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Château Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan

A first growth of 1855 and the only classified growth outside the Médoc, in the commune of Pessac at the gates of Bordeaux, Haut-Brion is the oldest Bordeaux wine to have been sold under an estate name: Samuel Pepys records it in his diary in 1663. Its warm gravel, now surrounded by the city, gives a red with a recognisable smoky note, and the estate also makes a rare dry white.

Estate website

Classifications

  • The Official Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855 — Médoc and Graves

    First Growths · Since 1855

    The only classified growth outside the Médoc. In 1855 the brokers placed it in the Graves; the Pessac-Léognan AOC under which it is made today was only created in 1987. The Conseil's official list places it under the appellation Pessac, after its commune.

Sources

  1. Official sourceLe classement GCC 1855 par appellation — Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855— Conseil des Grands Crus Classés en 1855 (Médoc & Sauternes)
  2. Reference bookThe Oxford Companion to Wine— Oxford University Press
  3. Official sourceCahier des charges de l'appellation d'origine contrôlée « Pessac-Léognan »— Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO)