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a district which commences just north of St. Estephe and
stretches down to the stream called Jalle de Blanquefort,
a few miles north of Bordeaux where the Graves area
commences.
The better wines are named after the various smaller
areas called St. Estephe, Pauillac, St. Julien, Listrac and
Margaux.
These smaller areas again are split up into individual
vineyards, all producing their own wines; many of them
are still in private hands and much pride is taken in the
production of fine wines.
These individual owners vied with each other over the
quality of their individual products, so much so that in the
year 1855 a classification had to be made, and to a great
extent the same classification exists to-day.
They are classified into Growths called Cms.
There are 3 First Growths
16 Second Growths
14 Third Growths
11 Fourth Growths
17 Fifth Growths
and hundreds of Growths called Bourgeois Cms.
Where a wine is Chateau bottled, that means it is bottled
at the vineyard of origin, and this can be readily seen
upon the label by the words "Mise en Bouteilles an
Chateau ". The name of the vineyard is also printed upon
the cork, thus further identifying it:
ls< Growths
Ch3,teau Margaux
Chateau Latour
„ Lafite
(Cha,teau Haut Brion is also classified with these three, but it
is not in the M^doc area but in the Graves area just outside
the town of Bordeaux itself.)
2nd Growths
Chfiteau Mouton Rothschild Chateau Gruaud Larose Faure
,, Rauzan Segla
,, Brane Cantenac
,, Rauzan Gassies
,, Pichon Longueville
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