The winery is located in the municipality
Margaux in the eponymous area in the
Médoc (Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux). His immediate neighbor is the famous
Château Margaux, In 1661, a large estate was bought by the merchant Pierre des Mesures de Rausan (Rauzan) of the Gassies family. This resulted in the wineries
Château Desmirail.
Château Rauzan-Gassies.
Château Rauzan-Ségla and the objective Château Marquis-de-Terme. In 1762 it came by marriage as a dowry of Elizabeth de Ledoulx d'Emplet in the possession of the Marquis de Terme François de Peguilhan. During his visit to Bordeaux in May 1787, the then US ambassador to France gave Thomas
Jefferson (1743-1826) visit the estate.
After varied history with many owners, the estate finally came in 1935 in the possession of the wine merchant Pierre Sénéclauze from Marseille. Today, his three sons Jean, Philippe and Pierre-Louis Sénéclauze run the business. In the
Bordeaux Classification in 1855, the estate received the fourth place (Quatrième Cru Classé). The vineyards cover 38 hectares of vineyards in the municipalities of Margaux and Cantenac and are planted with the varieties Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (35%), Petit Verdot (7%) and Cabernet Franc (3%). The long-lived red wine is aged for 18 months in one-third new oak barrels. The second wine is called "Les Gondats de Marquis de Terme".