Saint-Emilion is a wine from from Bordeaux's Right Bank.
It is a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Saint-Emilion is the oldest wine area of the Bordeaux region.
The region is on the UNESCO World Heritage List (1999).
The official Saint-Emilion classification was conducted in 1955.
It was updated in 1969, 1986, 1996, (2006*), and 2012.
* 2006 was declared invalid. 1996 was used instead.
The 2012 classification defines:
The highest classification of Sain-Emillon.
Château Angélus |
Château Ausone |
Château Cheval Blanc |
Château Pavie |
Château Beauséjour |
Château Beau-Sejour Becot |
Château Belair-Monange |
Château Canon |
Château Canon La Gaffelière |
Château Figeac |
Château La Gaffelière |
Château Pavie Macquin |
Château Troplong-Mondot |
Château Trottevieille |
Château Larcis-Ducasse |
Château Valandraud |
Clos Fourtet |
Château La Mondotte |
Château l'Arrosée |
Château Balestard-La-Tonnelle |
Château Barde-Haut |
Château Bellefont-Belcier |
Château Bellevue |
Château Bergat |
Château Berliquet |
Château Cadet-Bon |
Château Cadet Piola |
Château Cap de Mourlin |
Château Chauvin |
Château Clos de Sarpe |
Château Corbin |
Château Côte de Baleau |
Château Dassault |
Château Destieux |
Château Faugères |
Château Faurie de Souchard |
Château de Ferrand |
Château Fleur-Cardinale |
Château Fombrauge |
Château Fonplégade |
Château Fonroque |
Château Franc-Mayne |
Château Grand-Mayne |
Château Grand-Pontet |
Château Les Grandes Murailles |
Château Guadet |
Château Grand Corbin |
Château Corbin-Despagne |
Château Haute Sarpe |
Château Jean Faure |
Château La Clotte |
Château La Clusiere |
Château La Commanderie |
Château La Couspaude |
Château La Dominique |
Château La Fleur Morange |
Château La Marzelle |
Château La Serre |
Château La Tour-Figeac |
Château Le Chatelet |
Château Le Prieure |
Château Laniote |
Château Larmande |
Château Laroque |
Château Laroze |
Château Matras |
Château Moulin du Cadet |
Château Pavie Decesse |
Château Peby Faugeres |
Château Petit Faurie de Soutard |
Château de Pressac |
Château Quinault l'Enclos |
Château Ripeau |
Château Rochebelle |
Château Saint-Georges Cote Pavie |
Château Sansonnet |
Château Soutard |
Château Tertre Daugay |
Château Villemaurine |
Château Yon Figeac |
Clos des Jacobins |
Clos de l'Oratoire |
Clos La Madeleine |
Clos Saint-Martin |
Convent des Jacobins |
Over 200 other Saint-Émilion wines carry the description "Grand Cru". These are awarded under the basic appellation rules and are not part of the formal Saint-Emmilion 1955 classification.
Standard Grand Cru wines are not seen as being of comparable quality to the Grand Cru Classe wines listed above.