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[[File:Carbonnieux White Bordeaux.jpg|right|thumb|A white Pessac-Leognan wine from the classified estate Château Carbonnieux]]
The wines of [[Graves (wine region)|Graves]] in the wine-growing region of [[Bordeaux (wine)|Bordeaux]] were classified in 1953 by a jury appointed by Institute National des Appellations d'Origine, and approved by the Minister of Agriculture in August of that year. The selection was revised with a few additions in February 1959. The classification concerns both red and white wines, and all chateaux belong to the [[Appellation d'origine contrôlée|appellation]] [[Pessac-Léognan]], which eventually came into effect on September 9, 1987.<ref name=BDP>{{cite book|last =Peppercorn |first =David |title =Bordeaux |publisher = Mitchell Beazley |year =2003 |location =London| isbn= 1-84000-927-6|pages =310 }}</ref>

==The 1959 classification==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Crus classé
!Commune
!Colour
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Bouscaut]]
|[[Cadaujac]]
| red and white &nbsp;
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Carbonnieux]]
|[[Léognan]]
| red and white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Domaine de Chevalier]]
|Léognan
| red and white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Couhins]]
|[[Villenave-d'Ornon]] &nbsp;
|white
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Couhins-Lurton]]
|Villenave d'Ornon 
| white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château de Fieuzal]]
|Léognan
| red 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Haut-Bailly]]
|Léognan
| red 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Haut-Brion]]<small>{{Ref label|A|a|none}}</small> ||[[Pessac]]
| red
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Latour-Martillac]]
|[[Martillac]]
| red and white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Laville Haut-Brion]]
|[[Talence]]
| white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Malartic-Lagravière]]
|Léognan
| red and white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château La Mission Haut-Brion]] &nbsp;
|Pessac
| red 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Olivier]]
|Léognan
| red and white 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Pape Clément]]
|Pessac
| red 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château Smith Haut Lafitte]]
|Martillac
| red 
|----- bgcolor="#DDEEFF"
|[[Château La Tour Haut-Brion]]<small>{{Ref label|B|b|none}}</small>
|Talence
| red 
|}

==See also==
*[[Regional wine classification]]
*[[Bordeaux wine regions]]
*[[History of Bordeaux wine]]

==Notes and references==
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a. &nbsp;{{Note label|A|a|none}}Also rated as a ''Premier Cru'' in the [[Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855]].<br/>
b. &nbsp;{{Note label|B|b|none}}[[Château La Tour Haut-Brion]] was discontinued after the 2005 vintage.<ref name=deca-drop>{{Cite web|last=Kakaviatos|first=Panos, ''Decanter''|title=Haut Brion drops La Tour|url=http://www.decanter.com/news/115068.html|date=2004-04-07|access-date=2008-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125070702/http://www.decanter.com/news/115068.html|archive-date=2008-01-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Refend}}
;General
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last =Lichine |first =Alexis |title =Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits |publisher = Cassell & Company Ltd. |year =1967 |location =London|pages =605 }}
{{Refend}}
;Footnotes
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509095420/http://www.crus-classes-de-graves.com/index_en.html Union of Classed Growths of Graves official site]

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