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Grape varieties
60% Cabernet Sauvignon
39% Merlot
1% Petit Verdot
NEW CRU BOURGEOIS CLASSIFICATION
In 2003, for the 1st time since 1932, a new classification
of Medoc Cru Bourgeois was announced. In 1932, 444 estates
were awarded Cru Bourgeois status, but this number was reduced
to 247 in 2003.
THREE CLASSIFICATION
Crus bourgeois exceptionnels
Potensac, Chasse-spleen, Poujeaux, Siran, Labégorce
Zédé, de Pez, Haut Marbuzet, Ormes de Pez and
Phélan Ségur.
Crus bourgeois supérieurs
Citran, Meyney, Tour de Mons, etc
Crus bourgeois
Pontac Lynch, Deyrem Valentin, Marbuzet, La Raze Beauvallet,
etc
The Cru Bourgeois classification system will be reviewed
and updated every 10 years. |