1855 Classification Medoc
The 1855 Classification of Medoc & Graves
The 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines was created at the request of Napoleon III, to be presented at the Exposition Universelle de Paris. Showcasing the very best French wines, the classification ranked sixty top Bordeaux reds; fifty-nine from the Medoc and one from Graves . The original rankings still stand 160 years later, with only one change; the promotion of Chateau Mouton Rothschild to Premier Cru status in 1973. The classification also picked out the fourteen finest sweet whites from Sauternes and Barsac - listed separately in their own Sauternes Classification (1855) .
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Premier Cru (First Growth) |
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Margaux |
Margaux |
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Chateau Latour |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Haut-Brion |
Pessac |
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild |
Pauillac |
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Second Cru (Second Growth) |
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|---|---|
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Chateau Rauzan-Segla |
Margaux |
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Chateau Rauzan-Gassies |
Margaux |
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Chateau Leoville-Las Cases |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Leoville Poyferre |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Leoville Barton |
Saint-Julien |
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Margaux |
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Chateau Gruaud-Larose |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Lascombes |
Margaux |
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Chateau Brane-Cantenac |
Margaux |
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Chateau Pichon-Longueville (Baron) |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Pichon-Longueville Comtesse de Lalande |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Montrose |
Saint-Estephe |
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Chateau Cos d'Estournel |
Saint-Estephe |
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Troisieme Cru (Third Growth) |
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|---|---|
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Chateau Kirwan |
Margaux |
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Chateau d'Issan |
Margaux |
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Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Langoa-Barton |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Giscours |
Margaux |
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Chateau Malescot St-Exupery |
Margaux |
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Chateau Boyd-Cantenac |
Margaux |
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Chateau Cantenac-Brown |
Margaux |
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Chateau Palmer |
Margaux |
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Chateau La Lagune |
Haut-Medoc |
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Chateau Desmirail |
Margaux |
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Chateau Calon-Segur |
Saint-Estephe |
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Chateau Ferriere |
Margaux |
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Chateau Marquis d'Alesme Becker |
Margaux |
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Quatrieme Cru (Fourth Growth) |
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|---|---|
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Chateau Saint-Pierre |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Talbot |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Branaire-Ducru |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Duhart-Milon-Rothschild |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Pouget |
Margaux |
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Chateau La Tour Carnet |
Haut-Medoc |
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Chateau Lafon-Rochet |
Saint-Estephe |
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Chateau Beychevelle |
Saint-Julien |
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Chateau Prieure-Lichine |
Margaux |
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Chateau Marquis de Terme |
Margaux |
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Cinquieme Cru (Fifth Growth) |
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Chateau Pontet-Canet |
Pauillac |
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Pauillac |
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Chateau Haut-Batailley |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste |
Pauillac |
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Pauillac |
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Chateau Lynch-Bages |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Lynch-Moussas |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Dauzac |
Margaux |
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Pauillac |
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Chateau du Tertre |
Margaux |
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Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Pedesclaux |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Belgrave |
Haut-Medoc |
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Chateau de Camensac |
Haut-Medoc |
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Chateau Cos Labory |
Saint-Estephe |
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Pauillac |
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Chateau Croizet-Bages |
Pauillac |
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Chateau Cantemerle |
Haut-Medoc |
Although the 1855 Classification theoretically covered both the Medoc and Graves, only one Graves wine (Haut-Brion) made it into the rankings. A stand-alone Graves Classification was not put together until 1959.
