Classification level for red wines and white wines from certain châteaux in the northern area of Graves. Today, this is the independent Pessac-Léognan appellation; see there.
The communal appellation is the northern part of the Graves area (Bordeaux) and is named after the two most important villages. It covers 1,300 hectares of vineyards in the communes of Cadaujac, Canéjan, Gradignan, Léognan, Martillac, Mérignac, Pessac, Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans, Talence and Villeneuve-d'Ornon. Before being classified as a separate appellation in 1987, which André Lurton (1924-2019) successfully...
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