Branaire Ducru

Château Branaire Ducru : Appellation d'origine contrôlée and Fourth Growth or Quatrième Grand Cru Classé à Saint Julien.

The wines of Château Branaire Ducru

The Château Branaire Ducru, property of the Maroteaux family since 1988, is a Quatrième Grand Cru Classé of the Saint Julien appellation (according to the 1855 classification) found on the left bank of the Gironde near Bordeaux. The winery of Chateau Branaire Ducru can be found scattered over the commune of Saint Julien where its vines cover 60 hectares of deep "graves" quaternary on clay. The winery operates using "raisonné" agriculture, meaning that they stay “reasonable” in their use of chemicals in the vines.