1855 Bordeaux Wine Official Classifcation
1855 Bordeaux Wine Official Classification: The 1855 classification came about when the Emperor Napoleon III requested a way of presenting the very best of France’s Bordeaux wines for display in the Exposition Universelle de Paris. This grand...
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Cru Bourgeois Classification
Cru Bourgeois Classification: Following the widespread destruction and slump of the First World War, the first classification of the Cru Bourgeois properties of the Medoc was drawn up by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Agriculture in...
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Graves 1959 Classification
Graves 1959 Classification: The region of Graves, home to viticulture when Medoc was still partially submerged by the sea, was excluded by the 1855 classification (with the exception of Chateau Haut-Brion). This engendered a great deal of frustration...
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Margaux Classifications
The estates of Margaux have been subject to classifications many times, but it is the list drawn up for the Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1855 that has remained a permanent fixture. Despite being thoroughly outdated (there are too many under...
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Sauternes and Barsac Classification 1855
Sauternes and Barsac Classification 1855: Although it is often overlooked when compared to the influential 1855 Medoc classification system, there was in fact another classification in the same year of the sweet wine producing Sauternes and Barsac...
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St. Emilion Classification
St. Emilion Classification: As with Graves, the region of St. Emilion was excluded from the 1855 classification. After a full century a classification system for the region was put into place by the Syndicat Viticole. It began to take shape as early as...
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