Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux, a 19th-century mansion with mansard roof surrounded by vineyards and lush greenery — © Château les Carmes Haut-Brion - Bordeaux

View of Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux featuring orderly vineyard rows, a pond with reeds in the foreground, ornamental trees, and clear blue sky. — © Château les Carmes Haut-Brion and its vineyards in Bordeaux

Modern black sail-shaped architectural structure leaning over a green waterway, surrounded by vegetation and paved pathways in Bordeaux — © Contemporary architectural installation overlooking Bordeaux's waterfront

Underground gallery at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux featuring decorated wine barrels with colorful artworks, wet reflective floor, modern ceiling with metal framework and stone walls. — © Art Gallery in the Cellars of Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

Interior of the winemaking cellar at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux, featuring stainless steel tanks and wooden barrels lined along a central corridor. — © Château les Carmes Haut-Brion Winery Cellar

Wine tasting bar featuring a black counter, grey chairs, illuminated bottle shelves, and a dramatic stalactite-shaped light fixture at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux. — © Elegant tasting room at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

Modern winery interior featuring stainless steel fermentation tanks in rows, decorated with colorful artistic panels, at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion in Bordeaux. — © Contemporary Winery at Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

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Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

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The history of Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion dates back to the 16th century and has been very consistent since its birth. In 1584, the lord of Haut-Brion, Jean de Pontac, gave the Grands Carmes a vast mill with meadows and vines. A haven of peace and a garden of abundance, the place was supplied with pure, living water from the inexhaustible source of the "eubrion" fountain.

The congregation remained the sole owner of the site for more than two hundred years and, as it extended its lands to other parts of the Haut-Brion vineyard, usage gradually imposed the name "Carmes Haut-Brion" on the estate.

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