Margaux

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Margaux is the southernmost and arguably most elegant of the four great Haut-Médoc communes, its wines distinguished by an aromatic finesse and silkiness of texture that sets them apart from the more structured styles of Pauillac and Saint-Julien. The appellation covers five villages — Margaux, Soussans, Cantenac, Labarde, and Arsac — across gravelly ridges that thin out and interleave with sandy soils closer to the estuary. Château Margaux itself is the most architecturally and historically significant estate in Bordeaux: the neoclassical château, designed by Louis Combes in 1810, is a UNESCO-listed monument. Under the Mentzelopoulos family since 1977, the estate has undergone a renaissance, consistently producing wines of extraordinary perfume and complexity. Château Palmer, technically a Third Growth classified in 1855, has so consistently overperformed that its wines trade at First Growth prices at auction — the 1961 and 2009 vintages in particular are legendary. Rauzan-Ségla and d'Issan represent the classic secondary tier of Margaux estates with strong auction followings.

Margaux

Margaux's thin, fine-grained gravel soils — the thinnest in the Haut-Médoc — drain so rapidly that vine roots must penetrate 10 metres or more to access water, producing wines of exceptional tension and aromatic lift.

Château Margaux's neoclassical château, built in 1810, is a UNESCO Monument Historique — the only Bordeaux estate building to hold this designation — and functions as both a winery and one of the region's most significant architectural landmarks.

Château Palmer, a Third Growth by the 1855 classification, has traded at prices matching or exceeding First Growths in many vintages; its 2009 achieved $700+ per bottle at auction, driven by critical scores and the estate's reputation for overdelivering against classification.

Margaux produces some of the Médoc's finest dry white Bordeaux — Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux — from 12 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc outside the classified red wine appellation boundary.

$418

Avg Price / Bottle

11,384

Auction Lots

2005

Top Vintage

$6 – $16.7k

Price Range

In the Glass

Margaux is the most perfumed and feminine of the Haut-Médoc communes: violets, rose, red fruit, and cassis on the nose, with a silky, fine-grained texture that gives the wines their hallmark elegance. The tannins are less aggressive than Pauillac, the wines more approachable young, but the finest examples — Margaux itself, Palmer — are as long-lived as any First Growth, developing extraordinary complexity of cigar box, leather, and dried flowers over 20–30 years.

Red Wines

Wine	Avg Price	Lots Sold
Chateau Palmer Chateau Palmer 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux3eme Cru Classe	$515	1,982
Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Chateau Malescot St. Exupery 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux3eme Cru Classe	$101	1,008
Chateau Margaux Margaux du Chateau Margaux	$1,056	1,000
Chateau Margaux Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux	$151	536
Chateau Brane-Cantenac Chateau Brane-Cantenac 2eme Cru Classe, Margaux2eme Cru Classe	$111	518
Chateau Prieure-Lichine Chateau Prieure-Lichine 4eme Cru Classe, Margaux4eme Cru Classe	$77	411
Chateau Palmer Alter Ego	$103	256
Chateau Brane-Cantenac Baron de Brane	$134	244
Chateau Angludet Chateau Angludet, Margaux	$46	113
Chateau Boyd-Cantenac Chateau Boyd-Cantenac 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux3eme Cru Classe	$96	99
Chateau Kirwan Charmes de Kirwan	$120	96
Chateau Rauzan-Gassies Chateau Rauzan-Gassies 2eme Cru Classe, Margaux2eme Cru Classe	$149	86
Chateau Dauzac Chateau Dauzac 5eme Cru Classe, Margaux5eme Cru Classe	$83	76
Chateau Siran Chateau Siran, Margaux	$74	74
Chateau Marojallia Chateau Marojallia, Margaux	$62	73
Chateau Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre Chateau Bel Air-Marquis d'Aligre, Margaux	$74	49
Chateau Ferriere Chateau Ferriere 3eme Cru Classe, Margaux3eme Cru Classe	$105	42
Chateau Marquis de Terme Chateau Marquis de Terme 4eme Cru Classe, Margaux4eme Cru Classe	$68	40
Chateau Siran S de Siran	$52	38
Chateau Marquis de Terme M de Marquis de Terme	$47	34

Top Producers

Chateau Palmer Chateau Margaux Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Chateau Prieure-Lichine Chateau Brane-Cantenac Chateau Siran Chateau Rauzan-Gassies Chateau Angludet

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