Bordeaux Classifications Flashcards
Graves ( Pessac-Leognan) Classifications
- The wines of the Graves were classified in 1959 with parallel, but separate, list for red and white wines.
- There is not ranking: all wines call themselves Cru Classé.
- Chateau Haut-Brion is included, although it retains its 1855 Classification.
- All the Cru Classe chateaux are within Pessac-Leognan AC.
Saint-Emilion classifications
- The Classification system in Saint-Emilion is partly integrated into the appellation system.
- There is a separate appellations:
- Saint Emilion Gran Clu Classé
- Saint Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé
- ——-Premier Gran Cru Classé A (Chateaux Angelus, Cheval Blanc and Chateau Ausone and Pavie 2012)
- ——-Premier Gran Cru Classe B ( the rest) - The original classification was made in 1955.
- There are reclassifications every 10 years.
- In 2006, the reclassifications it was annulled. So, today is still the one of 2012
Cru Borgeois classification
- In 1932 a new classification, Cru Bourgeois, was created for the other chateaux in the Medoc outside the 1855.
- In 2003, many Chateaux were removed, but in 2007, many chateaux complained and were annulled.
- From 2008 any Medoc wine can be submitted for assessment by tasting panel and the tittle Cru Bourgeois maybe awarded to a specific vintage, not the chateau itself.
- For each vintage, a chateau has to resubmit ist wine to retain the tittle.
- The term Label Cru Bourgeois is still used as a mark of quality rather than a classification.
- There is not internal ranking.
- Cru Bourgeois is a designation of quality.
- The right to use the term is determined by a visit to the property, and results, determined by tasting the wine.
- It is an annual qualification, awarded by an independent organisation.
- The qualification may be obtained by any property in the Medoc.
1855 Classification
- In 1855, with the Paris Universal Exhibition, the Bourdeaux Chamber of Commerce was approached to produce an official list of their best wines.
- List was based on existing, unofficial classifications and the prices that the various wines have been fetching on the market.
- The classification applies to individual chateaux and not to the vineyard.
4 Currently, after changes, represented the current quality levels of the wines is a constant debate. - In Medoc the chateaux were divided into 5 ranks.
- Top rank is Chateaux Lafite, Latour, and Margaux, with Chateau Haut Brion from Graves. Mounton-Rothschild joined in 1973.
- In Sauternes 3 ranks: Chateau D-Yquem it is top ranks.
8.The 1855 Classification accounted for only a very small number of the estates of the Medoc.
Match the following châteaux with their respective classification/Growth and commune.
Clerc-Milon
Lascombes
Talbot
Palmer
Clerc-Milon: 5th Growth, Pauillac
Lascombes: 2nd Growth, Margaux
Talbot: 4th Growth, St-Julien
Palmer: 3rd Growth, Margaux
Which commune in the Médoc has the most classified growths?
Which has the most First Growths?
Margaux
Pauillac
Name the 4 “Premiers Grands Crus Classé A” of the 2012 St. Emilion Classification
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Pavié
Chateau Angelus
What is the “microchateau” or “garagiste” movement in Bordeaux?
Name 3 examples and where they produce wines.
A group of small châteaux making powerfully ripe and polished modern wines from just a handful of acres.
Particularly on right bank. Tiny quantities of wine made with no expense spared in vineyard or winery.
Low yield vines produce super ripe grapes.
Aged in new oak, giving toasty flavours and complexity.
Prices are high due to the tiny quantities produced.
Popularity influenced by US wine critic Robert Parker in mid 1990´s, now declining in importance.
Le Pin in Pomerol.
Valandraud and La Mondotte in St-Émilion.
Chateau Lynch-Bages is a ___ Growth in which commune?
5th Growth, Pauillac.
What is the name of the original classification of the best red and white wines of The Medoc and Sauternes?
How are wines in this classification referred?
Who commissioned this ranking?
What data did they use to structure the rankings?
1855 classification
Crus Classé
Napoleon III
Record of the prices each property’s wine commanded; the higher the price, the higher the ranking.
Match the following châteaux with their respective classification/Growth and commune.
Château Léoville Las Cases
Château Cos d’Estournel
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild
Château Léoville Las Cases: 2nd Growth, St-Julien
Château Cos d’Estournel: 2nd Growth: St-Estephe
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild: 4th Growth, Pauillac
How many “Growths” in the historical 1855 classification of Bordeaux Red wine?
White wine?
Red - 5
White 3
What are the 5 First Growths of Bordeaux?
Which Chateau is unusual and for what reason?
- Latour
- Lafite-Rothschild
- Mouton-Rothschild (not originally classified as a First Growth in 1855, later added in 1973)
- Margaux
- Haut-Brion
What 2 terms can be applied to wines outside the Crus Classé classification?
What are the differences bewtween them?
Cru Artisan and Cru Bourgeois.
