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THE OFFICIAL 1855 CLASSIFICATION
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The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines that were to be on display for visitors from around the world. Brokers form the wine industry ranked the wines according to a Château's reputation and trading price, which at that time was directly related to quality.
The wines were ranked in importance from first to fifth growths (crus). All of the red wines that made it on the list came from the Médoc region except for one: Château Haut-Brion from Graves. The white wines, then of much less importance than red wine, were limited to the sweet varieties of Sauternes and Barsac and were ranked only from superior first growth to second growth.
FIRST GROWTHS / Premières Crus:
Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac
Château Latour Pauillac  
Château Margaux Margaux  
Château Haut-Brion Pessac, Graves
Château Mouton-Rothschild Pauillac (elevated to first growth in 1973)
SECOND GROWTHS / Deuxièmes Crus:
Château Rausan-Ségla (Rauzan-Ségla) Margaux  
Château Rauzan-Gassies Margaux  
Château Léoville Las Cases St.-Julien  
Château Léoville Poyferré St.-Julien  
Château Léoville Barton St.-Julien  
Château Durfort-Vivens Margaux  
Château Gruaud-Larose St.-Julien  
Château Lascombes Margaux  
Château Brane-Cantenac Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)  
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron Pauillac  
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Pauillac  
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St.-Julien  
Château Cos-d'Estournel St.-Estèphe  
Château Montrose St.-Estèphe 
THIRD GROWTHS / Troisièmes Crus:
Château Kirwan Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Château d'Issan Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)
Château Lagrange St.-Julien  
Château Langoa Barton St.-Julien  
Château Giscours Labarde-Margaux (Margaux)  
Château Malescot-St.-Exupéry Margaux  
Château Cantenac-Brown Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux) 
Château Boyd-Cantenac Margaux  
Château Palmer Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)  
Château La Lagune Ludon (Haut-Médoc)
Château Desmirail Margaux
Château Calon-Ségur St.-Estèphe
Château Ferrière Margaux  
Château Marquis-d'Alesme-Becker Margaux  
FOURTH GROWTHS / Quatrièmes Crus:
Château St.-Pierre St.-Julien  
Château Talbot St.-Julien  
Château Branaire-Ducru St.-Julien  
Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild Pauillac  
Château Pouget Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux)  
Château La Tour Carnet St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)
Château Lafon-Rochet St.-Estèphe  
Château Beychevelle St.-Julien  
Château Prieuré-Lichine Cantenac-Margaux (Margaux) 
Château Marquis de Terme Margaux
FIFTH GROWTHS / Cinquièmes Crus:
Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac  
Château Batailley Pauillac  
Château Haut-Batailley Pauillac  
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Pauillac  
Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse Pauillac
Château Lynch Bages Pauillac  
Château Lynch-Moussas Pauillac  
Château Dauzac Labarde (Margaux)  
Château Mouton-Baronne-Philippe Pauillac
Château du Tertre Arsac (Margaux)
Château Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac
Château Pédesclaux Pauillac  
Château Belgrave St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)  
Château Camensac St.-Laurent (Haut-Médoc)
Château Cos Labory St.-Estèphe  
Château Clerc Milon Pauillac  
Château Croizet-Bages Pauillac  
Château Cantemerle Macau (Haut-Médoc) 









