Chateau Caronne Ste Gemme

The vineyard was first reported in 1648 when a local Landlord, Denys de Mullet of La Tour St Lambert rented it to a farmer in exchange of the wines produced.

Caronne is derived from “Carona” for a local spring source, and Gemme a corruption of “James”.

In the middle-ages the locality was a parish on the grounds of a subsidiary to the Templar Commanderie at nearby Benon a few kilometres inland. The Parish was abolished during the Revolution and it is about this time that the first records of wine production at Caronne begin to emerge. In 1900 ownership of Caronne passed to Emile and Eugène Borie. The sons of Eugène would later cede their shares to their uncle and purchase Ch. Batailley and later Ducru-Beaucaillou whilst Emile’s descendance would remain sole owner of Caronne until this day.

Chateau Caronne Ste Gemme is now managed by François, the fourth generation with his brother Georges and his two cousins Michel & Jean François.