Château Magdelaine is a Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine

A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world...

 from the appellation

Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée

Appellation d’origine contrôlée , which translates as "controlled designation of origin", is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National...

 Saint-Émilion

Saint-Émilion AOC

Saint-Émilion is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of France, where it is situated in the Libourne subregion on the right bank of the Dordogne...

, ranked Premier grand cru classé B in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

Classification of Saint-Émilion wine

In 1955 the wines of Saint-Émilion in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified. Unlike the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 covering wines from the Medoc and Graves regions, the Saint-Émilion list is updated every 10 years or so. Following the initial classification, the...

. The winery

Winery

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 is located in the Right Bank of France’s Bordeaux wine region in the commune of Saint-Émilion, in the department Gironde

Gironde

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History

The estate was owned for over two hundred years by the Chatonnet family, who in 1863 took the vineyard to its present size by buying five hectares of vines from nearby estate Château Fonplégade. In 1952 it was acquired by Jean-Pierre Moueix

Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix

Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, or JP Moueix, is a Bordeaux négociant house founded byJean-Pierre Moueix in 1937, situated on the Quai du Priourat in Libourne, in the Bordeaux wine region of France...

, beginning extensive restorations and replanting just prior to the destructive frosts of 1956.

Having passed on to Christian Moueix

Christian Moueix

Christian Moueix is a French winemaker and the president of the négociant house Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix in Libourne, overseeing production in several estates in Saint-Émilion and Pomerol including Château Pétrus and Château Trotanoy...

, the estate is currently run by Edouard Moueix.

Production

The vineyard area extends 10.5 hectares with the grape varieties of 90% Merlot

Merlot

Merlot is a darkly blue-coloured wine grape, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot, a diminutive of merle, the blackbird , probably from the color of the grape. Merlot-based wines...

 and 10% Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone - as in the Loire's Chinon...

. Of the Grand vin, Château Magdelaine, there is usually produced 3,000 cases, and the second wine

Second wine

Second wine is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine to refer to a second label wine made from cuvee not selected for use in the Grand vin or first label...

, formerly called Château Saint Brice renamed Songes de Magdelaine, there is produced 2,000 cases.

External links

• Château Magdelaine official site

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