| NAME |
BOYD CANTENAC (Château) |
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| PROPRIETOR |
Lucien Guillemet |
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| APPELLATION |
Margaux, 3rd Grand Cru Classé |
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| VINEYARD |
17 hectares (42 acres) |
| VARIETALS |
66% Cabernet Sauvignon
22% Merlot
8% Petit Verdot
4% Cabernet Franc
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| PRODUCTION |
5000-6000 cs (Grand Vin)
2nd wine: Jacques Boyd (10000 cs) |
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| STYLE |
Traditional Margaux. Not over-extracted nor a modern fruit-bomb here. |
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| MARKET NOTE |
One of the appellation's historic underachievers HOWEVER some of the recent vintages have been pleasantly surprising ! |
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