 thumb|300px|the reconstructed chÃ¢teau margaux completed in 1812 chÃ¢teau margaux, archaically la mothe de margaux, is a wine estate of bordeaux wine, and was one of four wines to achieve premier cru (first growth) status in the bordeaux classification of 1855. the estate's best wines are very expensive. the estate is located in the commune of margaux on the left bank of the garonne estuary in the mÃ©doc region, in the dÃ©partement of gironde, and the wine is delimited to the aoc of margaux. the estate also produces a second wine named pavillon rouge du chÃ¢teau margaux, as well as a dry white wine named pavillon blanc du chÃ¢teau margaux which does not conform to the margaux appellation directives. ==history== thumb|right|chÃ¢teau margaux presentation card dated 1931, demonstrating the designs of the early 20th century, the label, cork, case and capsule markings the estate has been occupied since at least the 12th century, with the site occupied by a fortified castle known as lamothe or la mothe (from motte, a small rise in the land), and wine under names such as "margou" and "margous" was known in the 15th century, but it was with the arrival of the lestonnac family in the 16th century that wine production became of particular importance, and in the 1570s pierre de lestonnac expanded the property and cleared many of the grain fields to make way for vines. the lineage of ownership was to continue in a relatively direct path from the lestonnacs, though through the female side, with proprietors' names such as d'aulÃ¨de, fumel, d'hargicourt, including an alliance of marriage with the pontac family of chÃ¢teau haut-brion in 1654, which became crucial to the inclusion of chÃ¢teau margaux among the four first growths. by the beginning of the 18th century, the estate comprised  with a third devoted to viticulture, which is nearly identical to the modern layout. as with many of mÃ©doc's chÃ¢teaux, the early 18th century saw the wine develop from a pale watery drink that faded within only a few years, to the dark, complex liquid that has been stored in cellars ever since, and a transformation was largely due to an estate manager named berlon, who revolutionised techniques of wine-making by introducing no
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