One of the six communes (alongside Listrac-Médoc, Moulis, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Julien) within the French Haut-Médoc region that are independent appellations and are allowed to bear the place name on the bottle label. Margaux is the most famous and largest commune in the centre of the Médoc. The appellation also includes the four communes of Arsac, Cantenac, Labarde and Soussans.
The vineyards cover around 1,300 hectares of vines. The soils consist of a shallow layer of coarse gravel over a subsoil of fine gravel mixed with limestone. The red wines produced there are among the best in the Médoc. The writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was a great lover of the wines. His eldest granddaughter was named Margaux Hemingway after this place and this wine, although her name was Margot Louise.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“