Château
Château Moulin de Blanchon
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A family estate at Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, 1 kilometer north of
- Appellation
Haut-Médoc - Classification
- Cru Bourgeois
- Châteaux
- See it among the 629
The château
Henri Négrier bought his first parcel of vines in 1978 at Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, 1 kilometer north of
The soil is gravel, and clay and limestone, planted to 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet Sauvignon at 8,000 vines a hectare, pruned double Guyot, with vines 40 to 50 years old on average and a yield of 50 hectoliters a hectare. The harvest runs from mid September to early October, by machine since 2008. The wine macerates for 1 month and is aged 12 months in oak. Château les Hauts de Gadet is made from the youngest vines.
At a glance
- Appellation
Haut-Médoc - Commune
- Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne
- Classification
- Cru Bourgeois, 2010, 2020 and 2025
- Owners
- Henri Négrier, with his wife and their 2 children as partners
- Enologist
- M. Médeville, consultant
- Vineyard
- 24 hectares in the
Haut-Médoc and 60 ares inSaint-Estèphe ; 8,000 vines a hectare; 40 to 50 years old on average - Soil
- Gravel; clay and limestone Terroir of
Haut-Médoc → - Grapes
- Merlot 50%, Cabernet Sauvignon 50%
- Cellar
- Picked by machine since 2008; 1 month of maceration; 12 months in oak
- Wines
Château Moulin de Blanchon ; Château les Hauts de Gadet, from the youngest vines
Sources
- Institutions
- Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du
Médoc :Château Moulin de Blanchon , the classification of 2025, the classification of 2020 - Its own publications
Château Moulin de Blanchon , the estate
Revised October 18, 2026. How I choose sources
The record
The 1855 Classification was published on April 18, 1855, drawn up by the brokers of the Bordeaux exchange for the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
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By invitation only.
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