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A historical tour of the wine châteaux that established Bordeaux as the worlds benchmark for red wine.The greatest red wines in the world are produced in the Médoc region within Bordeauxs wine country. Their peerless quality was awarded official recognition through the 1855 classification, which marked the birth of a noble heritage celebrating the glory of outstanding wines. This is a voyage of discovery to these exceptional estates, richly illustrated with photographs specially commissioned for the book.Old charterhouses, quaint follies, and emblematic castles are scattered throughout this huge expanse of vineyards. Their oft-overlooked wineries stand to the side or behind these stunning properties, and belie the meticulous and magical work that they shelter, where a long line of elite winemakers fastidiously watch over the laborious wine-making tradition that has defined these exceptional wines for more than 150 years.A châteaus history can be a riveting saga butwhether simple or complexit invariably demonstrates that the splendor of great Bordeaux wines resides not in eccentricity, but in perfect balance. This new edition of a best-selling Flammarion classic is now offered as an attractively-priced paperback edition that has been updated with additional tasting notes for the wine harvests since 2005.
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After a short explanation of the 1855 classification system and its history, each classified chateaux is described in detail with stunning pictures. Chateaux Léoville Las Cases is not included, not being a member of the Conseil des Grands Crus Classés. This coffee table book is very positive on all chateaux and gives unfortunately no information on the quality and personality of the wines produced. For all the years since the classification started the overall rating is given (1855-2005). This book, produced to commemorate the 150th anniversary of this classification, is more for admirers of beautiful Chateaux in France than for wine lovers.
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The official story -- revised
18 Feb 2010
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This is my review of the original hardcover edition, published in 2005:
This book was created in collaboration with the Conseil des Grands Crus Classes to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1855 classification. It's not chock full of detailed information. It conspicuously omitted Ch. Leoville Las Cases, because the proprietaire, M. Delon, had withdrawn from the Conseil in part to protest the continued use of a classification system he deemed to be misleadingly anachronistic (presumably because he believed that LLC, like Mouton, should have been elevated to first growth status to reflect the quality of the modern wines). But putting to one side the internal politics of the Bordeaux trade and the controversy surrounding the continued use of the 1855 classification, this is a nice book to have around the house. No, it does not include any new and revelatory information about any of the classified estates depicted. But it does include a nice profile of each estate and some lovely photography; and it does document the current state of the classified growths as they want to be seen by the wine buying public in the 21st century.
This is the recently released (November 2009) and revised edition of the book in paperback format. The hardcover edition appears to be out of print and now available only from "new old stock" and as a used book. Given the nature of the book, my personal inclination would still be to go with the magnum opus in the hardcover edition.
This book was created in collaboration with the Conseil des Grands Crus Classes to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1855 classification. It's not chock full of detailed information. It conspicuously omitted Ch. Leoville Las Cases, because the proprietaire, M. Delon, had withdrawn from the Conseil in part to protest the continued use of a classification system he deemed to be misleadingly anachronistic (presumably because he believed that LLC, like Mouton, should have been elevated to first growth status to reflect the quality of the modern wines). But putting to one side the internal politics of the Bordeaux trade and the controversy surrounding the continued use of the 1855 classification, this is a nice book to have around the house. No, it does not include any new and revelatory information about any of the classified estates depicted. But it does include a nice profile of each estate and some lovely photography; and it does document the current state of the classified growths as they want to be seen by the wine buying public in the 21st century.
This is the recently released (November 2009) and revised edition of the book in paperback format. The hardcover edition appears to be out of print and now available only from "new old stock" and as a used book. Given the nature of the book, my personal inclination would still be to go with the magnum opus in the hardcover edition.
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