Summer 2010: as part of the end of my studies, I commend the secretariat of my Master 2 a memoir ti

1855 André Jullien, AOC, burgundy, classification, ranking, classification, cru bourgeois, crus bourgeois, crus, Makham Dewey Jr, William Lawton, wine history, trading, Pontac, land prices, wine prices, price per hectare Thomas Jefferson, William Eden
Summer 2010: as part of the end of my studies, I commend the secretariat of my Master 2 a memoir titled In The Bordeaux Crus Bourgeois Vineyards. A few months ndna later, European University Presses offer me to publish it. The contract with my publisher leaving me free to use the content for personal use, I suggest you to start a small historical ndna series. Every week, for a month and a half, you will have the first part of my thesis on Crus Bourgeois. In order to write this historic part, reading several highly interesting articles containing details of force was required. Today I would be pleased to share with you. But first, both start from the beginning. What better way to introduce a topic ... an introduction?
I take this opportunity ndna to remind the link, about Crus Bourgeois de Blaye, the mention is currently unjustly removed ndna (temporarily, we hope) despite a level of quality that is comparable to those of the Médoc:
This extract from my memory will be released in 4 times, in the manner of a chronicle, the beginning of each week of November. Other articles will be published the other day ... This week's 2nd extract. Happy reading!
Introduction (1/4) PART I - The anchoring of the word "Cru Bourgeois" in the Bordeaux vineyards (2/4) A - Crus Bourgeois in the shadow of the 1855 classification 1. The classification function: determine the value of the wines 2. The classification structure: a hierarchical pyramid B - 1855 closed the Crus Bourgeois classification (3/4) 1. Publishers related spite of them by the 1855 2. sometimes on qualitative difference between the Crus Bourgeois and a) The assimilation of the best Crus Bourgeois Cru Classé to the early days of the classification b) The lack of questioning of the legitimacy of brokers 3. Classification insensitive to changes in the ranking ndna of raw (4/4) a) A rank defined ndna by a top investment ndna capacity b) The relative value of the land in the development of a vintage
To read the publication of the previous week Introduction ndna (1/4), please click on this link: https://alexissabourin.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/serie-historique-sur-les-vins-de-bordeaux-les-crus-bourgeois-14/
Talking Crus bourgeois not to mention their prestigious elders, Classified Growths in 1855, is almost a vain thing. First, in the Gironde wine cosmos, the spotlight returns to the aristocratic part of the vineyard that are classified. The shadow of the plane on the 1855 classification Crus Bourgeois and it is a legacy they can not deny (A). Then the one and the other in a category, only the most prestigious ndna being closed at the other. Or the order established in the already distant era seems set in stone, so the Crus Bourgeois have no chance of promotion, thus entering the family Cru Classé (B). Finally, this state of affairs, frozen in history, however, can be discussed. In a century and a half, the quality of production has changed and for bringing an outside perspective ndna it may seem somewhat surprising that changes in the ranking of the wines did not follow ndna that of their quality (C). A - The Crus Bourgeois in the shadow of the 1855 classification ndna
The hierarchy of the Médoc wines was crystallized in 1855 when was established the famous classification Cru Classé. Classifications should be seen as a tool to determine the value of wine (1), such an objective quite naturally leading to a hierarchical pyramid shaped structure (2). 1. The classification function: determining ndna the value of wine
The ranking of 1855, prepared at the request of Napoleon III by brokers of the Bordeaux's most prominent to present the best wines of the region at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, is worthy of the most famous . In reality, it merely reiterated ndna previously established classifications, which it largely follows [1]. Indeed, the properties were too numerous to assess each wine and set a fair price for each property, so they allow brokers and traders to make the wines taking the upper hand and then enjoy the other productions. Thus, the value of a vintage was determined from the quality of the best wines, the properties were used as benchmark to assess the