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| Château Pavie-Macquin | |
|---|---|
| Location | Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, France |
| Appellation | Saint-Émilion |
| Other labels | Les Chênes de Macquin |
| Key people | Nicolas Thienpont (Manager), Stéphane Derenoncourt (Oenologist) |
| Cases/yr | 6,400 cases (approximate) |
| Website | Château Pavie-Macquin Official Site |
Château Pavie-Macquin is aBordeaux wine from theappellationSaint-Émilion, rankedPremier grand cru classé B in theClassification of Saint-Émilion wine. Thewinery is one of three Pavie estates, along withChâteau Pavie andChâteau Pavie-Decesse, located in the Right Bank of France’sBordeaux wine region in the commune of Saint-Émilion in the departmentGironde. Having risen in esteem in the 1990s, it was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé in 2006.[1]
The château also produces asecond wine named Les Chênes de Macquin (The Oaks of Macquin).
Once a part of the large estate of Ferdinand Bouffard, a 19th-century Bordeauxnégociant, it was acquired by Albert Macquin, also the owner of the neighbouring Château La Serre, who would become known as a pioneer in thebattle againstphylloxera, and whose vines at Pavie-Macquin were among the first to begrafted onto Americanrootstocks.[2] After studyingviticulture at theEcole d'Agriculture inMontpellier, Macquin was aware of the new techniques involving grafting the phylloxera resistantVitis labrusca American rootstock onto theVitis vinifera vines. While neighboring Chateaux were still looking for a cure to heal the infected vines, Macquin set about replanting his entire vineyard with the more resistant rootstock and was able to rebound more quickly from the phylloxera epidemic that plagued theBordeaux wine industry.[3] InHenri Enjalbert's description, "for more than 30 years Macquin was a one-man viticultural industry, the mastermind behind the transformation of the Saint-Émilion vineyards."[2]
The estate is currently owned by the Corre family, descendants of Albert Macquin, and is managed by Nicolas Thienpont with theoenologistStéphane Derenoncourt in charge of vinification.[3] The team of Thienpont and Derenoncourt has been credited with increasing the profile of Pavie-Macquin in recent years, introducingbiodynamic viticulture and more modernwinemaking techniques. In 2006, the Château was promoted fromGrands crus classés toPremiers grands crus classés B in the Saint-Émilion wine classification.[4]
The vineyard area extends 15 hectares with the grape varieties of 84%Merlot, 14%Cabernet Franc and 2%Cabernet Sauvignon.
Of theGrand vin Château Pavie-Macquin and the second wine Les Chênes de Macquin there is typically a total production of 6,400 cases per year.[3]
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