Saint Emilion reviewed its classification in 2006, according to the principle of a revision every 10 years. Shortly after a court order annulled the classification judging that the process to arrive at the new classification had not been fair. Four chateaux that had been declassified complained that the panel making the classification was partial (including some of the owners of classified properties), to which the court (“Tribunal Administratif”) agreed. The matter then went to another court (“Conseil d’Etat”) that has now said that the classification should not be annulled considering its importance for St Emilion and that the region should not be left without any classification at all… We are waiting for the next episode in this thrilling court battle. Vitisphere.com – Decanter.com
