Chateau Pavie Macquin
Château Pavie-Macquin is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Saint-Émilion, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine. The winery is one of three Pavie estates, along with Château Pavie and Château Pavie-Decesse, located in the Right Bank of France’s Bordeaux wine region in the commune of Saint-Émilion in the department Gironde. Having risen in esteem in the 1990s, it was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé in 2006. The château also produces a second wine named Les Chênes de Macquin (The Oaks of Macquin).
Once part of Ferdinand Bouffard’s estate, Château Pavie-Macquin was acquired by Albert Macquin, who pioneered grafting vines onto phylloxera-resistant American rootstocks. His efforts transformed Saint-Émilion vineyards. Now owned by the Corre family and managed by Nicolas Thienpont with oenologist Stéphane Derenoncourt, the estate adopted biodynamic viticulture and modern techniques, achieving Premiers grands crus classés B status in 2006.
- Appellation: Bordeaux, St. Emilion Grand Cru
- Owner: Benoit Corre, Bruno Corre, and Marie-Jacques Charpentier
- Winemaker: Stephane Derenoncourt and Nicolas Thienpont
- Varieties Grown: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
- Hectares/Age of Vines: 36 acres / 40 years old
- Altitude/Soil: 20-110m slopes which help with drainages / Clay-limestone soil
- Farming Methods: Organic