Château
Château Malescot Saint-Exupéry
A third growth of 1855 in the Margaux appellation, in the village of Margaux itself, Malescot Saint-Exupéry takes its double name from Simon Malescot, a seventeenth-century royal prosecutor, and from the Saint-Exupéry family who followed him. Its vines are scattered around the village, and its wines are among the most tannic of the appellation.
Estate websiteClassifications
- The Official Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855 — Médoc and Graves
Third Growths · Since 1855
It was this growth that absorbed, in the 1870s, the vineyard of Château Dubignon, a third growth of 1855 that has since disappeared.
Sources
- Official sourceLe classement GCC 1855 par appellation — Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855— Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855 (Médoc & Sauternes)
- Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
- Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Margaux »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)