Appellation: Bordeaux Medoc Cru Bourgeois
Grapes: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Size: 300cl
 
Château Castera has a rich past, dating back to the Middle Age. Some of the more famous owners of Château Castera have been: Family d’Arsac (one of the largest exporters of wine during the 14th century); Étienne de La Boétie (famous humanist, councillor at the Bordeaux Parliament, friend of Michel de Montaigne, whose brother, Thomas de Montaigne, was also an owner of Castera); and the Marquis de Verthamon. All contributed to the development of the estate and enabled Château Castera to endure the centuries in good condition.
After a difficult period in the late 19th century, largely due to the drop in the wine market and the phylloxera crisis, the Verthamon family was obliged to sell Château Castera. Monsieur Destanque the new owner, increased sales and then sold the estate in 1922 to Monsieur Degonde, whose family remained owner of Château Castera for nearly 50 years. In the early 1970s, the négociant firm of Alexis Lichine took over the estate and gave it a wide international audience.
In 1986, Carl E. Press (father of the current owner) and Dieter Tondera jointly acquired Château Castera from Alexis Lichine. They undertook a large-scale renovation and made significant investments to give to Château Castera a new life. Thomas C. Press, son of Carl E. Press, took over management of the estate in 2008. He has breathed a new dynamic into Château Castera, with emphasis on quality control measures (the selection of vineyard plots and meticulous sorting of the grapes) and on enhancement of the château’s already fine reputation. Today, Château Castera is one of the leading Crus Bourgeois and it has been awarded the title of Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2020.