Henri Lurton chose to centre the First Wine of Brane-Cantenac on the original 45 hectare terroir which has remained unchanged for three centuries. The expansion of the vineyard during the 19th and 20th centuries, however, was effected especially through purchasing new plots from classed growth neighbours (Margaux, Kirwan, Issan and Cantenac-Brown), which ensured that the whole of the production of Brane’s 1st and 2nd wines would be of very high quality.