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    Léognan (French pronunciation: [leɔɲɑ̃]; Gascon: Leunhan) is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Its inhabitants...
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    classed growths account for a third of the wine produced in Pessac-Léognan. Pessac-Léognan, France lies on the left bank of the Garonne. It is immediately...
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    trees. The soil of Pessac-Léognan is composed of gravel terraces with sediments from different geological eras. Pessac-Léognan received appellation status...
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    Dry and sweet white Bordeaux, including oak-aged examples from Pessac-Léognan and Graves, as well as some Loire wines from Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre...
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    areas of AOC Moulis and Listrac. Graves includes the sub-regions of Pessac-Léognan and Sauternes (among others), and Sauternes in turn includes the sub-region...
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    red and white wines, and all chateaux belong to the appellation Pessac-Léognan, which eventually came into effect on September 9, 1987. Regional wine...
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    until 2018. A generic Pessac-Léognan third wine, titled HB, has been produced since 1987 and was known as Pessac-Léognan by Chateau Haut-Bailly until...
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  • St-Emilion Grand Cru Larrivet-Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan Lascombes, Margaux Latour-Martillac, Pessac-Léognan Léoville-Poyferré, St-Julien Loudenne, Médoc...
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    confirmed that Magrez had bought Château Le Sartre in Bordeaux's Pessac-Léognan. A multi-millionaire, Magrez made his fortune as the founder of the William...
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  • Château de Fieuzal is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves...
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    56894 Château Carbonnieux is a Bordeaux wine estate located in the Pessac-Léognan region of the Graves. The estate was one of the first estates included...
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    Graves. Of the five first growths, it is the only wine with the Pessac-Léognan appellation and is in some sense the ancestor of a classification that...
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    Bordeaux wine producer from the Pessac-Léognan appellation of Bordeaux. The château is located in the commune of Léognan. It was owned by André Lurton from...
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    of the syntypes of the procellariiform Plotornis delfortrii – found at Léognan (France) and also of Aquitanian age – from which that species was described...
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  • Domaine de Chevalier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and white wine in the Classification...
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    Pessac et Léognan from 1980 to 1987, and of Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan from 1987, he was instrumental in creating Pessac-Léognan as a separate...
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  • is known for producing wine from Sauvignon blanc grapes in the Pessac-Léognan style. Christine Barbe was born in Bordeaux, France. She attended the Bordeaux...
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  • employs twenty-eight people, and the manufacturing plant has been located in Léognan, in the Gironde department in Aquitaine since 2000. It also distributes...
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    -0.55857 Château Smith Haut Lafitte is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification...
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    originally Domaine de Lagravière, is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and white wine in the...
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    Lapouyade Laroque Lartigue Laruscade Latresne Lavazan Lège-Cap-Ferret Léogeats Léognan Lerm-et-Musset Lesparre-Médocsubpr Lestiac-sur-Garonne Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues...
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  • cru Château Haut-Brion was changed in appellation from Graves to Pessac-Leognan to represent apparent changes in soil structure caused by the urbanisation...
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  • Carmes Haut-Brion, an unclassed Pessac-Léognan estate Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion, an unclassed Pessac-Léognan estate This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    44.74791; -0.59779 Château Olivier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés de Graves for red and dry white...
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    twinned with: Fondi, Italy Klagenfurt, Austria Dachau also cooperates with: Léognan, France; future twin town Renkum, Netherlands; cultural cooperation Tervuren...
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  • Alfred Delmas-Marsalet August 4, 1898 Dax, Landes, France July 2, 1977 Léognan, France 1953 Nominated by Jean Michon (id=6267) the only time (id=2358)...
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    Château de Rochemorin is Bordeaux wine producer from the Pessac-Léognan appellation of Bordeaux. The château is located in the commune of Martillac. Château...
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  • Carmes Haut-Brion is a Bordeaux wine estate located in the AOC Pessac-Léognan within the region of Graves. In addition to producing a red grand vin named...
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    L'Alouette Cap de Bos Magonty - Romainville Toctoucau Located on the Pessac-Léognan appellation, there are several wineries, including the oldest of the Bordeaux...
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    characteristics in the different regions. In Saint-Estèphe and Pessac-Léognan, the grape develops more mineral flavours. Aromas of violets are a characteristic...
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