- Cantenac
French commune
nomcommune=Cantenac
région=Aquitaine
département=Gironde
arrondissement=Bordeaux
canton=Castelnau-de-Médoc
insee=33091
cp=33460
maire=
mandat=
intercomm=Fronsac
longitude=-0.6525
latitude=45.0291666667
alt moy=30 m
alt mini=1
alt maxi=22 m
hectares=624
km²=14.26
sans=1179
date-sans=1999
dens=82
date-dens=1999Cantenac, sometimes Cantenac-Margaux, is a commune in the
Gironde department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance .It is located near
Bordeaux .Wine
Situated on the Left bank of the Gironde in the region
Haut-Médoc , the area is home to many wineries, however following a law of 1954, Cantenac wines fall under theMargaux AOC, as there is no appreciable difference between the two communes.cite book|last =Lichine |first =Alexis |title =Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits |publisher = Cassell & Company Ltd. |date =1967 |location =London|pages =p. 1969, p.419 ] The chateaux of Cantenac that were ranked at theBordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 are:*
Château Brane-Cantenac
*Château Kirwan
*Château d'Issan
*Château Palmer
*Château Boyd-Cantenac
*Château Cantenac-Brown
*Château Prieuré-Lichine
*Château Pouget ee also
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French wine
*Bordeaux wine
*Plan Bordeaux
*Bordeaux wine regions References
External links
* [http://www.terroir-france.com/region/bordeaux_margaux.htm Cantenac-Margaux wine information]
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