Château Malescasse in Lamarque, in the Haut-Médoc about 45 minutes from Bordeaux, hosts receptions, garden parties, business lunches, seminars and working days. The park takes 600 guests for a cocktail and 400 for a seated banquet, the courtyard takes 400 for a cocktail, and a meeting room in the château seats up to 19.
Seminars and company events
The meeting room on the top floor of the château looks over the vineyard and the Gironde estuary. It is bright and equipped, and is used for seminars, meetings and workshops. It holds up to 19 people. A working day can be completed with lunch, either in the château dining room, which is used for business lunches, or in another of the estate's spaces, which can be made available according to the event. The estate offers guided visits and tastings as add-ons, from a short tasting of two wines to a private visit with a vertical tasting of three vintages, and a team game for four to ten people.
Weddings and receptions
The official text does not list weddings. It presents receptions in general: a welcome and visit of the property, a cocktail or a seated meal, with the estate's wines matched to dishes from the caterers. Outdoor events take place in the park and the courtyard. Because the site names no wedding offer, confirm with the team before planning one.
Rooms and capacities
The tasting space is a 125 square meter boutique that takes 80 for a cocktail and 40 for a seated banquet. The Cour d'Honneur, at the heart of the vineyard and facing a monumental sculpture by Bernar Venet, takes 400 for a cocktail. The park behind the château covers 6,450 square meters, closed and planted with trees, and takes 600 for a cocktail and 400 for a banquet. In the château, the meeting room seats up to 19, and the dining room and lounge complete the rooms.
Accommodation
The château can be privatised as a guest house for a minimum of two nights and a maximum of eight people. It is a neo-classical house built in 1824 in a wooded park of more than 6,000 square meters, among 40 hectares of vines. The estate received the Best Of Wine Tourism 2020 award in the category of on-estate accommodation. Event guests who need to sleep over should ask about this option, which is sized for small groups only.
Catering
Receptions rely on caterers, whose dishes are matched with the estate's wines. The estate team advises on formats and quotes. Tasting and visit formats are available before or after an event.
History and setting
The estate belongs to the Vignobles Austruy since 2012. It is a Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel since 2020 and is on the Bordeaux wine route in the Médoc. The château was built in 1824 and has been fully renovated, with contemporary art in its rooms.
Getting there
The address is 6 chemin du Moulin Rose, 33460 Lamarque. The estate is about 45 minutes from central Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Mérignac airport and Saint-Jean station, between Margaux and Saint-Julien. A small ferry links Lamarque to Blaye.
