LB Bordeaux - Graves Flashcards
Graves: Overview
Extends 50 km from the city of Bordeaux, along the western banks of the Garonne
Ends at the commune of Langon south of Sauternes
Wines mature more quickly than Haut Medoc
Graves: Sectors
Northern Graves - most historic with top DRY wines
Southern Graves - top SWEET wines
Graves is the only region in Bordeaux to produce what three main styles of wine?
Dry red
Dry white
Sweet white
Graves:
Soil
North - Gravel dominant, with Sand
South - Sand/Limestone dominant, with Gravel
“Boulbenes”
Mixture of sand, gravel, and light clay
Found in Graves
Graves:
Regional AOP’s
Graves AOP (1937)
Graves Supérieur AOP (1937)
Graves AOP:
Permitted Styles
Dry Red
Dry White
Graves Superieur AOP:
Permitted Styles
ONLY SWEET WHITE
Graves AOP:
Min. Planting Density
Min. 5,000 vines per ha
Graves Classification: Overview
Est. 1953
Revised in 1959 when 6 additional wines were added
Separate lists for Red and White
NO RANKINGS…all wines “Grand Cru Classe de Graves”
Graves Classification:
Total Classified Estates
Total of 16 estates…
Red ONLY = 7
White ONLY = 3
Red & White = 6
Graves Classification:
Red Only Estates
(7)
Haut Bailly
Haut Brion
La Mission Haut Brion
La Tour Haut Brion
Smith Haut Lafite
de Fieuzal
Pape Clement
Graves Classification:
White Only Estates
(3)
Couhins
Couhins Lurton
Laville Haut Brion
Graves Classification:
Red & White Estates
(6)
Bouscaut
Carbonnieux
Domaine de Chevalier
Olivier
Malartic Lagraviere
Latour Martillac
Which Graves classified estate split creating an additional classified estate, and when?
1968…Chateau Couhins (coo-han)
Split into two estates, adding an additional classified estate to the list of white ONLY
Chateau Couhins Lurton was added