MARGAUX CASTLE
This castle is the most important neoclassical building in Bordeaux. Designed by the architect Louis Combes in 1810, it rises on four levels generously lit by large bay windows. The estate began to take shape between 1572 and 1582, thanks to its owner Pierre de Lestonnac, who managed to completely restructure the property to move from cereal to vine growing. Over the centuries, several owners gradually made the wine of Château Margaux, a wine of excellence. At the beginning of the 1970s, the recession and the disastrous and unsellable vintages of 1972, 1973 and 1974 put the Ginestet family, then owners, in a desperate situation. It was in 1977 that André Mentzelopoulos bought the property. The Ionic columns that adorn the peristyle of the château remind him of his native Greece and make him realise the extent of the work that needs to be done to restore Margaux to its place as Premier. In 1980, his daughter Corinne succeeded him and took up the challenge. Today she is the sole owner and manager of Château Margaux. The vineyard of this Premier Grand Cru Classé covers an area totalling 262 hectares.
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