Private chalet · Megève — French Alps
Prieuré Marquet
Saint-Martin-du-Bois — Bordeaux
Maison N° 01 — La Collection
A 15th-century wine estate fifteen kilometres from Saint-Émilion. Forty enclosed hectares. Eleven rooms. The estate is yours for the weekend, entirely. The wine at dinner was made here.
- Venue type
- Wine estate, full exclusivity
- Location
- Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Gironde
- Guest capacity (seated)
- 60 in exclusivity, 150 under marquee
- Accommodation
- 11 rooms, sleeps 30
- Season
- Year-round
The place
Thirty kilometres north of Bordeaux, at the end of an allée lined with olive trees, Prieuré Marquet sits on a hill overlooking eight hectares of its own vines. The estate covers forty enclosed hectares: vineyard, sequoia grove, forest, two natural ponds, meadows where the estate's horses graze. There are no visible neighbours. There is no road noise. The property has its own heliport.
Bernard Canonne, who acquired and renovated the estate between 2014 and 2018, runs it with a team of ten, a resident chef, and a cellar producing red, white, and sparkling wines under the Prieuré Marquet label. He is present throughout the weekend. Guests are received as guests of the family. Wine tasting with the owner is not a scheduled add-on.
Eleven rooms sleep thirty guests on-site. The main event spaces include the Chai, a former wine storehouse at 160 square metres with original terracotta amphorae and red timber beams, the Cuvier, a long medieval gallery, and the Corridor, which runs the length of the historic wing. The 80-metre Allée Centrale, the Parc Séquoia, and the enclosed Cour Intérieure can each be dressed for ceremony or dinner.
"When the estate goes quiet at night, forty hectares of vines and forest surround you, and only a far horizon glow places you still on earth."
The Estate
The Chai, the Cuvier, the Allée Centrale, the Parc Séquoia, the Cour Intérieure.
The Weekend
How three days at Prieuré Marquet unfold.
Friday
Guests arrive along the allée and the estate reveals itself at the end: four limestone wings around a central courtyard, a south terrace opening over the vines. The aperitif is on the terrace. The wine at the table was grown fifty metres from where you are sitting. Dinner is in whichever room fits the evening.
Saturday
The morning is unhurried. The ceremony takes place on the Allée Centrale, under the sequoias, or in the courtyard — wherever the couple has imagined and the light obliges. For the duration of the weekend, the estate belongs entirely to the couple and their guests. The night bar stays open as long as the guests want it to.
Sunday
Coffee on the terrace. A walk through the vines. Bernard's own bottles to take home. The estate is yours until the end of the day.
The Estate
- —40 ha enclosed and private
- —8 ha working vineyard
- —11 rooms, 30 guests on-site
- —6 Chambres d'Exception (avg. 40m²)
- —5 Chambres de Prestige (avg. 25m²)
- —Two heated pools, jacuzzi
- —Heliport
- —Airport shuttle on request
The Event
- —Full exclusivity for the weekend
- —In-house catering up to 150 guests
- —Furniture and tableware included to 50 guests
- —Estate wine served at all meals
- —Indoor capacity: 70 seated (Chai or Cuvier)
- —Outdoor capacity: 150 seated (under marquee)
- —Activities: wine tasting, horse riding, jeep tour, cycling, massage, dinner in the vines, hot-air balloon (arranged externally)
- —Languages: French · English via Lemon & Hazel
The Region
Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, and beyond.
The estate sits fifteen kilometres from Saint-Émilion, the UNESCO-listed medieval wine town, and twelve kilometres from Libourne, a river port on the Dordogne. Bordeaux city is thirty minutes south. Guests who want to explore can hire bicycles from the estate, join a jeep tour of the vineyard, or arrange a private wine tasting. The Dune du Pilat, the Périgord, and the wine villages of Pomerol and Fronsac are all within easy reach.
A note from Lemon & Hazel
Prieuré Marquet is a venue with a strong identity. The art collection is eclectic and personal. The interiors mix period furniture with contemporary design in ways that reflect the owner's own tastes rather than a curated hotel aesthetic. The estate is confident in what it is and does not pretend to be otherwise.
What we found, having spent time there, is that the atmosphere is warmer and more genuinely private than most venues of this scale manage to be. The property feels inhabited rather than managed. That is rare, and for the right couple, it is precisely what that means: a day that stays theirs.
Prieuré Marquet is the kind of place that stays with you. We bring couples here because we know what a space can do to a day.
The night sky through a 15th-century arch, with forty hectares of vines and forest around you and only a far horizon glow to place you still on earth, is not something we expected to encounter on a venue visit. It is something we have not forgotten.
Imagine your wedding at Prieuré Marquet?
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