Château Haut-Bailly 2000
A white Pessac-Leognan wine from the classified estate Château Carbonnieux

The wines of Graves in the wine-growing region of Bordeaux were classified in 1953 by a jury appointed by the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, and approved by the Minister of Agriculture in August of that year. The selection was revised with a few additions in February 1959. The classification concerns both red and white wines, and all chateaux belong to the appellation Pessac-Léognan, which eventually came into effect on September 9, 1987.

1959 classification

Crus classéCommuneColour
Château BouscautCadaujacred and white
Château CarbonnieuxLéognanred and white
Domaine de ChevalierLéognanred and white
Château CouhinsVillenave-d'Ornonwhite
Château Couhins-LurtonVillenave d'Ornonwhite
Château de FieuzalLéognanred
Château Haut-BaillyLéognanred
Château Haut-Brion[a]Pessacred
Château Latour-MartillacMartillacred and white
Château Laville Haut-BrionTalencewhite
Château Malartic-LagravièreLéognanred and white
Château La Mission Haut-BrionPessacred
Château OlivierLéognanred and white
Château Pape ClémentPessacred
Château Smith Haut LafitteMartillacred
Château La Tour Haut-Brion[b]Talencered

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Notes

a. ^ Also rated as a Premier Cru in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. b. ^ Château La Tour Haut-Brion was discontinued after the 2005 vintage.

General

  • Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. p. 605.

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