Château Marquis de Terme

Château Marquis de Terme is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of ten Quatrièmes Crus (Fourth Growths) in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. [1]

A bottle from 1996 vintage

History

Château Marquis de Terme was once part of the vast Rauzan estate owned by Pierre de Mesures de Rauzan in the mid-17th century. Over time this estate was divided, and by the time of the 1855 Classification, had been separated into the estates of Château Rauzan-Gassies, Château Rauzan-Ségla, Château Desmirail, and Château Marquis de Terme.

The château’s history under the name Château Marquis de Terme officially began in 1762. It was created as a marriage dowry when Ledoulx d’Emplet offered the château to François de Peguilhan, Marquis de Terme who was marrying her daughter, Elizabeth de Ledoulx d’Emplet. Though the château would be classified as a Fourth Growth in the Médoc Classification of 1855, the estate was already made famous in the 1700s. American President Thomas Jefferson, who was a wine connoisseur, visited Bordeaux in 1787. He declared Château Marquis de Terme as one of the 16 best Bordeaux wines he tasted. Today the château is still owned by the Seneclauze family, who purchased it in 1935.

References
  1. MacNeil, Karen (2001). The Wine Bible, Workman Publishing, p. 885, ISBN 1-56305-434-5
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