New St Emilion Classification

The classification for St Emilion wines has just been reviewed (published on Sept 2012) :

- Premier Grand Cru Classé AChâteau  ANGELUS (promu)Château AUSONE (maintenu)
Château CHEVAL-BLANC (maintenu)
Château PAVIE (promu)

- Premier Grand Cru Classé BChâteau BEAUSÉJOUR (DUFFAU-LAGARROSSE) (maintenu)
Château BEAU-SÉJOUR BÉCOT (maintenu)
Château BELAIR-MONANGE (maintenu)
Château CANON (maintenu)
Château CANON-LA-GAFFELIÈRE (promu)
Château FIGEAC (maintenu)
Clos FOURTET (maintenu)
Château LA GAFFELIÈRE  (maintenu)
Château LARCIS-DUCASSE (promu)
Château LA MONDOTTE (promu)
Château PAVIE-MACQUIN (maintenu)
Château TROPLONG-MONDOT (maintenu)
Château TROTTEVIELLE (maintenu)
Château VALANDRAUD (promu)

> Château MAGDELAINE sort du classement car il fusionne avec BELAIR-MONANGE.
> Châteaux CURÉ-BON et MATRAS sortent du classement après leur rachat par Château CANON.

- Grand cru classé

Château L'ARROSÉE (maintenu)
Château BALESTARD-LA-TONNELLE (maintenu)
Château BARDE-HAUT (promu)
Château BELLEFONT-BELCIER (maintenu)
Château BELLEVUE (maintenu)
Château BERLIQUET (maintenu)
Château CADET-BON (maintenu)
Château CAPDEMOURLIN (maintenu)
Château LE CHÂTELET (promu)Château CHAUVIN (maintenu)
Château CLOS DE SARPE (promu)
Château LA CLOTTE (maintenu)
Château LA COMMANDERIE (promu)
Château CORBIN (maintenu)
Château CÔTE DE BALEAU (promu)
Château LA COUSPAUDE (maintenu)
Château COUVENT DES JACOBINS (maintenu)
Château DASSAULT (maintenu)
Château DESTIEUX (maintenu)
Château LA DOMINIQUE (maintenu)
Château FAUGÈRES (promu)
Château FAURIE DE SOUCHARD (maintenu)
Château DE FERRAND (promu)
Château FLEUR-CARDINALE (maintenu)
Château LA FLEUR MORANGE (promu)
Château FOMBRAUGE (promu)
Château FONPLÉGADE (maintenu)
Château FONROQUE (maintenu)
Château FRANC-MAYNE (maintenu)
Château GRAND CORBIN (maintenu)
Château GRAND CORBIN-DESPAGNE (maintenu)
Château GRAND-MAYNE (maintenu)
Château LES GRANDES MURAILLES (maintenu)
Château GRAND-PONTET (maintenu)
Château GUADET (maintenu)
Château HAUT-SARPE (maintenu)
Clos des JACOBINS (maintenu)
Château JEAN FAURE (promu)
Château LANIOTE (maintenu)
Château LARMANDE (maintenu)
Château LAROQUE (maintenu)
Château LAROZE (maintenu)
Clos la MADELEINE (promu)
Château LA MARZELLE (maintenu)
Château MONBOUSQUET (maintenu)
Château MOULIN DU CADET (maintenu)
Clos de L'ORATOIRE (maintenu)
Château PAVIE-DECESSE (maintenu)
Château PEBY-FAUGÈRES (promu)
Château PETIT-FAURIE-DE-SOUTARD (maintenu)
Château de PRESSAC (promu)
Château LE PRIEURÉ  (maintenu)
Château QUINAULT L'ENCLOS (promu)
Château RIPEAU (maintenu)
Château ROCHEBELLE (promu)
Château SAINT-GEORGES-CÔTE-PAVIE (maintenu)
Clos SAINT-MARTIN (maintenu)
Château SANSONNET (promu)
Château La SERRE (maintenu)
Château SOUTARD (maintenu)
Château TERTRE-DAUGAY (maintenu)
Château LA TOUR-FIGEAC (maintenu)
Château VILLEMAURINE (maintenu)
Château YON-FIGEAC (maintenu)

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St Emilion Wine Tour

Saint-Emilion the vineyard and the landscape are listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage. Just a handful of wonderful highlights are honoured by such a distinction.Visit, stay and taste this unique spot, which is as much a village as an extraordinary nectar.The wine is a great tradition, and it was already well known during the Gallo-Roman period.

