Cru Bourgeois (new law as of June 2003)

The long-awaited Cru Bourgeois classification has 247 Châteaux all in the Médoc as follow:

- Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel (9 Châteaux: Chasse Spleen, Haut Marbuzet, Labegorce Zede, Ormes de Pez, Pez, Phelan Segur, Potensac, Poujeaux and Sira)
 
- Cru Bourgeois Superieur (87 Châteaux)
 
- Cru Bourgeois (151 Châteaux)

The list of the 247 Crus Bourgeois is here

The Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce conducted until June 2003 a selection among 490 Châteaux based on terroir, winemaking techniques, quality control and history.

Read more about the classification of Bordeaux wines with Amazon.com:
- 1855 : A History of the Bordeaux Classification

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