Bordeaux Wines
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The Médoc and the subregions of St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St.-Julien, and Margaux are also known as an appellation (AOC) .As well Bordeaux wine region following a wines making criteria limited to specific vines and wine area call classification (cru classe, grand cu, premier cru, superieur, cru bourgeois) .Those regulated classification have been set for the Medoc & Graves in 1855 by Napoleon the third and still rule today the Bordeaux wine industry ,although a Graves classification has been created in 1959. And the controversial 'Cru Bourgeois' classification which was first introduced in 1932. In Bordeaux Premier cru or Premier cru classé is the highest level of five within the "Grand cru classé" designation for red wines from the Médoc and Graves. In the Sauternes and Barsac the classifiction goes as follow the highest is Premier Cru Supérieur(superior first growth) ,then premier cru and second cru to finish. These wines are often referred to as First Growths in English.In the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine, the highest level is Premier grand cru classé A and the second-highest Premier grand cru classé B. The term Saint-Émilion Grand cru refers to wineries or wines below the overall Grand cru classé level, and is integrated within the appellation rules.
