Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855

The port city of Bordeaux is dominated since Roman times through trade. The differences in quality of the wines traded there fought centuries ago in their price down. First applies to the Bordeaux wines the rule: The smaller and more closely defining the appellation is, the higher the quality of the wines and their price accordingly.

• 4.1 Classification of Graves region

Example

The Médoc is a larger area ( a peninsula ) in the Bordeaux (Bordeaux area ). It extends along the left bank ( Rive Gauche ) of the Gironde from Bordeaux to Saint -Vivien -de -Médoc. The entire wine produced there may also be marketed under the appellation Médoc. These are approximately 300,000 hectoliters of wine annually superior quality. The southern part of the Medoc has higher layers. Therefore, these wines are usually offered under the appellation Haut-Médoc ( around 250,000 hectoliters per year). The wines of the famous wine-growing villages Pauillac, Saint -Estephe and Saint- Julien, Listrac, Moulis -en- Medoc and Margaux within the Haut-Medoc have recognized because of their higher quality, in turn, its own (local ) appellation.

The classification of the Médoc Châteaux of 1855

The term refers to a winery Château. In 1855, a classification ( Grand Cru Classé ) for the Châteaux then known, was made more expensive in the Médoc to the World Exhibition in Paris. It was used as a measure essentially the achieved over the last 100 years of market price of the wine produced by each winery.

This classification has since been amended only once, when Château Mouton -Rothschild rose from Deuxième for Premier Cru in 1973. The corresponding decree was signed by the then Minister of Agriculture, Jacques Chirac.

A château in the Médoc is thus associated with either the Grand Cru Classé, or Cru Bourgeois. Changes are only possible on the sale of a winery. Since classification is coupled to the possession, a Cru Bourgeois vineyards, purchased from a Cru Classé winery, classé and vice versa.

List of châteaux according to the classification of 1855

In brackets the community and appellation.

Premiers Crus

• Château Lafite- Rothschild ( Pauillac )
• Château Latour ( Pauillac )
• Château Margaux ( Margaux )
• Château Mouton- Rothschild ( Pauillac ), since 1973, previously Deuxième Cru
• Château Haut -Brion ( Pessac in Graves)

Deuxièmes Crus

• Château Rausan - Ségla ( Margaux )
• Château Rauzan - Gassies ( Margaux )
• Chateau Leoville -las- Cases ( Saint -Julien )
• Chateau Leoville - Poyferré ( Saint -Julien )
• Chateau Leoville - Barton ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Durfort- Vivens ( Margaux )
• Château Gruaud - Larose ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Lascombes ( Margaux )
• Château Brane Cantenac - ( Cantenac - Margaux )
• Château Pichon Longueville -Baron ( Pauillac )
• Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande - ( Pauillac )
• Château Ducru - Beaucaillou ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Cos d' Estournel ( Saint- Estèphe )
• Château Montrose ( Saint- Estèphe )

Troisièmes Crus

• Château Kirwan ( Margaux - Cantenac )
• Château d' Issan ( Margaux - Cantenac )
• Château Lagrange ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Langoa - Barton ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Giscours ( Labarde - Margaux )
• Malescot Château Saint -Exupéry ( Margaux )
• Château Boyd Cantenac - ( Cantenac - Margaux )
• Château Cantenac - Brown ( Cantenac - Margaux )
• Château Palmer ( Margaux - Cantenac )
• Château La Lagune ( Ludon / Haut-Médoc )
• Château Desmirail ( Margaux )
• Château Calon Ségur - ( Saint- Estèphe )
• Château Ferrière ( Margaux )
• Château Marquis d' Alesme -Becker ( Margaux )

Quatrièmes Crus

• Château Saint -Pierre ( Saint -Julien ) (also Saint -Pierre Bontemps et Sevaistre )
• Château Talbot ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Ducru - Branaire ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Duhart -Milon -Rothschild ( Pauillac )
• Château Pouget ( Cantenac - Margaux )
• Château La Tour Carnet ( Saint -Laurent / Haut-Médoc )
• Château Lafon - Rochet ( Saint- Estèphe )
• Château Beychevelle ( Saint -Julien )
• Château Prieuré Lichine - ( Cantenac - Margaux )
• Château Marquis de Terme ( Margaux )

