![]() In 2024, a winery renovation at Château Palmer dubbed ‘the village’ is expected to include a restaurant, a landscaped area where visitors can take walks, and a vegetable garden inspired by the principles of permaculture. Don’t miss the warm welcome at Château Marquis d’Alesme, just off the main street of Margaux, where you can walk along gorgeous, landscaped gardens or grab lunch (indoors or out) at its in-house restaurant: a great way to enjoy excellent third growth Margaux. Further north, in Soussans, Château Paveil de Luze became the first Bordeaux estate to advertise stays on Airbnb. In Labarde alone, Châteaux Dauzac, Giscours and Siran are open year-round. His philosophy continues today at the estate, where the latest initiative – starting this year – is a tour on electric bikes provided by the château.Īt least 17 properties have wine tourism programmes. Alexis Lichine at Château Prieuré-Lichine was an early pioneer in the 1950s, when he opened doors year-round for professionals and private connoisseurs. Located only 25km north of the city of Bordeaux, Margaux lends itself to wine tourism. ![]() Through the ‘Margaux, Terroir de Biodiversité’ initiative, eco reservoirs are being created, with new tree groves, hedgerows, thickets and wildflower plantations on fallow land in-between and around the vines. Under the current presidency of Miailhe, the aim is to recolonise the appellation. As former president of the Syndicat Viticole de Margaux, Lurton facilitated a study in 2015 by the University of Bordeaux’s ISVV (Institute of Vine and Wine Science) with the aim of widening biodiversity for fauna and flora in Margaux. Meanwhile, in 2009, Gonzague Lurton introduced biodynamic winemaking at second growth Château Durfort-Vivens, which was certified by Demeter in 2016. ![]() Benefiting from fine gravel and cooler clays, resulting in an almost even blend between Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Duroux keeps blazing a trail for organic and biodynamic viticulture: the increased purity of the wines also intensifies the seductive charm and density for which Palmer is so famous. Château Palmer – whose director Thomas Duroux is an agronomist and oenologist with a love of jazz – has raised the eco-bar for this storied third growth, which deserves first growth status. Further north, the Pauillac and St-Estèphe appellations have more clay, so the naturally draining – and warm – gravel of Margaux means that grapes tend to ripen earlier compared to vineyards further north.Īt least seven Margaux properties are ‘heavily invested’ in both organic and biodynamic viticulture and winemaking, says Miailhe. The best vineyards are on well-drained slopes, where these lighter soils give Margaux its nimble, silky aspect. This is especially true in vineyards located in Margaux and Cantenac (such as Château Margaux itself), which make up the core of the appellation: 18 of the its 21 classified growths are located within the communes of Margaux and Cantenac, which were fused into one in 2017. That comes largely from the main slow-to-ripen Cabernet Sauvignon interacting with the particularly light gravel in the soil – among the lightest of the Médoc. Its Burgundian-like finesse combined with underlying power aptly exemplifies the Margaux appellation’s refined, perfumed elegance. September releases 2022: full score tableĬhâteau Margaux was one of only four estates selected as first growth in the 1855 Classification for the Médoc – and the only classified château that bears the name of its appellation.Rhône 2021 score table: top white wines.March releases on the Place de Bordeaux 2023.
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