Groundbreaking of the Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion wine warehouse

In spring 2015, The Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion, the only Chateau located in the heart of Bordeaux, will inaugurate a new wine warehouse designed by Philippe Starck.

Thursday, March 6th, in the presence of mayors of Pessac, Bordeaux and Merignac, Patrice Pichet - owner of the Chateau, Luc Arsène-Henry - architect and Philippe Starck lay the foundation stone of Les Carmes Haut-Brion wine warehouse, “a raw metal blade encapsulating that miracle of the wine.” Ph.S

The wine is a magic
Its elaboration a science
Our relationship is sentimental
Its structure is an abstraction
Its effect a vertigo
Its knowledge a culture
Its robe is virtual

You can only use the language of the immaterial, of the mind to tell wine.

Its house had to be evocative, a minimum, an intuition, a reflection
The wonder of Les Carmes Haut-Brion deserved this consistency, I hope we did not prove unworthy. Ph.S

More information about the Chateau on www.les-carmes-haut-brion.com