At the age of 101, Lord Jean de Pontac of Haut-Brion felt the time was ripe to prepare his way to heaven.

So in 1584, he gave a water-mill surrounded by pasture and vines to the Carmes de Notre-Dame order.
The Carmes monks kept the Haut-Brion appellation for 200 years. Then over time, the estate came to be known as « Les Carmes Haut-Brion ».

Throughout this period, the ownership of the estate never changed, sheltered from the property transactions common in pre-revolutionary France.

When the French Revolution came, as a result of the confiscation of Church possessions, the Carmes Haut-Brion estate became public property in 1791.

At the beginning of the 19^th Century, it was bought by Léon Colin, a Bordeaux wine merchant and direct ancestor of the present owners, the Chantecaille-Furt family.
Today Didier Furt and his wife Caroline run the estate, joined in 2005 by their daughter Pénélope.

Then, it was sold in late 2010 to the Group Pichet real estate company, which has already planned large investments, as part of the diversification of its activities.On the agenda: the purchase of modern equipment, the full renovation of the cellars and the building of an extension for receptions.The château was built in the 19th century along with the grounds of 3 hectares (7.4 acres) designed by landscape architect Fisher. Since then, the estate has been preserved. Its surrounding walls provide a haven of peace in the heart of the historic vineyards of Bordeaux and create a surprisingly warm microclimate, protecting the vineyards from spring frosts and speeding up the maturing of the grape.