Margaux Alter Ego de Palmer 2013

Margaux Alter Ego Medoc 2013. The Margaux appellation was the first Bordeaux area cultivated for wine production. Archeologists claim that the Romans planted grapes in this area back in the year 200. Ausonius, the Roman poet, poetically called Marojallia the ‘regio maritima’, which is where the winery known as  Marojallia got its name. 17 centuries after Margaux had already established a reputation for producing high-grade wines. That reputation made Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, to visit different chateaux in the region including Chateau Margaux.

Chateau Palmer was called the Domaine de Gasq in the 18th century and belonged to Madame de Gasq. In 1814, it was bought by the British lieutenant-colonel Charles Palmer who gave the Chateau it’s name. Following a succession of owners and after the Second World War, it finally ended at the hands of  the Sichel and Mähler-Besse families. One of the heirs, Bertrand Bouteiller, took over the management in 1999.