Château Cantegril

Château Cantegril is an enclosure of 22 ha on the limestone plateau of Haut-Barsac. It occupies the site of an old fortified château of the same name built in the Middle Ages. It belonged to the Duc d’Épernon, then to the lords of Cantegril, one of whom married a Mademoiselle de Myrat and had the present Château Myrat built on part of the Cantegril estate.
In 1854, Château Cantegril was detached from Myrat, as confirmed by a judgment of the civil court dated 24 December 1862.
Acquired by the Ségur Montagne family, it changed hands several times before becoming the property of Charles Rodberg, Belgian consul in Bordeaux, then of Émile Raymond.
In 1924, it was bought by the maternal great-grandparents of Denis Dubourdieu, the l’Hermite-Mansencal family.
Although absent from the official classification of 1855, Château Cantegril is mentioned among the second growths of Barsac in the various editions of “Bordeaux et ses Vins classés par ordre de mérite” by Charles Cocks and Édouard Féret (1874, 1881, 1886, 1893, 1898, 1908, 1922, 1929).
The soil of Cantegril, made up of clayey sands over limestone, is characteristic of the Barsac plateau. The rock slab limits the rooting depth of the vine to about 80 cm. During the summer, the finely porous limestone gives back to the vine the water it soaked up during the winter, avoiding excessive water stress. This limestone terroir is particularly well suited to making elegant, distinguished white wines.
Organic manures are based on plant composts. Disbudding, trellising and leaf removal are carried out by hand with meticulous care. Thus “cultivated like a garden”, in an ordered and preserved nature, the vines ripen early and give concentrated, flavoursome grapes with the sweetness and aromatic brilliance of fresh fruit that one finds in the wines.
The sweet wines of Cantegril express the sap and vivacity of the Barsac limestone terroir.
Denis Dubourdieu also owns Château Doisy-Daëne in Barsac. Both estates are run by Pierre & Denis Dubourdieu E.A.R.L., also the tenant company of Château Haura in Illats in the Graves. Denis and Florence Dubourdieu also own Clos Floridène in Pujols-sur-Ciron in the Graves and Château Reynon in the Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux appellation. All of his crus make up the Denis Dubourdieu Domaines range.