Château Marquis d'Alesme

Margaux

2023

Blend

60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc

Wine designation

Château Marquis D’Alesme, Red, 2023
Category : Margaux, 3ème Grand Cru Classé, Bordeaux

Food pairing

Pair alongside your favorite pepper steak or alongside a flavorful winter beef stew.

Data sheet

Château Marquis d'Alesme

Margaux

2023

Tasting notes

With its pleasant fruity freshness, its aromas of redcurrant and citrus peel captivate the senses from the first taste. On the palate, power and delicacy come together in a velvety texture and fine tannins. An intense, refined sensory experience waiting to be discovered.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 15 hectares

Soil composition: Clay-limestone, clay gravel and siliceous gravel with a natural gentle slope.

Winemaking

Fermentation container: Wooden, stainless steel flattened cone-shaped vats of 80 hl, and concrete flattened vats of 55 hl.

Aging: Oak Barrels

45% new French oak barrels, 55% one wine barrels, 14 months

Type of oak: French

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Château Marquis d’Alesme was founded in 1585 by François d’Alesme, squire and adviser to King Henry III at the Bordeaux Parliament. This estate is one of the pioneers to be found in this appellation. A Dutch merchant, Jean Bekker-Teerlink, acquired the estate in 1810. He Germanised his name to Becker and added it to the name of the estate, giving rise to Marquis d’Alesme-Becker. In 1855, under the management of the Sznarjdeski family, the château’s wine was honoured as the 3rd Grand Cru Classé in the famous 1855 classification. Since 2006, the Perrodo family has owned Château Marquis d’Alesme Becker.

Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

Marquis d’Alesme practises rational viticulture inspired by the principles of organic farming and biodynamics: the quest for balance between the quality of the soil and the plant in a preserved ecosystem. Attentive to the lunar calendar when scheduling each task in the vineyards, the Marquis d’Alesme vineyard manager readily adopts alternative methods: systematically varied cover species on resting land, beehives and nest boxes installed in the surrounding woods, populations of bio-indicator auxiliary fauna counted in the plots (wild bees, butterflies, nesting birds, bats)…