Also known for its white, Château Carbonnieux produces a great red wine in the Pessac-Léognan appellation. Of the 50 hectares dedicated to the production of this Graves Grand Cru, 30% are planted with Merlot, with the rest completed by Cabernet Sauvignon and a small proportion of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. While already seductive from a very young age, it is after several years of cellaring that it will reveal its gustatory complexity and legendary harmony.

Jean De Ferron, hailing from a powerful Bordeaux bourgeois family, purchased the Carbonnieux estate in the 16th century. His acquisition policy was continued by his successors, and Château Carbonnieux, already famous, became the flagship of the family properties.
After two and a half centuries in the hands of the Ferrons, a new era began when the monks of Sainte-Croix bought the property. It quickly became the major enterprise of the Benedictines, who did not hesitate to go into debt to develop this cru, which already possessed immense potential. After Haut-Brion, Carbonnieux was then counted among the great white wines of the Graves and Guyenne regions.
During the Revolution, the estate was confiscated and then sold as national property to Elie de Bouchereau, whose family would reside there for many years. Before the phylloxera crisis, the Bouchereau brothers assembled a unique collection of French and European grape varieties there. The Bouchereaus sold the property at the end of the 19th century. Classified as a Grand Cru of Graves for both its red and white wines in the mid-20th century, the estate then entered a new phase under the impetus of the Perrin family.
Marc Perrin set about restoring the property, both the vineyard and the château, and subsequently, Anthony Perrin oversaw further modernizations, particularly in the cellar. The estate also played a pioneering role in the establishment of the Pessac-Léognan appellation. Today, Eric and Philibert Perrin continue this work, with the same attention paid to the balance of the reds and the brilliance of the whites.