{"id":3777,"date":"2022-11-14T13:05:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tasteandtravel.fr\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2022-11-14T13:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:06:28","slug":"the-1855-classification-what-do-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tasteandtravel.fr\/en\/en-blog\/the-1855-classification-what-do-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1855 Classification. What do you need to know?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As its name suggests, the 1855 classification was established in 1855 at the request of the new Emperor Napoleon III for the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The purpose of this exhibition was to bring together all the products that are the pride of France (with champagnes and Burgundy wines). Thus, Napoleon III asked the brokers of Bordeaux to draw up a complete list of all the great red wines and the great white wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Bordeaux brokers had been in the habit for a long time, since the end of the 18th century, of establishing classifications for the white and red wines of the Gironde, their skills were called upon. On what did they establish their hierarchy? On the market! The market was always right since it was based on demand, which essentially depended on quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how the 1855 classification was established. The brokers selected around sixty red wines from the prices recorded on the market for several decades, and classified them, according to their customs, into 5 categories: from \u201cfirst classified growths\u201d to \u201cfifth classified growths\u201d. For many political reasons, all classified red wines were M\u00e9doc wines: the only exception – Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion. The white wines were sweet wines from Sauternes and Barsac. In all, 60 red wines are classified and 27 whites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was therefore The Classification of the Universal Exhibition of 1855 only. No one imagined at the time that it was going to become a certain \u201cbirth certificate\u201d of these exceptional wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The particularity of this classification is that it is irreversible, thus all the classified chateaus have been so since 1855. The only exception being Ch\u00e2teau Cantemerle, forgotten, then quickly added, and Ch\u00e2teau Mouton Rothschild which in 1973 managed to go from second to Premier Cru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the future of the 1855 Classification?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For a hundred and fifty years, the sixty classified growths have remained faithful to a certain requirement, without which they would have discredited the Classification. However, many things have evolved since then: some vineyards have changed their borders, the grape varieties have evolved, many owner families have sold to banks or insurance companies, the market has corrected certain prices… Despite this, the Classification remains untouchable. And even if the criticism of the Classification has long been the favorite sport of many wine experts, paradoxically these assaults make it even stronger than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all these centuries, the 1855 Classification and all the wines that make it up are of vital importance in Bordeaux and in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grands Crus Class\u00e9 in 1855. Medoc & Sauternes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

FIRST CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Lafite-Rothschild, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Latour, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Margaux, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Mouton Rothschild, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion, pessac-l\u00e9ognan, graves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECOND CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Rauzan-Gassies, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Rauzan-S\u00e9gla, margaux Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville Barton, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville Las Cases, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau L\u00e9oville Poyferr\u00e9, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Durfort-Vivens, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Gruaud Larose, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Lascombes, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Brane-Cantenac, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Pichon-Longueville, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Ducru-Beaucaillou, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Cos d’Estournel, saint-est\u00e8phe Ch\u00e2teau Montrose, saint-est\u00e8phe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIRD CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Kirwan, margaux Ch\u00e2teau d’Issan, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Lagrange, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Langoa Barton, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Giscours, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Malescot St. Exup\u00e9ry, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Boyd-Cantenac, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Cantenac Brown, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Palmer, margaux Ch\u00e2teau La Lagune, haut-m\u00e9doc Ch\u00e2teau Desmirail, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Calon-S\u00e9gur, saint-est\u00e8phe Ch\u00e2teau Ferri\u00e8re, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Marquis d’Alesme Becker, margaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOURTH CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Saint-Pierre, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Talbot, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Branaire-Ducru, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Duhart-Milon, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Pouget, margaux Ch\u00e2teau La Tour Carnet, haut-m\u00e9doc Ch\u00e2teau Lafon-Rochet, saint-est\u00e8phe Ch\u00e2teau Beychevelle, saint-julien Ch\u00e2teau Prieur\u00e9-Lichine, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Marquis de Terme, margaux<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIFTHS CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Pontet-Canet, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Batailley, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Batailley, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Grand-Puy Ducasse, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Lynch-Bages, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Lynch-Moussas, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Dauzac, margaux Ch\u00e2teau d’Armailhac, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau du Tertre, margaux Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Bages Lib\u00e9ral, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau P\u00e9desclaux, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Belgrave, haut-m\u00e9doc Ch\u00e2teau de Camensac, haut-m\u00e9doc Ch\u00e2teau Cos Labory, saint-est\u00e8phe Ch\u00e2teau Clerc-Milon, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Croizet-Bages, pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Cantemerle, entr\u00e9 dans le classement en 1856, haut-m\u00e9doc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAUTERNES & BARSAC FIRST CLASSIFIED SUPERIOR GROWTH<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau d’Yquem, sauternes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau La Tour Blanche, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Lafaurie-Peyraguey, sauternes Clos Haut-Peyraguey, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau de Rayne-Vigneau, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Suduiraut, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Coutet, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Climens, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Guiraud, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Rieussec, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Rabaud-Promis, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Sigalas-Rabaud, sauternes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECOND CLASSIFIED GROWTHS <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Ch\u00e2teau Myrat, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Doisy Da\u00ebne, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Doisy-Dubroca, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Doisy-V\u00e9drines, barsac Ch\u00e2teau d’Arche, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Filhot, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Broustet, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Nairac, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Caillou, barsac Ch\u00e2teau Suau, barsac Ch\u00e2teau de Malle, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Romer, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Romer du Hayot, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Lamothe, sauternes Ch\u00e2teau Lamothe Guignard, sauternes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to learn more about the 1855 Classification, you can make a private wine tour and follow the Road of Classified Growths of Bordeaux here<\/a>. Or here: Bordeaux-Star-Tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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