Sociando-Mallet

Château Sociando-Mallet is located in the commune of Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, north of Pauillac, in the Haut-Médoc appellation, and has been owned by Jean Gautreau since 1969. It was love at first sight for this Bordeaux wine merchant, who was looking for a property to sell for one of his Belgian clients. Ideally situated on the banks of the Gironde, with panoramic views over the estuary, he decided to buy Château Sociando-Mallet for himself, despite the sorry state of the facilities and the vineyard, which at the time covered just 5 hectares.

The first vintages then revealed the exceptional terroir of Château Sociando-Mallet, made up of Guntzian gravel, ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon, on a clay subsoil that brings freshness to the wine. Since its acquisition, Jean Gautreau has continued to expand his vineyard by buying vines from his neighbors. Always striving for the best possible quality, he renovated all the buildings, built a winery and gradually improved the grape varieties grown on the estate. Following Jean Gautreau's death in 2019, it is now his daughter Sylvie who devotes herself exclusively to the management of Château Sociando-Mallet, whose vineyards extend over 85 hectares, and whose Haut-Médoc is now indisputably one of the must-have crus for Bordeaux connoisseurs!