Château Breillan AOC Haut-Médoc Red - Technical sheet

Situated to the east of the village, the chateau is surrounded by woodland and vines. Its history dates back to the Middle Ages. Last century, the Breillan estate produced a very correct, carefully crafted, rather robust and deeply coloured wine called "Clos Montaigne", and a white wine called "Clos du Cardinal"; its tiled-floor winery and its vats, all in varnished oak with their black-painted hoops, were the pride of its owners. The vines which surrounded Breillan at that time represented just one tiny part of the huge estate attached to the chateau. From fortified residence to simple dwelling, from wine estate to specialised teaching establishment, Chateau Breillan has never ceased to adapt to the times and has succeeded in surviving down the centuries. Blanquefort viticultural college now farms the vineyard, 42 hectares of which are contiguous to Château de Dillon.