Château de Camensac

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Château de Camensac is a winery in the Haut-Médoc region of Bordeaux, France, and it also produces a red wine called Château de Camensac. In the 1855 Bordeaux classification, it was ranked as a Fifth Growth. The vineyards are in Saint-Laurent-Médoc, just beyond the boundary of Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, so the wine is labeled Haut-Médoc. The estate covers about 65 hectares of vines, with roughly 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. Vines are densely planted at about 10,000 per hectare and average 35 years old. Yields are limited to about 45 hectoliters per hectare, and grapes are picked and sorted by hand. The estate produces two wines: the top wine Château Camensac and a second label, La Closerie de Camensac, made from lesser lots. After harvest, fermentation occurs in stainless steel, followed by aging in oak barrels for 17–20 months and malolactic fermentation. Oenologist Michel Rolland has advised the estate in recent years.