Located on the south-facing plateau and terraces of Saint-Émilion, Clos La Madeleine is a jewel-like vineyard of just 2.3 hectares planted to 76% Merlot and 24% Cabernet Franc. The 2018 vintage is packed with notes of blue and black fruits together with a remarkable mineral streak.
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Clos la Madeleine is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé property situated on prime land just southwest of Saint-Emilion town, in the northeast of the Bordeaux wine region. The estate, which is sometimes also titled Château Clos la Madeleine, was acquired by well-known Right Bank Bordeaux négociant firm Jean-Pierre Moueix in 2017.Effectively a single-vineyard estate, the Clos la Madeleine vineyard covers 2.3 hectares (5.6 acres) within the Château Belair-Monange property (itself owned by JP Moueix). The latter estate further includes the vineyards of the former Château Magdelaine property (combined with Belair-Monange by Moueix and, as such, struck from the classification).Clos la Madeleine sits on a southwest-facing site (and slopes) on the edge of the Saint-Emilion plateau (the iconic Château Ausone lies only a few hundred meters to the northeast) as it drops down into the flatter land around the Dordogne river to the south. Soils here are a typical clay-limestone mix with good drainage.
