Margaux Flashcards
Number of Chateaux (total)
Approximately 80
Number of classified growths
21 classified growths including 1st Growth Chateau Margeaux & 3rd Growth Ch. Palmer; 2nd Growth Chateau Rausan Segla (silky, black currant);
Key wine notes
Power with delicacy; softer tannin, less body, light, perfumed/heavy aroma/full bouquet; iron fist in a velvet glove; With scents of flowers, especially violets, the wines also offer when mature scents of truffle, cigar box, earth, cherry, plum and tobacco
Geology
Margaux has the most diverse array of terroir and soil types in Bordeaux ranging from large deposits of gravel, limestone with pebbles, stones and rocks to clay; soil lacks a lot of depth - thin- which explains why these grapes are usually first to ripen
Name the Deuxièmes Crus chateaux in Margaux
Château Rauzan-Ségla Château Rauzan-Gassies Château Durfort-Vivens Château Lascombes Château Brane-Cantenac
Name the Troisièmes Crus chateaux in Margaux
Château Boyd-Cantenac Château Cantenac-Brown Château Desmirail Château d'Issan Château Kirwan Château Ferrière Château Giscours Château Malescot St. Exupéry Château Marquis d'Alesme-Beker Château Palmer
Name the Quatrièmes Crus chateaux in Margaux
Château Pouget
Château Prieuré-Lichine
Château Marquis-de-Terme
Name the Cinquièmes Crus chateaux in Margaux
Château Dauzac
Château du Tertre
Château Margaux
Premier Crus
Owner: Mentzelopoulos family since 1978
Winemaker: Paul Pontallier
Hectares: 82
Château Rauzan-Ségla
Deuxièmes Crus
Owner: Wertheimer family of Chanel
Hectares: 51
Château Rauzan-Gassies
Deuxièmes Crus
Owner: Quié family
Château Durfort-Vivens
Deuxièmes Crus
Owner: Lurton family
Château Lascombes
Deuxièmes Crus
Owner: French Insurance Group MACSF
Winemaker: Michel Rolland
Château Brane-Cantenac
Deuxièmes Crus
Owner: Henri Lurton
Château d’Issan
Troisièmes Crus
Owner: Owned by the Cruse family since 1945
Fun Fact: 18th century chateaux surrounded by a moat, often described as the most romantic in the Medoc
