Camensac is a very old estate that was included on Belleyme’s famous 18th-century map. In Médoc patois, “Camensac” means “on the water’s way” and comes from the words “camens”, meaning “path” or “way” and “ac”, which means “water” in local dialect. In the 17th century, monks dug ditches along the bottom of the gravelly rises. These contributed to the quality of the terroir by draining off excess rainwater.
The Merlaut family acquired Camensac in time for the 2005 vintage and Céline Villars and Jean Merlaut are now in charge of the estate. The niece and uncle are also the respective owners of Chasse-Spleen and Gruaud-Larose. Éric Boissenot is the consulting oenologist.
