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Château Haut Beyzac

shah-TOH oh beh-ZAHK

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A Vertheuil estate of 35 hectares on clay and limestone, bought in 1998 by the 2nd generation of Vignobles Raguenot, the family of Château des Tourtes across the estuary in Blaye.

Appellation: Haut-Médoc
Classification: Cru Bourgeois
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The château

Haut Beyzac is the story of a family business passing to its 2nd generation and crossing the Gironde. Lise and Philippe Raguenot founded Vignobles Raguenot in 1967. In 1997 their 2 daughters, Emmanuelle and Marie-Pierre, and their husbands, Daren Miller and Eric Lallez, took over the vineyard of Château des Tourtes in Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux, and in 1998 the 4 of them bought Château Haut Beyzac in the Haut-Médoc. Emmanuelle Miller, Eric Lallez and Marie-Pierre Lallez own it today.

The estate lies at Vertheuil, 35 hectares of clay and limestone planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, the variety the family favors on this soil, with Merlot and Petit Verdot. It makes 3 cuvées, each with its own winemaking, aging and blending: Château Haut Beyzac, a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon; 0016; and Haut Beyzac Classic. The wine spends 12 months in French oak barrels, and the estate makes 120,000 bottles. It was a Cru Bourgeois in the classifications of 2020 and 2025.

At a glance

Appellation: Haut-Médoc
Commune: Vertheuil
Classification: Cru Bourgeois, 2020 and 2025
Owners: Emmanuelle Miller, Eric Lallez and Marie-Pierre Lallez (Vignobles Raguenot), since 1998
Vineyard: 35 hectares
Soil: Clay and limestone Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Cellar: 12 months in French oak barrels
Production: 120,000 bottles
Wines: Château Haut Beyzac; 0016; Haut Beyzac Classic
The house: Also Château des Tourtes, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux

Sources

Institutions: Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: Château Haut Beyzac, the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications: Vignobles Raguenot: the vineyard, the team, Château Haut Beyzac, Château Haut Beyzac, the wine

Revised October 18, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Haut Beyzac is a Cru Bourgeois, in the Haut-Médoc 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

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