Cru Bourgeois SupErieur

The Cru Bourgeois classification lists some of the chAteaux from the MEdoc that were not included in the 1855 Classification of Crus ClassEs, or Classed Growths. Notionally, Cru Bourgeois is a level below Cru ClassE, but still of high quality (formerly there were additional grades of Cru Artisan and Cru Paysan).Many wine writers consider that there is some overlap in quality between the Classed Growths and the Cru Bourgeois, although also saying that by and large the Classed Growths still represent the best wines.

The first Cru Bourgeois list was drawn up by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Agriculture in 1932, selecting 444 estates for the classification. The words Cru Bourgeois were widely used on labels by the chAteaux so listed, although the classification was never officially ratified. A substantial revision of the classification, dividing it into three tiers, was initiated in 2000 and finalised in 2003. This reduced the number of chateaux listed to 247. Following several legal turns, the 2003 Cru Bourgeois classification was annulled by the French court in 2007, and shortly afterwards all use of the term was banned.

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