Château

Château Grand Brun

shah-TOH grahn BRAN
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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. “ahn” and “an” are nasal vowels: say them through the nose, with no n. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

The branch of the Brun family that left Château de Lauga when the land was divided in 1987: a first vintage in 1988, and now nearly 12 hectares of Haut-Médoc picked by hand.

Appellation
Haut-Médoc
Classifications
Cru Artisan
Cru Artisan
On Instagram
@chateaugrandbrun

The château

The Bruns keep marriage records back to 1846. Jean Brun, born in 1863, was a cooper who married Jeanne Chaigneau; Camille Brun managed Château Bernones before coming back to the family vines; and Charles Brun, who took over vines and cellar in 1935, was the first of the family to sell most of the wine in bottle. Jean-Pierre Brun began in 1970 as vineyard foreman on a Médoc estate and bought 1.6 hectares of his own. When the family land was divided in 1987, his brother Christian stayed at Château de Lauga and Jean-Pierre received 5 hectares; the name Château Grand Brun and the first vintage came in 1988. Olivier Brun has managed the estate since 2008, when the EARL Grand Brun was formed.

The family now works nearly 12 hectares. The Haut-Médoc is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, picked by hand and raised in vat and barrel in the family cellar at Cussac-Fort-Médoc, and the estate is certified Haute Valeur Environnementale (High Environmental Value, the French state’s environmental certification for farms). It also makes Les Chintes, as a red Bordeaux Supérieur and as a Bordeaux rosé. Grand Brun is a Cru Artisan du Médoc in the classification for the vintages 2022 to 2026.

At a glance

Appellation
Haut-Médoc Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
Commune
Cussac-Fort-Médoc
Classification
Cru Artisan du Médoc, vintages 2022 to 2026
Owners
The Brun family
Direction
Olivier Brun, since 2008
Vineyard
Nearly 12 hectares
Grapes
The Haut-Médoc: Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 35%, Petit Verdot 5%
Farming
Haute Valeur Environnementale
Cellar
Picked by hand; vat and barrel
Wines
Château Grand Brun; Les Chintes, Bordeaux Supérieur and rosé

Sources

Institutions
Crus Artisans du Médoc, Château Grand Brun

Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Grand Brun is a Cru Artisan, in the Haut-Médoc appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

Private

By invitation only.

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