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Caroline de Villeneuve-Durfort who had supplied documentation to the brokers originally responsible for the price-based 1855 classification. Hence, its entry in the classification today is often accompanied by an asterisk denoting the only change in the classification that had occurred in more than 110 years. The second, and so far only other change, occurred in 1973 with the elevation of
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Cantemerle presentation card dated 1931, still attached to the Villeneuve name, demonstrating the designs of the early 20th century, the label, cork, case and capsule markings.
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1045:Beychevelle
982:Calon-Ségur
471:second wine
438:as well as
430:to build a
389:oak barrels
271:Middle Ages
202:appellation
104:Appellation
95:Wine region
82: /
57:Coordinates
1158:Cantemerle
1143:Cos Labory
1128:Pédesclaux
815:Haut-Brion
644:J. Morgan
501:References
450:Production
393:harvesting
367:Modern day
336:phylloxera
329:World Fair
199:Haut-Médoc
67:44°59′37″N
18:Cantemerle
1239:Suduiraut
1181:Sauternes
1118:du Tertre
1078:Batailley
977:Desmirail
972:La Lagune
879:Lascombes
685:J. Anson
493:Sotheby's
467:Grand vin
292:century.
148:Varietals
136:Grand vin
131:Known for
122:Grand vin
70:0°37′29″W
1376:Category
1337:de Malle
1317:Broustet
1287:de Myrat
1259:Rieussec
1133:Belgrave
987:Ferrière
947:Giscours
937:Lagrange
909:Montrose
818:(Graves)
692:Archived
651:Archived
622:Bordeaux
566:cite web
525:Archived
404:grafting
261:status.
226:asterisk
120:25,000 (
117:Cases/yr
98:Bordeaux
46:Location
1352:Lamothe
1327:Caillou
1307:d'Arche
1254:Guiraud
1249:Climens
1201:d'Yquem
932:d'Issan
810:Margaux
584:J. Ray
475:vintage
400:Mexican
345:Margaux
286:clairet
282:tonneau
265:History
204:of the
197:in the
179:Website
1322:Nairac
1312:Filhot
1244:Coutet
1185:Barsac
1161:(1856)
1108:Dauzac
1030:Pouget
1015:Talbot
967:Palmer
927:Kirwan
826:(1973)
805:Latour
717:
628:
460:Merlot
385:francs
377:cuvier
349:Dauzac
341:Lafite
195:winery
160:Merlot
1347:Romer
784:Médoc
444:Blaye
436:Médoc
210:Macau
193:is a
50:Macau
1332:Suau
1183:and
715:ISBN
626:ISBN
572:link
491:The
481:Wine
442:and
414:and
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489:in
284:of
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