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Bordeaux Left Bank - Medoc Appellations

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Haut Medoc
Medoc
Listrac Medoc
Margaux
Moulis en Medoc
Pauillac
St. Estephe
St. Julien

All Red Wines - usualy based on Cab Sauv

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Bordeaux Left Bank - Graves Appellations

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Graves - Red
Graves Superior - Sweet White
Pessac Leognan - Dry White & Red
Barsac - Sweet White
Cerons - Sweet White
Sauternes - Sweet White

Sweet White - Semillon & a small amount of Sauv Blanc

Dry White - Sauv Blanc & a minority Semillon

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Bordeaux Right Bank - Libourne Appellations

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Canon Fronsac
Lalande de Pomerol
Lussac - St. Emilion
Montagne - St. Emilion
Pomerol
Puisseguin - St. Emilion
St. Emilion Grand Cru
St. Georges - St. Emilion

All Red Wine - Based on Merlot

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Bordeaux - Entre Deux Mers Appellations

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Entre Deux Mers - Dry White & Red
Cadillac - Sweet White
Cotes de Bordeaux - St. Macaire - Dry White & Sweet White
Graves de Vayres - Dry White, Red, & Sweet White
Loupiac - Sweet White
Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux - Sweet White
St. Croix du Mont - Sweet White

Sweet White - Semillon & minority Sauv Blanc

Dry White - Sauv Blanc & minority Semillon Red - Based on Merlot

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Bordeaux Classification of 1855 - First Growths

Premier Cru means “first growth”

Right Bank was not included.

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Chateau Haut Brion - Pessac (Graves)
Chateau Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
Chateau Latour - Pauillac
Chateau Margaux - Margaux Cantenac
Chateau Mouton Rothschild (added in 1973) - Paulliac

Superieur Premier Cru
Chateau d’ Yquem - Sauternes
(the only sweet wine included)

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Bordeaux Classification of 1855: Deuxieme Cru

2nd Tier of the Premier Crus.

Right Bank was not included.

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Chateau Climens - Sauternes
Chateau Clos Haut Peyraguey - Bommes (Sauternes)
Chateau Coutet - Barsac
Chateau de Rayne Vigneau - Bommes (Sauternes)
Chateau Guiraud - Bommes (Sauternes)
Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey - Bommes (Sauternes)
Chateau La Tour Blance - Bommes (Sauternes)
Chateau Rabaud Promis - Bommes
Chateau Rieussec - Bommes
Chateau Sigalas-Rabaud - Bommes
Chateau Suduiraut - Preignac (Sauternes)

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Grapes of Bordeaux

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Red Grapes - Merlot, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, & Carmenere

White Grapes - Semillon, Sauv Blanc, & Muscadelle

Accessory - Sauv Gris, Colombard, Ugni Blanc, & Merlot Blanc

Added in 2021 - Arinarnoa, Castets, Marselan, & Touriga Nacional (reds) & Albarino & Liliorila (whites)

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Geography

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Waterways divide the area into 3 sections - the Left Bank is west of the Garonne & Gironde (estuary); the Right Bank is east & north of the Dordogne & Gironde; Entre Deux Mers is between the Garonne & Dordogne Rivers.

Gulf Stream influence & protective barrier on the Landes Forest (west coast)

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St. Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classifiction

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Premier Grand Cru Classe A
Chateau Figeac & Chateau Pavie

Premier Grand Cru Classe B
Chateau Beausejour, Chateau Beau Sejour Becot, Chateau Belair Monange, Chateau Canon, Chateau Canon la Gaffeliere, Clos Fourtet, Chateau Larcis Ducasse, Chateau Troplong Mondot, Chateau Trottle Vielle, Chateau Valandraud, La Mondotte

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