Château Haut-Barry

The wines of Château Haut-Barry stand for the best winemaking tradition in Bordeaux. The wine of the Château is produced according to the artisan methods that have been established over centuries in the region.

Château Haut-Barry - Bordeaux Supérieur

18.5 hectares of vineyards are owned by Château Haut-Barry. Three grape varieties are used for the estate's wine:

• Merlot
• Cabernet Franc
• Cabernet Sauvignon

The vines for the wine of Château Haut-Barry are trained with single and double Guyot pruning. The harvest is done by machine.

The terroir of Bordeaux

There are five main wine-growing regions in Bordeaux:

• Médoc on the Atlantic coast
• Graves in the south of the city of Bordeaux
• Entre-Deux-Mers, hilly country between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers
• Libournais around the city of Libourne
• Blayais and Bourgeis at the confluence of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers

Bordeaux itself offers a wide variety of terroirs, what they have in common is the limestone base from the Tertiary period. Typical for the region are also alluvial soils of gravelly sand, which strongly characterize the west of Bordeaux.

In the cellar of Château Haut-Barry

Bordeaux wines have the status of a product with protected designation of origin (AOP). For vineyards with desired lower yields (<50 hl/ha), the classification is raised to Bordeaux Supérieur, as it is in the case of Château Haut-Barry.

The individual varietal wines are vinified separately in the estate. For this purpose, the berries are first slightly crushed and finally fermented in cement tanks under temperature control. After the maolactic fermentation, the individual wines are brought together again to produce the ChâteauHaut-Barry.