Cru (wine)#Premier cru

Premier Cru is a French term used in wine and translates as First Growths.

The term is regionally different applications depending on the legislation in force.

Burgundy

See also the main article Premier Cru ( Burgundy ).

In Burgundy, more precisely on the Côte- d'Or, a Premier Cru is the second highest classification of a situation, ie, a spatially accurate designated area, which owns many wineries can share. About the Premier Crus are ranked in the Burgundy Grand Crus. Thus, the " first growths " in Burgundy are actually the second ...

Bordeaux

In the vineyards of Bordeaux there are four sub- classifications, three of which have Premier Crus.

Médoc

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In the vineyards of Médoc Premier Cru is the highest level of 1855 for the World Exhibition in Paris established classification of the Grand Cru Classé wines, which was based on the sales prices achieved. Only five Châteaux belong to the class of Premier Cru Classé: Lafite, Latour and Mouton in Pauillac, Château Margaux in Margaux same place and Château Haut- Brion in Graves outside the core area of cultivation but only one in the city of Bordeaux.

Rank default below the Premier Cru goods, there is the second, third, fourth and fifth growths: Deuxième, Troisième, Quatrième and Cinquième Grand Cru Classé. This classification is - has never been revised since 1855 - with one exception. Only Baron Philippe de Rothschild had managed eventually in life-long work in 1973 to leave his winery Château Mouton enhance the Deuxième Cru to Premier Cru.

Saint- Émilion

In the vineyards of Saint -Emilion, the term Premier Cru is divided into three parts: there is the Premier Grand Cru Classé, divided into class A, which include only two Châteaux Ausone and Cheval Blanc. Next, there are 11 companies in the Classe B. Among rank the "simple" Grand Cru Classé about 50 farms. In Saint Emilion, the quality of the work is re-evaluated on the classified wineries every ten years.

Sauterne

The 1855 also resulting classification of the sweet wines of Barsac and Sauternes has two levels: Premier and Deuxième Grand Cru Classé. In addition, even the Château d'Yquem Premier Cru Supérieur enthroned as. The class Premier Cru Classé Château La Tour Blanche include, Château Lafaurie - Peyraguey, Clos Haut- Peyraguey, Château de Rayne Vigneau -, Château Suduiraut, Château Coutet, Château Climens, Château Guiraud, Chateau Rieussec, Chateau Rabaud -list celebrities, Château Sigalas - Rabaud.

Germany

Also in Germany, efforts are analogous to the Burgundian concept a few layers with excellent features to ennoble the First crop. Leading the movement of predicate wineries from the Rheingau and Pfalz. However, these efforts have so far not been included in the German wine legislation and are quite controversial. One of the problems is that many outstanding locations in the seventies have been significantly expanded and is now no longer a first crop are worthy in their entirety.

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