Château Malescot St-Exupéry

Dating back from the 17th century, this estate owes its name to two former owners, Simon Malescot (in 1697), a royal councillor to the Parliament of Bordeaux, and Count Jean-Baptiste de St-Exupéry (in 1827), the great-grandfather of Antoine de St-Exupéry, author of ‘The Little Prince’. The property was in an appalling state of disrepair when Paul Zuger and his son Roger bought it in 1955. After a checkered record in the 1970s and 1980s, Malescot St-Exupéry has returned to remarkable form since the 1990s. Since 1994, it’s Roger’s son, Jean-Luc who is in charge of the family estate. The 28ha vineyards sit on gravel, chalk and clay soils, with some parcels abutting the vines of Château Margaux.