Château Magdelaine 1970
The 1970 Château Magdelaine is a red wine from Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux, classified as Premier Grand Cru Classé B and produced by Château Magdelaine. It is a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The Wine Advocate awarded it 89/100, indicating a drinking window of 1996 to 2010. The publication describes a powerful and fleshy wine with notes of forest floor, earth, redcurrant, cherry, spices, and minerality, featuring a structure that still exhibits firm tannins.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Magdelaine
- Millésime
- 1970
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Château Magdelaine
Château Magdelaine is a former Premier Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Émilion, whose vineyard covered 11 hectares on the limestone plateau and the clay-limestone slopes of the appellation. Acquired in 1952 by Jean-Pierre Moueix, it was merged in 2012 with the neighbouring Château Bélair-Monange. Its former plots are now cultivated as part of this latter estate owned by the Moueix family.
- Owner
- Famille Moueix (Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix)
- Surface (ha)
- 11.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Château Magdelaine belonged to the Chatonnet family and their heirs for over two centuries. The estate established itself amongst the recognised wines of Saint-Émilion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was acquired in 1952 by Jean-Pierre Moueix, founder of Établissements Jean-Pierre Moueix in Libourne. Under his ownership, the vineyard was replanted following damage caused by vine diseases and frost. Magdelaine was listed amongst the Premiers Grands Crus Classés of Saint-Émilion in the appellation’s historic classifications. In 2012, the INAO formalised the merger of Château Magdelaine with Château Bélair-Monange, an adjoining estate also owned by the Moueix family. The name Magdelaine therefore no longer refers to an independent wine-growing estate; its plots have been incorporated into Bélair-Monange. The area of 11 hectares and the average production of 30,000 bottles previously stated by the Saint-Émilion authority should be regarded as historical data, rather than current figures for an independent producer.
