Perrin family, owners of Château Carbonnieux for four generations, wished to pay tribute through their Cuvée 1741. The number was chosen in reference to the birth certificate of the first vintage after the estate was taken over again by the Benedictine monks, of whom Dom Galéas quickly became one of the greatest ambassadors.
Drawn from a rigorous selection of the estate’s oldest Sémillon vines, this cuvée reveals both the unique and authentic character of the Graves terroir of Château Carbonnieux and the singularity of its dry white wines made from this grape variety. Deeply attached to the family and ancestral values of the estate, as well as to the faithful expression of the terroir, Marc and Andréa Perrin continue the story of this centuries-old wine estate by imagining a dry white wine that recalls the original style, offering an exceptional cuvée crafted in the spirit of the first great dry white wines.
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ERIC AND PHILIBERT PERRIN, OWNERS