Cinquièmes Crus

• Château Pontet - Canet ( Pauillac )
• Château Batailley ( Pauillac )
• Château Haut- Batailley ( Pauillac )
• Château Grand -Puy- Lacoste ( Pauillac )
• Château Grand -Puy- Ducasse ( Pauillac )
• Château Lynch -Bages ( Pauillac )
• Château Lynch - Moussa ( Pauillac )
• Château Dauzac ( Labarde - Margaux )
• Château d' Armailhac ( Pauillac ) (formerly Mouton -Baron (ne) -Philippe Mouton d' or Armailhacq )
• Château du Tertre ( Margaux - Arsac )
• Château Haut -Bages - Libéral ( Pauillac )
• Château Pedesclaux ( Pauillac )
• Château Belgrave ( Saint -Laurent / Haut-Médoc )
• Camensac Château ( Saint -Laurent / Haut-Médoc )
• Château Cos Labory ( Saint- Estèphe )
• Château Clerc -Milon -Rothschild ( Pauillac )
• Château Croizet -Bages ( Pauillac )
• Château Cantemerle ( Macau / Haut-Médoc )

Second Wines

The second wines of the great châteaux do not enjoy Cru Classé status and are much cheaper. Examples:

• Les Carruades de Lafite ( Lafite - Rothschild)
• Les Forts de Latour ( Chateau Latour )
• Clos du Marquis ( Chateau Leoville -las- Cases)
• Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux ( Chateau Margaux )
• Le Petit Mouton ( Mouton )
• Bahans Haut Brion ( Chateau Haut Brion )

Sauternes and Barsac

Also in 1855 was the classification of fine sweet white wines of Sauternes and Barsac from the communities.

Premier Cru Supérieur

This class alone is the Château d'Yquem ( Sauternes ) reserved.

Premier Cru Classé

• Château La Tour Blanche ( Bommes, Sauternes )

• Château Lafaurie - Peyraguey ( Bommes, Sauternes )

• Clos Haut- Peyraguey ( Bommes, Sauternes )

• Château de Rayne Vigneau - ( Bommes, Sauternes )

• Château Suduiraut ( Preignac, Sauternes )

• Château Coutet ( Barsac )

• Château Climens ( Barsac )

• Château Guiraud ( Sauternes )

• Château Rieussec ( Fargues, Sauternes )

• Château Rabaud -listers ( Bommes, Sauternes )

• Château Sigalas Rabaud - ( Bommes, Sauternes )

Deuxième Cru Classé

• Château de Myrat ( Barsac )

• Château Doisy Daëne ( Barsac )

• Château Doisy - Dubroca ( Barsac )

• Château Doisy - Védrines ( Barsac )

• Château d' Arche ( Sauternes )

• Château Filhot ( Sauternes )

• Château Broustet ( Barsac )

• Château Nairac ( Barsac )

• Château Caillou ( Barsac )

• Château Suau ( Barsac )

• Château de Malle ( Preignac, Sauternes )

• Château Romer du Hayot ( Fargues, Sauternes )

• Château Romer ( Fargues, Sauternes )

• Château Lamothe ( Sauternes )

• Château Lamothe Guignard - ( Sauternes )

Graves

For the Graves area in 1953 and 1959 respectively a one-stage classification was created, which distinguishes between red and white wines. All classified châteaux are located in the up in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux, Pessac -Léognan appellation reaching.

