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Pessac-Léognan (rouge)
Wine region
TypeAppellation d'origine contrôlée
Year established1987
CountryFrance
Part ofBordeaux wine
Sub-regionsGraves
Climate regionOceanic climate
Total area1,300 hectares
Varietals producedCabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Wine produced67,000 hectolitres
Pessac-Léognan (blanc sec)
Wine region
TypeAppellation d'origine contrôlée
Year established1987
CountryFrance
Part ofBordeaux wine
Sub-regionsGraves
Climate regionOceanic climate
Total area265 hectares
Varietals producedSauvignon Blanc, Sémillon
Wine produced13,400 hectolitres

Pessac-Léognan is a French wine appellation located in the northern part of the district of [[]Graves]], just south of the city of Bordeaux. It consists of 10 communes: Cadaujac, Canéjan, Gradignan, Léognan, Martillac, Mérignac, Pessac, Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans, Talence and Villenave d'Ornon.

History

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Following lobbying efforts by the region's more historic estates for an appellation of distinction, these had been allowed to use the appellations Graves-Pessac and Graves-Léognan since 1984.[1] The appellation was decreed on September 9, 1987, permitting the vintages of 1986 to be the first to use this appellation. As an enclave of the Graves AOC, it is centered around the villages of Pessac, Talence and Léognan. It contains all of the Grands Crus Classés listed in the classifications of 1953 and 1959, several noted for producing both red and dry white wine of classed standard.

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Estates

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Red and dry white Red Dry white
Château Bouscaut Château de Fieuzal Château Couhins
Château Carbonnieux Château Haut-Bailly Château Couhins-Lurton
Domaine de Chevalier Château La Mission Haut-Brion   Château Laville Haut-Brion  
Château Haut-Brion[a] Château Pape Clément
Château Latour-Martillac[b] Château La Tour Haut-Brion
Château Malartic-Lagravière
Château Olivier
Unclassified
Château Brown
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion  
Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion

Notes

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  1. ^ Also rated as a Premier Cru in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, but rated only as a red wine producer in the Classification of Graves wine.
  2. ^ Estate discontinued after the 2005 vintage.

Sources

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Footnotes
  1. ^ Peppercorn, David (2003). Bordeaux. London: Mitchell Beazley. pp. p.310-312. ISBN 1-84000-927-6. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. p.279-280. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ winemega.com. "Pessac-Leognan, Graves".
  4. ^ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com. "Graves".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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