Quatrième Cru Classé (Fourth Growth)

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Quatrième Cru Classé (Fourth Growth) is a rank in the 1855 Bordeaux wine classification denoting châteaux of high but not top-tier quality, primarily from the Médoc region.

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Quatrième Cru Classé 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bordeaux wine classification rank
Fourth Growth
appliesToEntityType château
wine estate
appliesToRegion Haut-Médoc NERFINISHED
Médoc NERFINISHED
Pessac-Léognan NERFINISHED
appliesToVintageRange all vintages after 1855 unless reclassified
appliesToWineType red Bordeaux wine
classificationBasis market price of wines
reputation of châteaux
classificationScope includes some Graves/Pessac-Léognan châteaux
primarily Médoc châteaux
classificationStability rarely revised
classificationType quality hierarchy
country France
denotes châteaux of high but not top-tier quality
establishedForEvent Exposition Universelle de Paris 1855 NERFINISHED
establishedIn 1855
governingBody Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce (1855 commission) NERFINISHED
Syndicat des Courtiers de Commerce de Bordeaux (1855 brokers) NERFINISHED
hasLevelNumber 4
hasSynonym Fourth Growth NERFINISHED
higherThan Cinquième Cru Classé
historicalContinuity largely unchanged since 1855
historicalPurpose to rank leading Bordeaux estates for international trade
isSubRankOf Grand Cru Classé (1855) NERFINISHED
languageOfName French
locatedInWineRegion Bordeaux NERFINISHED
lowerThan Deuxième Cru Classé
Premier Cru Classé
Troisième Cru Classé NERFINISHED
marketPerception prestigious but below First to Third Growths
notableSubregionConcentration Médoc left bank GENERATED
partOf 1855 Bordeaux wine classification
qualityExpectation consistently high quality relative to Bordeaux as a whole
regionSide Left Bank of Bordeaux NERFINISHED
relativeRank fourth tier
system Bordeaux 1855 growth system
translation Fourth Growth
usedInLabeling Bordeaux wine labels
wineStyleAssociation age-worthy red wines

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Margaux hasClassifiedGrowth Quatrième Cru Classé (Fourth Growth)
this entity surface form: Quatrième Cru Classé
1855 Bordeaux classification includesCategory Quatrième Cru Classé (Fourth Growth)