Château Pavie-Macquin: The Corre Family
By the time the 1908 Cocks et Féret was published Château Pavie-Macquin was listed among the premiers crus of the region, still under the direction of Albert Macquin, with a typical annual production of 40 tonneaux. The authors detailed the creation of the domaine as described on the previous page, before praising the wines, noting that the bringing together of all these vineyards had produced a cru turning out a wine to universal acclaim; the grand reputation of the wine was said to be down to the nature of the soil, and the skillful execution of the vinifications.
Albert Macquin married Marie-Charlotte Vangeon and they had two daughters, Marie-Louise (1901 – 1974) and Andrée, and it was these daughters that would inherit the estate after the death of their father in 1911. In the 1922 Cocks et Féret the proprietors were noted to be the Héritiers A. Macquin, otherwise there was apparently no change. Both daughters subsequently married into the Corre family, Marie-Louise Macquin marrying Antoine Corre (born 1908) on May 11th 1930, and Andrée Macquin marrying François Corre (born 1905). Antoine and François were brothers, the sons of a viticulteur also named François Corre from Libourne. Marie-Louise and Antoine went on to have three children, Benoît, Bruno and Marie-Jacques (who married a Charpentier). I do not think there were any offspring for Andrée and François, and it is Benoît, Bruno and Marie-Jacques, all grandchildren to Albert Macquin, who share ownership of the domaine today. In 1955, during their era, the estate was ranked as grand cru classé in the first ever St Emilion classification.
