Château Magdelaine is a Premier Grand Cru Classe B of the St.-Emilion appellation. It is 27 acres and is planted to 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. For more than 200 years the estate was owned by the Chatonnet family, but was acquired by the Moueix family in 1952. About 30,000 bottles are produced annually and the second wine is Château Saint-Brice. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that despite the “garagiste” wines and more modern styles being championed in the region, “Magdelaine clings to its traditional character, with understated, classy elegance and delicate, mineral-scented fruit…Never massive or powerful, it is a wine of finesse.”