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Chateau Citran Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc
Limited Availability. When walking in the chateau grounds it is obvious that its history goes further back than the 1855 classification. Citran is actually one of the Medoc's oldest seigneuries. Numerous Marquis de donnissan, related to the family of France, reigned here for 600 years and only abandoned their chateau in the middle of the 18th century. Since then the chateau has gone through several owners until today when the Merlaut-Villars family, well known in the Medoc, purchased the vineyard. They are true connoisseurs of wine and land. A symbol of this old cru Bourgeois wine's new-found youth is the arrival of young Céline Villars who now represents the chateau. The Citran vineyards are divided into two. One plot is adjacent to the Margaux appellation and is very near to the Chateau. The other is close to the town of Avensan, at the heart of the Haut-Medoc appellation. Cabernet Sauvignon covers 58% of the 90 hectares, and Merlot just 42% with the average vine age being 20 years old. In a never ending race towards quality, the work is never finished, and even now the gravel crests are being deforested to plant new Cabernet Sauvignon vine plants. The grapes are picked by hand and barrel aged for 12 months in 40% new barrels each vintage. Chateau Citran has produced a dark red fruity, spicy wine, with a great complexity of aromas, well balanced between the fruits and tannin, long at the palate, and overall harmonious and fine. (12 x 75 cl)
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