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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 Crus.
There are 3 First Growths
16 Second Growths
14 Third Growths
II Fourth Growths
17 Fifth Growths
and hundreds of Growths called Bourgeois Crus.
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 au
Chateau The name of the vineyard is also printed upon
the cork, thus further identifying it:
Is/ Growths
Chateau Margaux
Chateau Latour
,, Lafite
(Chateau Haut Brion is also classified with these three, but
it is not in the Medoc area but in the Graves area just outside
the town of Bordeaux itself).
2nd Growths
Chfiteau Mouton Rothschild Ch^eau Gruaud Larose Faure
Rauzan Segla
,, Brane Cantenac
„ Rauzan Gassies
,, Pichon Longueville
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