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Saint-Emilion grand cru: classification for the next decade

The INAO's Comité national des appellations d'origine relatives aux vins, meeting on September 8, 2022, approved the list of "grands crus classés" and "premiers grands crus classés" in the "Saint-Emilion grand cru" appellation proposed by the classification commission.

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Saint-Émilion grand cru, haut relief — Saint-Émilion Grand Cru ©CIVB / Haut-relief

After two years of work, the commission presented its conclusions to the national committee today.

The national committee has approved the new classification, which includes :

14

« premiers grands crus classés » dont 2 bénéficiant de la distinction A

71

« grands crus classés »

Premiers grand crus classés (in alphabetical order)

Château BEAU-SEJOUR BECOT
Château BEAUSEJOUR HERITIERS DUFFAU LAGARROSSE
Château BELAIR MONANGE
Château CANON
Château CANON LA GAFFELIERE
Château FIGEAC (distinction A)
Château LARCIS DUCASSE
Château PAVIE (distinction A)
Château PAVIE MACQUIN
Château TROPLONG MONDOT
Château TROTTEVIEILLE
Château VALANDRAUD
CLOS FOURTET
LA MONDOTTE

Grands crus classés (in alphabetical order)

Château BADETTE
Château BALESTARD LA TONNELLE
Château BARDE-HAUT
Château BELLEFONT-BELCIER
Château BELLEVUE
Château BERLIQUET
Château BOUTISSE
Château CADET-BON
Château CAP DE MOURLIN
Château CHAUVIN
Château CLOS DE SARPE
Château CORBIN
Château CORBIN MICHOTTE
Château COTE DE BALEAU
Château CROIX DE LABRIE
Château DASSAULT
Château DE FERRAND
Château DE PRESSAC
Château DESTIEUX
Château FAUGERES
Château FLEUR CARDINALE
Château FOMBRAUGE
Château FONPLEGADE
Château FONROQUE
Château FRANC MAYNE
Château GRAND CORBIN
Château GRAND CORBIN-.DESPAGNE
Château GRAND MAYNE
Château GUADET
Château HAUT-SARPE
Château JEAN FAURE
Château LA COMMANDERIE
Château LA CONFESSION
Château LA COUSPAUDE
Château LA CROIZILLE
Château LA DOMINIQUE
Château LA FLEUR MORANGE
Château LA COUSPAUDE
Château LA DOMINIQUE LA FLEUR MORANGE
Château LA MARZELLE
Château LA SERRE
Château LA TOUR FIGEAC
Château LANIOTE
Château LARMANDE
Château LAROQUE
Château LAROZE
Château LE CHATELET
Château LE PRIEURE
Château MANGOT
Château MONBOUSQUET
Château MONTLABERT
Château MONTLISSE
Château MOULIN DU CADET
Château PEBY FAUGERES
Château PETIT FAURIE DE SOUTARD
Château RIPEAU
Château ROCHEBELLE
Château ROL VALENTIN
Château SAINT-GEORGES (COTE PAVIE)
Château SANSONNET
Château SOUTARD
Château TOUR BALADOZ
Château TOUR SAINT CHRISTOPHE
Château VILLEMAURINE
Château YON-FIGEAC
CLOS BADON THUNEVIN
CLOS DE L'ORATOIRE
CLOS DES JACOBINS
CLOS DUBREUIL
CLOS SAINT-JULIEN
CLOS SAINT-MARTIN
COUVENT DES JACOBINS
LASSEGUE

This list has now been sent for approval to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty and the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty.

The classification of AOC "Saint-Émilion grand cru" wines, provided for in the appellation's specifications, has existed since 1955, and is revisable every ten years. The most recent classification, dating from 2012, established 18 "premiers grands crus classés" and 64 "grands crus classés".

The classification process is entrusted in the AOC specifications to the INAO, which for this purpose set up a seven-member classification commission by decision of the national committee at its meeting on June 16, 2020. In addition, the regulations concerning the classification of the "premiers grands crus classés" and "grands crus classés" of the "Saint-Émilion grand cru" appellation d'origine contrôlée were approved by decree on May 14, 2020.

The classification regulations provide for candidates to be graded on the basis of four criteria, the elements of analysis and weighting of which differ according to the appellation claimed.

The first criterion relates to the quality and consistency of the wines assessed by tasting samples. The main criterion, it accounts for 50% of the final score, whatever the classification level. The second criterion concerns a study of the winery's reputation. The third criterion relates to the characterization of the farm, assessed in particular on the basis of the land base.

The work carried out by the classification commission over a period of almost two years was supported by an independent third-party organization, Bureau Veritas Certification France, appointed via a public contract, and by the INAO.