On 19 September 1855, the chamber of commerce classed it as a fifth growth. A. d'Armailhacq recounts in his work "Vines in the Médoc" that, in 1858, the estate of Cantemerle covered . Some of the vines were planted in Ludon, next to those of la Château La Lagune, while the remainder were situated on the best slopes of Macau. Annual production was 160 tons or tonneaux of principal wine and 30 of second wine, representing a yield of approximately 1900 litres per , relatively low in comparison with today's production.