Classification of Graves region

Classified for red and white wine:

Classified only for red wine:

Classified just for white wine:

• Château Bouscaut
• Château Carbonnieux
• Domaine de Chevalier
• Château Latour- Martillac
• Château Malartic - Lagravière
• Château Olivier
• Château Smith Haut Lafitte

• Château Haut -Bailly
• Château de Fieuzal
• Château La Mission Haut -Brion
• Château Pape -Clément
• Château La Tour Haut -Brion

• Château Couhins - Lurton
• Château Laville Haut -Brion

Saint- Émilion

The wines of Saint- Émilion were first classified in 1954. All classified goods belong to the appellation AOC Saint -Emilion Grand Cru. There are two classes: Premier Grand Cru Classé ( with the two subclasses A and B) and Grand Cru Classé.

This classification is reviewed regularly. This happened previously in 1969, 1986, 1996 and 2006 and will in future take place every ten years. The rule is that the goods must apply for classification. In contrast to the Médoc, it is also bound to the documents themselves. So the Château Beau- Séjour Bécot the Premier status was revoked in 1986 for ten years after the estate had expanded through the purchase of plots his vineyard.

In the following, the classification of 2006 is listed. The climber compared to 1996 are marked with *. This classification from 2006 was suspended on 30 March 2007 by an administrative act. By state adoption, they finally entered into force in November 2007.

Premiers Grands Crus Classé (A)

• Château Ausone
• Château Cheval Blanc
• Château Angelus
• Château Pavie

Premiers Grands Crus Classé (B ) currently include 13 Châteaux:

• Château Beau- Séjour Bécot
• Château Beauséjour Duffau - Lagarrosse
• Château Belair
• Château Canon
• Château Figeac
• Clos Fourtet
• Château La Gaffelière
• Château Magdelaine
• Château Pavie - Macquin *
• Château Troplong Mondot *
• Château Trottevieille

Grands Crus Classé Châteaux currently include 46:

• Château l' Arrosée
• Château La Tonnelle Balestard
• Château Bellefont - Belcier *
• Château Bergat
• Château Berliquet
• Château Cadet - Piola
• Château Canon -La Gaffelière
• Château Cap de Mourlin
• Château Chauvin
• Clos des Jacobins
• Clos de l' Oratory
• Clos Saint -Martin
• Château La Clotte
• Château Corbin
• Château Corbin Michotte -
• Château La Couspaude

• Couvent des Jacobins
• Château Dassault
• Château Destieux *
• Château La Dominique
• Château Fleur Cardinale *
• Château Fonplégade
• Château Fonroque
• Château Franc - Mayne
• Château Grand Corbin - *
• Château Grand Corbin - Despagne - *
• Château Grand Mayne
• Château Grand Pontet -
• Château Les Grandes Murailles
• Château Haut- Corbin
• Château Haut- Sarpe
• Château Laniote

• Château Ducasse Larcis -
• Château Larmande
• Château Laroque
• Château Laroze
• Château Matras
• Château Monbousquet *
• Château Moulin du Cadet
• Château Pavie - Decesse
• Château Le Prieuré
• Château Ripeau
• Château Saint -Georges Côte Pavie
• Château La Serre
• Château Soutard
• Château La Tour Figeac -

Were declassified in 2006 compared to 1996, the Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint- Julien, La Marzelle, Petit Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, both La Tour du Pin - Figeac ( Giraud - Belivier and Moueix ), Villemaurine and Yon- Figeac.

In addition, Château La Clusière part of Château Pavie, and Château Curé Bon La Madeleine is now one of Château Canon.

Pomerol

A classification of Pomerol does not exist today; formally so all wineries in Pomerol are " equally good ". However, there are some unofficial viewed as Cru Classé Châteaux. It is generally recognized the paramount position of Château Pétrus. Members of the Union des Grands Crus are the Châteaux Beauregard, Clinet, Gazin, L' Évangile, La Cabanne, La Conseillante, La Croix de Gay, La Pointe, Petit Village, Vieux -Château certan and Le Pin. The members of the " Moueix family" Trotanoy Château Latour à Pomerol, Lafleur - Pétrus, Lafleur Gazin and Hosanna - you do not belong despite comparable quality, however.

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