About us

Here's a brief history of Chateau Carsin from 1759 to this day. Learn also about the current owner family and their team as well as their philosophy in winemaking and managing the property. Our friend Ville Saarinen has also created a virtual story about Carsin, which you can check out here.

history

Chateau Carsin was first mentioned in 1759 when the land where it stands was joined to Chateau Salins in the medieval town of Rions. In 1805 it became a property of its own with 17 hectares of land. There are many parts of the house that date to the 19th century and since 1901 the exterior of the house has not changed. When the Berglund family bought Chateau Carsin in 1990, there was 14 hectares of vines, but wines had not been made in the cellars of Carsin after 1964.

In early days of Berglund family ownership, New World winemaking techniques were introduced and wine was made in a totally new and modern winery. For 10 years, the winemaker was Australian Mandy Jones. In the 2000's, the aims and philosophy of our winemaking changed radically and we started working with organic and biodynamic methods. In 2016, the owner Juha Berglund’s daughter Nea stepped in as the winemaker and since then, the wines are made with less and less technology and minimal manipulation in the cellars, rather putting the emphasis in presenting the authentic characters of our soils in our different vineyards.

The people

Chateau Carsin is owned by the Berglund family. Juha bought the estate in 1990 and today he owns the winery together with her daughter. Nea is officially the CEO of the company, but her time is shared between cellar, vineyards, office and sales. She works closely together with viticultural manager Pascal and Thomas, our wine consultant.

Soline works in the vineyards all year long and she also helps Pascal in the labelling and packaging. Sandrine takes care of office work and administration while Sarah takes care of the commercial part & local sales. Nicole takes care of the house and offices.

Jukka is responsible for our B2B sales in Finland and him together with Jasu take care of the restaurant sales through our Finnish importation company, Carsin & Friends. These two are located in Helsinki instead of Bordeaux. During harvest, Carsin also receives dozens of volunteers, mostly from Finland, who come and help with the harvest work.

Philosophy

Today, the effort is put into the work in the vineyards and less in the cellar. The wines present the authentic characters of the soils in the different vineyards. Most of the work in the vineyard is done by hand and the practices are sustainable and respectable. Since 2022 onwards, all wines are officially organic.

We have searched for the roots of our wines by planting some historic grape varieties of Bordeaux such as Sauvignon Gris, Malbec, Carmenere and Petit Verdot. Our 9 grape varieties, careful vineyard work and simple winemaking help us to stand out from the numerous producers of the area.