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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This is the second in the Greats series on Bordeaux. This time, the first, most southerly, and most famed commune of the Médoc, Margaux. Surely this is one of the world's greatest regions, with the only major appellation with a château named after the region, Château Margaux.</p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/45638/WFNP_Maps_Bordeaux_Quarter_Horizv-20250319-93xid9kxcx.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="362" /></p> <p>Margaux is a 1,500 ha/3,700 acre communal appellation on the Left Bank of Bordeaux, 25 km/15 miles north of the city of Bordeaux in the Médoc. Margaux is the largest Médoc AOC, representing 9% of Medoc vineyards and an average of 6.5 million bottles yearly, depending on vintage. Due to its size, the region has varied soils, and that means that as much as people like to generalize about Margaux being elegant and pretty, it's not as simple as that.</p> <p> </p> <p>In this show, I cover everything about Margaux -- history, terroir, climate, sus...