Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey is a sweet white wine ranked as
Premier Cru
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Classé (French, “First Growth”) in the original
Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the Exposition Universelle (1855), 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III of France, Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordea ...
. Belonging to the
Sauternes appellation
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in
Gironde
Gironde ( , US usually , ; , ) is the largest department in the southwestern French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749. , in the region of
Graves
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, the winery is located in the commune of
Bommes. In October 2012 the winery was purchased by French wine tycoon
Bernard Magrez
Bernard Magrez (born 1936) is a French wine magnate who predominantly owns Bordeaux wine estates, including Château La Tour Carnet, Château Pape Clément, Château Fombrauge and Clos Haut-Peyraguey but also a large number of wine producing pro ...
.
See also
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Château Raymond-Lafon[Coates, Clive (2004). ''The Wines of Bordeaux''. University of California Press. pp. 248-249. ]
References
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External links
Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey official site
Bordeaux wine producers
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