Chateau Cantemerle

Château Cantemerle is a historic Haut-Médoc estate in the commune of Macau, with documented winegrowing roots stretching back to the 14th century and likely earlier. Long owned by the Villeneuve-Durfort family from the late 1500s through the 19th century, the property built a reputation for elegant claret and was ultimately included—after some controversy—as a Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth) in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. The estate suffered heavily from phylloxera and mildew in the late 19th century, pas…