This appellation produces a tremendously wide range of wines, for the greater delight of wine lovers everywhere in the world and owes its amazing variety to the rich diversity of their terroirs.Young wines have aromas of blackcurrant, raspberry, and blackberry, as well as vanilla and fresh toast. Older wines have a bouquet of leather or venison and generally have a better structure and more strength…

Meet the wine-makers, talk to them and share in theirs methods, their passion and history: it's going to be an outstanding and unforgettable event for you.Saint Emilion is close of other appelation as Lussac, Montagne or Pomerol.

Saint Emilion Wine Tour

Toursim Office Board

St Emilion Classification

St Emilion :
This classification exists only from 1959 and it is reviewed every 10 years by a panel of professionals.

It includes 3 levels : Premier Grand Cru Classé A, Premier Grand Cru Classé B & Grand Cru Classé.

Note : The last classification 2006 is at present time canceled. The 1996 is still available.

St Emilion 1996

Premier Grand Cru Classé A (2)

Château Ausone

Château Cheval Blanc

Premier Grand Cru Classé B (11)

Château Angélus

Château Beau-Séjour Bécot

Château Beauséjour

(Duffau-Lagarosse)

Château Belair

Château Canon

Château Figeac

Château La Gaffelière

Château Magdelaine

Château Pavie

Château Trottevieille

Clos Fourtet

Grand cru classé (55)

Château Balestard-La-Tonnelle

Château Bellevue

Château Bergat

Château Berliquet

Château Cadet-Bon

Château Cadet-Piola

Château Canon-La-Gaffelière

Château Cap de Mourlin

Château Chauvin

Château Clos des Jacobins

Château Corbin

Château Corbin-Michotte

Château Curé Bon

Château Dassault

Château Faurie-de-Souchard

Château Fonplégade

Château Fonroque

Château Franc-Mayne

Château Guadet-Saint-Julien

Château Grand-Mayne

Château Grand-Pontet

Château Haut-Corbin

Château Haut Sarpe

Château L´Arrosée

Château La Clotte

Château La Clusière

Château La Couspaude

Château La Dominique

Château La Marzelle

Château La Serre

Château La Tour-Figeac

Château La Tour-du-Pin-Figeac

Château La Tour du Pin Figeac

Château Laniote

Château Larcis-Ducasse

Château Larmande

Château Laroque

Château Laroze

Château Le Prieuré

Château Les Grandes Murailles

Château Matras

Château Moulin du Cadet

Château Pavie-Decesse

Château Pavie-Macquin

Château Petit-Faurie-de-Soutard

Château Ripeau

Château Saint-Georges-Côte-Pavie

Château Soutard

Château Tertre Daugay

Château Troplong-Mondot

Château Villemaurine

Château Yon-Figeac

Clos de l'Oratoire

Clos Saint-Martin

Couvent des Jacobins

Appellation

What are the mains Bordeaux vineyard appellation ?

There is more than 30 different appellations in the Bordeaux vineyard.

An appellation is related to a geographic part : the name of a village (St Emilion, Margaux, Sauternes ...) or the name of an area (Medoc, Entre 2 mers, cotes de Blaye ...).

The vineyard is separated in the middle by the Gironde river.
We call the right bank the right side of this river and the the left bank the left side.

On the Right bank : St Emilion, Pomerol, Blaye, Fronsac ...

On the Left Bank you find : Medoc, Graves, Sauternes ....

The Gironde river splits in 2 others rivers, the Dordogne & the Garonne and in the middle of these it is the "Entre 2 mers" appellation.

Have a look on the Bordeaux vineyard map

Medoc :
The Medoc is a long wide band situated on the left bank. Most of the production is red wine & the mains appellations are :
-Margaux
-Pauillac
-St Estephe
-St Julien
-Listrac
-Moulis

Graves :The Grave is a small appellation close Bordeaux. They produce both red & white wines.
The most famous appellation is the Pessac Leognan.

Sauternes :The Sauternes production is sweet white wine. It is a very small appellation but very famous.

Entre 2 mers :
This appellation is less known but they product very special dry white wine which goes very well with fish & sea food.

St Emilion :The village and the vineyard are listed as human world heritage by the UNESCO. The production is mainly red wine. Situated close the Dordogne valley, the landscape is made of plateau and small hill.

Pomerol :
Close St Emilion there is the Pomerol appellation. The production is red wine made with more than 90% of Merlot.
May be the smallest vineyard but one of the most famous with it Star "Petrus".
Note that we don't say Chateau" we just say Petrus !
Arround St Emilion
Puisseguin, Montagne, Lalande de Pomerol, Fronsac, Lussac ....

Arround Blaye
Cote de Blaye, Cote de Bourg