Castelnau

Castelnau-de-Médoc takes its name from a castle established in the country between Bordeaux and the Atlantic. The lordship passed through several families, including the Grailly and the Foix-Candale, before being bought in the fifteenth century by the lord of Issan. Around the old castle, the settlement grew among the streams and wooded lands of Médoc, with the church of Saint James serving its parish.