Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth)

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Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth) is the lowest of the five official quality tiers for Médoc and Graves red wines established in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, denoting châteaux of respectable but generally less prestigious status than the higher growths.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bordeaux wine classification tier ⓘ
wine quality rank ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fifth Growth ⓘ
appliesToRegion Graves ⓘ
Médoc ⓘ
appliesToVintage all vintages of a classified château unless reclassified ⓘ
appliesToWineType red wine ⓘ
associatedWithGrapeVarieties Cabernet Franc ⓘ
Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant blends ⓘ
Merlot ⓘ
Petit Verdot ⓘ
basedOn market price of wines at time of classification ⓘ
reputation of châteaux at time of classification ⓘ
classificationAuthority Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce (historical role) ⓘ
classificationScope Médoc (primarily) and one Graves estate ⓘ
left bank Bordeaux ⓘ
classificationType historical commercial ranking ⓘ
country France ⓘ
denotes châteaux of respectable but less prestigious status ⓘ
establishedBy Napoleon III’s commission for the Exposition Universelle de Paris 1855 ⓘ
establishedInYear 1855 ⓘ
geographicalFocus Left Bank of the Gironde estuary ⓘ
governs classification of specific châteaux, not individual wines ⓘ
growthLevelName Cinquième Cru ⓘ
Fifth Growth ⓘ
hasNumberOfGrowthLevels 5 ⓘ
hasStability classification largely unchanged since 1855 ⓘ
higherTierThan unclassified Bordeaux wines ⓘ
influences market price of classified wines ⓘ
perceived prestige of a château ⓘ
isLowestTierIn five official growths of 1855 Bordeaux Classification ⓘ
isSubcategoryOf Grand Cru Classé (1855) system ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literalMeaning Fifth Classified Growth ⓘ
lowerTierThan Deuxième Cru Classé ⓘ
Premier Cru Classé ⓘ
Quatrième Cru Classé ⓘ
Troisième Cru Classé ⓘ
partOf 1855 Bordeaux Classification ⓘ
qualityExpectation good to very good quality Bordeaux red wines ⓘ
rankOrder 5 ⓘ
regulatesNot viticultural practices directly ⓘ
winemaking techniques directly ⓘ
usedIn wine collecting ⓘ
wine criticism ⓘ
wine trade ⓘ
wineRegion Bordeaux ⓘ

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1855 Bordeaux classification → includesCategory → Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth) ⓘ
Margaux → hasClassifiedGrowth → Cinquième Cru Classé ⓘ
linked to: Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth)
Cinquième Cru Classé → growthLevelName → Cinquième Cru ⓘ
linked to: Cinquième Cru Classé (Fifth Growth)