BORDEAUX 1855 CLASSIFICATIONS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chateau - Answer- castle or grand manor house built on many Bordeaux
properties especially in the Medoc by the most famous producers
Now for any Bordeaux wine estate even without a mansion and for some businesses
that made wine but without land at all
Negociants - Answer- Class of middlemen that buy juice or wine from small farms
and blend it under their own label
Also buy in larger quantities from farmers cooperatives to add to the blend or sell
directly
En Primeur - Answer- "In futures"
Top Bordeaux is sold several years before it is bottled and long before it is drinkable
Cash flow for chateaux, price break for brokers and retailers
What is the Bordeaux Classification of 1855? - Answer- System of classified
growths; hierarchy of prestige and bottle price
Carried out by brokers in Bordeaux city in preparation for the Universal Exhibition in
Paris that years
Essentially a listing of chateaux by their price which proved to be an accurate
indicator of quality at the time
Which bank is not included and why? - Answer- Right bank
Did not command the same prestige at the time
How many red wines are included? - Answer- 61 Red wines
How many levels are in the classification? - Answer- 5 crus or growths
Crus - Answer- Growths - levels of classification
Premier Cru - Answer- Top level, "first growth"
Chateauxs in the first growth and their communes - Answer- Haut-Brion (Pessac -
Pessac-Leognan below Bordeaux city)
Lafite-Rothschild (Pauillac - medoc)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chateau - Answer- castle or grand manor house built on many Bordeaux
properties especially in the Medoc by the most famous producers
Now for any Bordeaux wine estate even without a mansion and for some businesses
that made wine but without land at all
Negociants - Answer- Class of middlemen that buy juice or wine from small farms
and blend it under their own label
Also buy in larger quantities from farmers cooperatives to add to the blend or sell
directly
En Primeur - Answer- "In futures"
Top Bordeaux is sold several years before it is bottled and long before it is drinkable
Cash flow for chateaux, price break for brokers and retailers
What is the Bordeaux Classification of 1855? - Answer- System of classified
growths; hierarchy of prestige and bottle price
Carried out by brokers in Bordeaux city in preparation for the Universal Exhibition in
Paris that years
Essentially a listing of chateaux by their price which proved to be an accurate
indicator of quality at the time
Which bank is not included and why? - Answer- Right bank
Did not command the same prestige at the time
How many red wines are included? - Answer- 61 Red wines
How many levels are in the classification? - Answer- 5 crus or growths
Crus - Answer- Growths - levels of classification
Premier Cru - Answer- Top level, "first growth"
Chateauxs in the first growth and their communes - Answer- Haut-Brion (Pessac -
Pessac-Leognan below Bordeaux city)
Lafite-Rothschild (Pauillac - medoc)
