Château

Clos des Quatre Vents

kloh day kahtr VAHN
How to read this

Capitals mark the stressed syllable. “ahn” is a nasal vowel: say it through the nose, with no n. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

1.33 hectares of Margaux on a rise open to the 4 winds, within sight of Château Margaux, whose wine ages 18 months in new oak, 2,500 to 3,000 bottles a year.

Appellation
Margaux

The château

The property stands on a rise open to the 4 winds, looking over the bed of the Garonne and toward Château Margaux. It was once Château Arnaud Blanc, a vat house built in 1840 that belonged to the owners of Château Malescot-Saint-Exupéry, and it took the name Clos des Quatre Vents at the start of the 21st century. The Belgian Thienpont family bought it in 2008 and created its wines; in 2014 it passed to a group of Chinese investors, Liaoning Sifang Manor Wine International Trading Co.

Clos des Quatre Vents is one wine of 5 from a larger house. The Vignobles des Quatre Vents, a member of the Vignerons Indépendants since 2014, farm 28 hectares: 7 in Margaux, for Clos des Quatre Vents, Tayac-Plaisance and Villa des Quatre Soeurs, 13 in Haut-Médoc for Château Bonneau and 8 in Bordeaux for Z Rouge. The Clos itself comes from 1.33 hectares of clay and gravel over deep gravel, on terraces of Garonne gravel, planted 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, and it is aged 18 months in new French oak barrels, for 2,500 to 3,000 bottles a year.

At a glance

Appellation
Margaux
Commune
Margaux
Classification
No classification
Owner
Liaoning Sifang Manor Wine International Trading Co., since 2014
Vineyard
1.33 hectares, within 28 hectares in 3 appellations
Soil
Clay and gravel over deep gravel Terroir of Margaux →
Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 40%
Cellar
18 months in French oak barrels, all new
Production
2,500 to 3,000 bottles a year
Wines
Clos des Quatre Vents; also Tayac-Plaisance, Villa des Quatre Soeurs, Château Bonneau and Z Rouge
The house
Vignobles des Quatre Vents, 28 hectares in Margaux, Haut-Médoc and Bordeaux
Earlier owners
Once Château Arnaud Blanc, of the owners of Malescot-Saint-Exupéry; the Thienpont family, from 2008

Sources

Institutions
Vignerons Indépendants d’Aquitaine, Vignobles des Quatre Vents
Its own publications
Vignobles des Quatre Vents: the history, the wines

Revised October 13, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Clos des Quatre Vents is in the Margaux appellation.

The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

Source: Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855

Private

By invitation only.

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