Bordeaux Wine
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Bordeaux Fine Wines - 1855 Classification
Bordeaux produces some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world. 89% of wine produced in Bordeaux is red (called "claret" in Britain), with the remainder comprising of white and notable sweet white wines such as Chateau d'Yquem.
The wines were classified in 1855, by Emperor Napoleon III, in importance from first to fifth growths (crus) representing quality and trading price at the time. All of the red wines that made it on the list came from the Médoc region except for one: Château Haut-Brion from Graves. The white wines, then of much less importance than red wine, were limited to the sweet varieties of Sauternes and Barsac and were ranked only from first great growth to second growth.
First Growth (Premiers Crus)
Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
Latour, Pauillac
Château Margaux, Margaux
Haut-Brion, Pessac, Graves
Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac
Sauternes (Premiers Crus)
d'Yquem, SauternesSecond Growths (Seconds Crus)
Rauzan-Segla, Margaux
Margaux, Pauillac
Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux
Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux
Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien
Léoville-Poyferré, St.-Julien
Léoville-Barton, St.-Julien
Durfort-Vivens, Margaux
Gruaud-Larose, St.-Julien
Lascombes, Margaux
Brane-Cantenac, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Pichon Longueville Baron, Pauillac
Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac
Ducru-Beaucaillou, St.-Julien
Cos d'Estournel, St.-Estèphe
Château Montrose, St.-Estèphe
Third Growths (Troisièmes Crus)
Kirwan, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
d'Issan, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Lagrange, St.-Julien
Langoa-Barton, St.-Julien
Giscours, Labarde-Margaux (Margaux)
Malescot St. Exupéry, Margaux
Cantenac-Brown, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Boyd-Cantenac, Margaux
Palmer, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
La Lagune, Ludon (Haut-Medoc)
Desmirail, Margaux
Dubignon, Margaux
Calon-Ségur, St.-Estèphe
Ferrière, Margaux
Marquis d'Alesme Becker, Margaux
Fourth Growths (Quatrièmes Crus)
Saint-Pierre, St.-Julien
Talbot, St.-Julien
Branaire-Ducru, St.-Julien
Duhart-Milon, Pauillac
Pouget, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
La Tour Carnet, St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)
Lafon-Rochet, St.-Estèphe
Beychevelle, St.-Julien
Prieuré-Lichine, Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Marquis de Terme, Margaux
Fifth Growths (Cinquièmes Crus)
Pontet-Canet, Pauillac
Batailley, Pauillac
Haut-Batailley, Pauillac
Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac
Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac
Lynch-Bages, Pauillac
Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac
Dauzac, Labarde (Margaux)
d'Armailhac, Pauillac
du Tertre, Arsac (Margaux)
Haut-Bages-Libéral, Pauillac
Pédesclaux, Pauillac
Belgrave, St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)
de Camensac, St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)
Cos Labory, St.-Estèphe
Clerc-Milon, Pauillac
Croizet Bages, Pauillac
Cantemerle, Macau (Haut-Médoc)
White Wines of the Gironde-Barsac
Superior First Growth (Premier Cru Supérieur)
d'Yquem, Sauternes
