Château Fombrauge is a Grand Cru of the St.-Emilion appellation, in Bordeaux. The 128-acre estate traces its history to the 16th century. Since then it has changed hands several times, as one prominent local family after the other bought and sold the estate. In the 1980s it was sold to a Danish firm and most of the wine was exported to the Scandinavian market. In 1999 to was bought by Bernard Magrez, who also owns Pape-Clement, La Tour Carnet and other Bordeaux estates. Magrez brought in the winemaking consultant Michel Rolland and in the last decade the wine has earned praise from reviewers. About 160,000 bottles of the flagship wine are produced and there is a second wine called Le Cadran de Fombrauge. The château also makes a white Bordeaux. Robert M. Parker Jr. notes that since Magrez took over, the estate “is one of the up-and-coming wines of the appellation.”