On September 14th 1428, Guilhem de Siran swore a feudal oath in the church of Macau to the Abbot of Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux, to whom the parish was attached.
At the end of the 17th century, the estate was already producing wine and was to enjoy a fine reputation in the 18th century, at a time when the Miailhe family settled in Bordeaux as wine brokers, a title granted to them by royal concession.
It was in the 19th century, on the 14th ...
Some might say that luck was on the side of this vineyard, given its location a few miles north of Bordeaux on the famous Médoc peninsula and in the heart of the no less famous Margaux appellation.
Its 25 hectares set in the Margaux appellation benefit from a terroir of amazing quality.
Here, the soils are mainly made up of gravel and pebbles, which retain very little rainwater. The roots of the vines delve very deeply into the subsoil t...
Nowadays, precision work begins in the vineyard itself -“plot by plot”.
Only when the grapes have reached optimal ripeness is the decision taken to start the harvesting. The bunches are picked by hand in small crates and meticulously sorted both before and after the de-stemming process, so that only the finest grapes go into the vats.
Though the wine-making remains traditional, the latest technology is carefully integrated to carry out a plo...
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