Château

Château Meyre

shah-TOH MAIR
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Capitals mark the stressed syllable. The French r comes from the back of the throat. The recording is the reference.

An Avensan estate with a written trace back to 1652, reshaped by Mme Lenôtre in the 1990s and now farmed organically, with 2 of its 20 hectares in Margaux and a hotel in the house.

Appellation
Haut-Médoc
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
On Instagram
@chateaumeyre

The château

The first written trace of Meyre dates from 1652. William Franck, whose Traité sur les vins du Médoc first appeared in 1824, has it in 1845 as Martreau, under Estève, and by 1853 the name reads Marteau (Meyre). Charles Cocks and Édouard Féret, whose Bordeaux et ses vins was the reference book of the Bordeaux trade, print it as Château-Meyre among the crus bourgeois supérieurs of Avensan from 1874. In their edition of 1886 it had belonged to the Estève family or their descendants since 1825, with 60 hectares, 15 of them vines, and the grower won a medal at Paris in 1878. By 1922 it had been split in 2.

In 1990 the estate was bought by Mme Lenôtre, wife of the Paris pastry chef, who worked with Jean-Luc Pouteau, named best sommelier in the world in 1983, and added 2 hectares in the Margaux appellation. Since 1998 its owner has been M. Hetrakul, from Thailand. The vineyard is 20 hectares, 18 of Haut-Médoc at Avensan and 2 of Margaux, on Quaternary gravel, sand and silt with veins of clay, farmed organically and certified by Ecocert. It is planted 44% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, picked by machine except the Petit Verdot, which is picked by hand, and the wine is aged 18 months, 12 of them in barrel. The Margaux is sold as Gallen de Château Meyre, and the house is also a hotel of 9 rooms. It was a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur in the classifications of 2020 and 2025.

At a glance

Appellation
Haut-Médoc; 2 hectares of Margaux
Commune
Avensan
Classification
Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, 2020 and 2025
Owner
M. Hetrakul, since 1998
Vineyard
20 hectares: 18 Haut-Médoc, 2 Margaux
Soil
Quaternary gravel, sand and silt, veins of clay Terroir of Haut-Médoc →
Farming
Organic, certified by Ecocert
Cellar
Picked by machine, the Petit Verdot by hand; 18 months, 12 in barrel
Wines
Château Meyre; Gallen de Château Meyre, Margaux
The house
A hotel of 9 rooms
In history
Château-Meyre, a cru bourgeois supérieur of Avensan, from 1874

Sources

Institutions
Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc: Château Meyre, the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020
Its own publications
Château Meyre: the vineyard, the wines

Revised September 23, 2026. How I choose sources

The record

Château Meyre is a Cru Bourgeois Supérieur, 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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By invitation only.

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