CHATEAU CANTEMERLE WINERY BPM ARCHITECTES
Located in Macau, in the Haut-Médoc region, Château Cantemerle is one of the oldest wine estates in Bordeaux. The estate extends over twenty-eight hectares of wooded parkland.
Between 2023 and July 2025, BPM Architectes carried out a restructuring and extension of the estate for the SMABTP group, owner since 1981. The intervention included the restoration of the historic château, the extension of the vat room and wine cellar, the enlargement of the bottle storage facility, the restructuring of the orangery into a seminar space, the creation of a shop, and the reorganization of the tasting room. A landscape project connects these interventions.
The project aims to make Château Cantemerle both a functional production site and a welcoming space. The spaces were redesigned according to principles of fluidity, ergonomics, and sustainability, while preserving the character of the site. The architects worked to unify volumes and materials. The stone buildings, slate or tile roofs, and tree-lined pathways in the park form a composition where old and new coexist.
The château, for private use, was completely restructured. The stone façades were restored and the woodwork replaced identically. The interior spaces accommodate nine bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, and reception areas. The orangery, redesigned and enlarged, becomes a modular seminar space for about fifty people. Its extension adopts the architectural vocabulary of the site, in continuity with the
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