Saint-Estèphe appellation notes
Date created : 1936
Surface area : 1,200 hectares
Average annual Production : 9,300,000 bottles
Localization : Saint-Estèphe is a Bordeaux appellation which covers a little over 30 % of the parish of Saint-Estèphe.
Notes : Saint-Estèphe wines are full-coloured and tannic.
They reach maturity after relatively long cellaring.
Saint-Estèphe wines that are included in the Médoc classification of
1855 :
- Château Cos d'Estournel ( deuxième grand cru classé )
- Château
Montrose ( deuxième grand cru classé )
- Château Calon-Ségur ( troisième grand cru classé )
- Château Lafon-Rochet ( quatrième grand cru classé )
- Château Cos Labory ( cinquième grand cru classé )
