Ep 391: Édouard Miailhe - Dynamic leader of the Margaux AOC & 5th Generation Owner of Château Siran

<p><a href="https://chateausiran.com/en/chateau-siran-margaux/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/f9br6e7lrb6ehemqlh81.jpg" alt="" width="143" height="196" /></a><br /> <a href="https://chateausiran.com/en/chateau-siran-margaux/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Château Siran</a> is an historic and innovative estate on the Left Bank of Bordeaux, in the commune of Margaux. Once owned by the painter Toulouse-Lautrec’s great-grandmother, in the mid-1800s Siran was purchased by ancestor of Édouard Miailhe’s family and today he is the 6th generation to run Siran.</p> <p> </p> <p>Miailhe, like many of the most interesting people in the wine industry, had an entire career doing something other than wine (in his case finance and real estate in the Philippines) until his mother and father retired about 15 years ago and he decided to move back to France to run the Château. He likes to stay busy (and take on challenges) because in addition to being the leader of <a href= "https://chateausiran.com/en/chateau-siran-margaux/">Château Siran</a> in 2018, he took the difficult job of running the winegrowers association of Margaux, a post that was held by his predecessor for decades!</p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/equipe-siran.jpg" alt= "" width="400" height="267" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://chateausiran.com/en/terroir/the-team/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Photo: Team at Château Siran, Marjolaine Defrance, oenologist on the left, Édourard Miailhe center, Jean-Luc Chevalier, vineyard manager, right.</span></a><br /> <br /></p> <p>In this show Édouard does double duty – telling us first about Margaux and then about the spectacular, very classic wines of <a href= "https://chateausiran.com/en/chateau-siran-margaux/">Château Siran</a>, which are an insane value and shou