The Château Clarke estate goes back to the 12th century, when Cistercian monks from the Vertheuil Abbey planted the first grapevines.

After a series of successions and sales which left the vineyards in a sorry state of disrepair, Baron Edmond de Rothschild acquired the estate in 1973. The estate was totally redesigned and rebuilt between 1974 and 1978 and today accounts for 54 wine-producing hectares.

The vines are planted on hilltops with chalky-clayey soil on which the Merlot grape thrives. The historic buildings have been restored and the wine-making facilities and techniques totally updated. Since September of 2001, the hand-harvested grapes are brought to the superb wood fermenting room where they are sorted on the conveyor belt and drop via gravity into the tank.

Most of the wine then goes into new barrels where it matures between 14 and 18 months. Concentrated and distinguished, the wines from Château Clarke truly express the very best of the terroirs that produce them.