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Chateau Margaux

Bordeaux First Growths

Chateau Margaux is located in the village of Margaux in the Medoc production area on the left bank of Bordeaux. It was rated as a first growth in the 1855 Bordeaux Medoc classification, and is the same as Chateau Lafite. Lafite Rothschild), Chateau Latour (Chateau Latour), and Chateau Haut-Brion (Chateau Haut-Brion) are tied for the status of first growth. Among the four selected first growths, Margaux was the only one to receive a perfect score of 20 points.

Chateau Margaux currently owns 262 hectares of land, including 80 hectares of red vineyards and 12 hectares of white vineyards.

History

A story of five centuries

As early as the 17th century, Margaux was classified as a prestigious first-class winery, two centuries earlier than the official classification of 1855.

Pierre de Lestonnac founded the park in 1590. It has been owned by the Lestonnac family for nearly a hundred years. In 1787, Chateau Margaux was named one of the four most famous wineries in France by the most famous wine critic of the 18th century, Thomas Jefferson, the then U.S. Ambassador to France (who later became the third president of the United States).

By the 1855 Bordeaux winery classification, Chateau Margaux became a first-class chateau based on its strength and became the most brilliant pearl.

Vineyard

The land area of Chateau Margaux is 262 hectares, including 80 hectares of red vineyards and 12 hectares of white vineyards. In terms of grape planting ratio, the red grapes are 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, and the white grapes are 100% Sauvignon Blanc. The average age of grape plants is 45 years.

Chateau Margaux is a winery that adheres to tradition among many famous Bordeaux chateaux. The chateau not only insists on manual operation, but also still uses 100% oak barrels. Even famous chateaux such as Latour and Obriyan have long used stainless steel wine tanks. Fermentation.

Winemaking

During the harvest season, the winery team will select the appropriate harvest time by testing and analyzing various indicators and personally tasting the grapes. After the grapes reach the ideal ripe state, more than 200 professionally trained harvesters complete the picking. After arriving at the winemaking workshop, the grapes must undergo strict screening before entering the process of destemming.

The winery uses both oak barrels and stainless steel tanks to ferment red grapes, while all white grapes use oak barrels to ferment. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation. Then, the red wine will be matured in oak barrels for 18-24 months, and the white wine will be matured in oak barrels for 6-8 months.

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The designated wine for French state banquets

The real wine of the winery - Chateau Margaux red wine has a rich and complex flavor. The entrance is like a ballet dancing on the tip of the tongue, as elegant and powerful as the tannins are abundant and smooth, with good balance. You can feel the fresh and long texture in the finish. , the aging potential is quite outstanding. It successfully conquered Napoleon Bonaparte, the founder of the First French Empire, and also won the support of Thomas Jefferson, the founding father of the United States, and Margaret Thatcher, the British "Iron Lady" favor. In the wine critic world, Chateau Margaux red wine is also widely recognized. It has received full marks from Robert Parker four times, and there are countless praises of 95 points or more from other wine critics. In recent years, the quality of Chateau Margaux's red wine has been stable and has maintained a high degree of market attention.

In addition to the main wine, the wines currently released by Chateau Margaux also include the second wine - Pavilion Margaux and Pavilion Margaux, and the third wine - Margaux de Chateau three-label red wine (Margaux de Chateau Margaux, Margaux, France). In addition, the winery began producing Four Label wine in 2009, but this wine is only sold in bulk to wine merchants in Bordeaux.