La Revue du Vin de France likes making classifications. We have talked about their suggested classification of Graves here before. Now they have taken on the ultimate in classifications: the 1855 classification of Bordeaux (Médoc, in practice) that celebrates its 150th anniversary this year (definitely past its best-before date). As always, RVF has interesting opinions. For example, these are the chateaux they think should be elevated to classed today (and was not included in 1855):
- Château Sociando-Mallet,
- Bel Air Marquis d’Aligre,
- Haut-Marbuzet,
- de Pez, Gloria,
- Les Ormes de Pez,
- Phélan Ségur,
- Poujeaux,
- Chasse-Spleen,
- Meyney,
- Potensac,
- Siran, and
- Tour du Haut Moulin.
These are the “upgraded” chateaux (the number of notches in parenthesis):
- Léoville-las-Cases (1),
- Lynch-Bages (3),
- Palmer (1),
- Branaire-Ducru (1),
- Grand-Puy-Lacoste (2),
- Pontet-Canet (2),
- Clerc-Milon (1), and
- du Tertre (1).
And those that the RVF thinks should no longer be a classed growth:
- Camensac,
- Croizet-Bages,
- Desmirail,
- Grand Puy Ducasse,
- Lynch Moussas, and
- Pedesclaux.
Interesting reading. Buy the magazine!