Cru Artisan: Reserved for smaller estates (smaller than 5 ha), the list is reviewed every 10 years. Wines must be from 1 of the 8 Medoc communes.
Cru Bourgeois: A superior designation that must be applied for each year; applies only to the individual wine and not the entire estate. Wines must be from 1 of the 8 Medoc communes.
Within the context of Bordeaux, what is unique about the classification system in St-Emilion?
It forms part of the appellation system.
Chateau Lynch-Moussas is a ___ Growth in which commune?
5th Growth, Pauillac
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou is a ___ Growth in which commune?
2nd Growth / St.-Julien
Chateau Marquis D’alesme Becker is a ___ Growth in which commune?
3rd Growth / Margaux
Chateau Montrose is a ___ Growth in which commune?
2nd Growth / St.-Estephe
Chateau Pichon-Longueville Baron is a ___ Growth in which commune?
2nd Growth / Pauillac
Ch Lafon-Rochet? 2nd Label?
Saint Estèphe 4th GCC Les Pèlerins de Lafon-Rochet
Ch Talbot
Saint-Julien 4th GCC Connétables de Talbot
Ch. Duhart Milon
Pauillac 4th GCC Moulin de Duhart
Ch Cantenac-Brown
Margaux - Cantenac 3rd GCC Brio de Cantenac Brown
Ch. Lynch Moussas
Pauillac 5th GCC Les Hauts de Lynch Moussas
Ch Beychevelle
Saint-Julien 4th GCC Amiral de Beychevelle
chateau Canon la Gaffelière
Classification and 2nd Label?
Saint Emilion Grand Cru classé B
Saint Emilion
52% Merlot / 40% CF / 8% CS
Organic growing estate
Côte Mignon la Gaffelière
Ch La Lagune? 2nd Label?
Haut Médoc - Ludun Médoc 3GCC Moulin de la Lagune
Ch Léonville Las Cases
Saint-Julien 2nd GCC Petit Lion Clos du Marquis (other estate own by Léonville de Las Cases)
What are the 2nd growth of Pauillac?
Ch Pichon Longueville Contesse de Lalande (La Reserve de la contesse de Lalande) Ch Pichon Longueville Baron Pichon (Les Griffons de Baron Pichon)
Ch Margaux?
Margaux 1st GCC Pavillon Rouge du Chateau Margaux
Chateau Figeac?
Classification and 2nd Label?
Saint Emilion Grand Cru classé B
Saint Emilion
40% CS / 30% CF / 30% Merlot
Petit Figeac since 2012
La Grange Neuve de Figeac prior that
What are the Sauternes chateaux based in 100% Semillon?
Ch Climens: (1GCC): Barsac
Ch Doisy-Dubroca: (2GCC): Barsac
Name the Grand Crus classés B of Saint Emilion added in 2012?
Chateau Bélair Monange
Chateau Canon La Gaffalière
Chateau Larcis Ducasse
Chateau Magdelaine (now part of “Ch Bélair Monange)
Chateau La Mondotte
Chateau Valandraud
Chateau Suduiraut
2nd label and classification?
Sauternes AOP
1855 classification - 1 GCC
Preignac
90% Semillon / 10% SB
Castelnau de Suduiraut
What are the classified chateaux for white and red in the “Graves Classification”?
Ch Bouscaut - Ch Carbonnieux - Ch Latour-Martillac - Ch Malartic Lagravière - Chateau Olivier - Domaine de Chevalier
What are the Premier Grand Cru Classé A of Saint Emilion?
Please tell the 2 added in 2012?
Chateau Ausone
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Chateau Angelus (2012)
Chateau Pavie (2012)
Chateau Carbonnieux? 2nd Label?
1959 Graves Classification for White and red – La Croix de Carbonnieux
Give some of the 1er GCC of Sauternes?
Ch Suduiraut - Preignac -
-Ch Guiraud - Sauternes -
Ch Climens - Barsac -
Ch. Mouton Rothschild 2nd Label?
Pauillac 1st GCC Petit Mouton
When is the Saint Emilion classification been created?
When has it been revisited?
Created in 1954 and became official in 1955
Revisited: 1969, 1985, 1996, 2006, 2012
Name some highly regarded producers of Pomerol?
Chateau Clinet: Fleur de Clinet
Chateau la Conseillante: Duo de la Conseillante
Chateau l’Eglise-Clinet: La Petite Eglise
Chateau l’Evangile: Blason de l’Evangile
Chateau Gazin: L’Hospitalet de Gazin
Chateau Lafleur: Pensées de Lafleur
Chateau Pétrus: None
Chateau Le Pin: None
Chateau Trotanoy: Esperance de Trotanoy (2009)
Chateau Vieux Certan: La Gravette de Certan
How many Grand Crus classé B are classified in Saint Emilion?
14 + 4 GCC A
