Château Haut Meneau was founded in 1825 in Saint-Paul, in the Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux, and was classified as a Cru Bourgeois as early as 1850. The property was also once a stopover on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, which tells you something about the age and history of this land. 

The Bravard family purchased the estate in 1988, and Jacques-Henri took over from his father in 1998 after completing his oenology diploma, with a clear philosophy: respect the terroir and pass on a healthy vineyard to future generations. He began converting to organic farming in 2009, with the first certified vintage in 2012, farming 20 hectares across 44 individual parcels, each tended according to its own specific characteristics. The vines average 40 years old, planted on south-facing clay-limestone hillsides that concentrate both aromas and minerality, and Jacques-Henri's daughter Juliette is currently studying oenology in Bordeaux, with the next generation already in the pipeline.