Chateau Tayet

A 10 hectare estate, Chateau Tayet is located very close to the designation Margaux.

Located in Macau at the gateway to the Medoc, Chateau Tayet overlooks the Gironde Estuary and is located on the banks of the Gironde, close to Macau harbour, where water from the Estuary constantly moves back and forth with the tides. The estate’s vineyards have benefited from this environment for several centuries and produce wonderfully characterful wines. Indeed, when all the Bordeaux vineyards were nearly wiped out by the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century, only the vines closest to the river survived, producing the majority of Bordeaux wines at the time. Several generations of winegrowers have continued to improve the quality of wines grown on this alluvial plain. Formerly known as Chateau Les Charmilles, the De Schepper family renamed the estate Chateau Tayet when they purchased it in 1994.

The plantings are of Merlot (55%), Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot (10%). The wines spend typically 12 months in barrel of which 50% are new.