Château Escot

The château

Escot stands at Lesparre-Médoc, on the old commune of Saint-Trélody, and its name goes back to the 14th century: to the Scot family, also written Escot, English knights and wine merchants found in the region from 1332, when Aquitaine was under English rule. The wine has a long record. Charles Cocks lists Château-Escot under the Lostau family in Bordeaux, ses environs et ses vins in 1850; in 1858 a local notable, M. d’Armailhac, placed it among the crus bourgeois (a Médoc classification), and Cocks and Édouard Féret, in Bordeaux et ses vins, the reference book of the Bordeaux trade, kept it among the crus bourgeois of Lesparre from 1868 to 1922. Their English edition of 1883 describes the ancient patrimony of the Lostau family: an estate of 100 hectares, 33 of them vines, planted mostly to Cabernet Sauvignon and to a gros cabernet chosen from the vineyard of Mouton-d’Armailhacq, with a bouquet they likened to that of Margaux. The Losteau family (Lostau in Cocks) held Escot for nearly 200 years, and Ludovic Losteau turned the manor house into a château with towers, finished in 1874. By 1886 it had passed to E. Plisson, and by 1922 to Eyquem.

In 2019 it was bought by 2 investors from the Czech Republic: Richard Morávek, founder of the property group Redstone, and Vít Bartošek, a wine merchant and sommelier who is the managing partner. Sonia Ozanne is managing director and Fabien Faget technical manager. The vines, 40 years old on average, lie in 3 communes: Lesparre, mostly sand; Civrac, sand, clay and limestone; and Saint-Christoly, clay, gravel, pebbles and fine sand. Château Escot is 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. The estate also makes a second red Médoc, a rosé and, from 0.89 hectares of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris planted in 2020, a white Bordeaux. Escot was a Cru Bourgeois in the classification of 2020 and moved up to Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2025.

At a glance

Appellation

Médoc

Commune

Lesparre-Médoc, with vines at Civrac and Saint-Christoly

Classification

Cru Bourgeois in 2020; Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in 2025

Owners

Richard Morávek and Vít Bartošek, since 2019

Direction

Sonia Ozanne, managing director; Fabien Faget, technical manager

Vineyard

Vines 40 years old on average, in 3 communes; 0.89 hectares of white grapes, planted in 2020

Soil

Sand; sand, clay and limestone; clay, gravel and pebbles Terroir of Médoc →

Grapes

Château Escot: Merlot 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 45%, Petit Verdot 5%

Wines

Château Escot; a second red Médoc; a rosé; a white Bordeaux

In history

The Losteau family for nearly 200 years; towers finished in 1874; a cru bourgeois of Lesparre, 1868 to 1922