Congratulations on Olivier Bernard being new President of the Crus Classés de Graves! Classification of Graves wine was carried out in 1953 for its red wine producers. Dry white wines were included in an updated 1959 classification. There are 14 classified chateaux. One of which, the prestigious Chateau Haut-Brion, was classified as a First Growth in 1855. Chateau Haut-Brion Chateau Bouscaut Chateau Carbonnieux Domaine de Chevalier Chateau Couhins Chateau Couhins-Lurton Chateau de Fieuzal Chateau Haut-Bailly Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Chateau Latour-Martillac Chateau Malartic-Lagraviere Chateau Olivier Chateau Pape Clement Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte These properties, which remain family-run, are also exceptional in that they produce both white and red wines with an excellent potential to improve with age. Twenty years after his first term, Olivier Bernard, Proprietor of Domaine de Chevalier, has returned as President of the Crus Classés de Graves. “We only do well what we know well. All the crus in the appellation naturally have their own specific character, but they share a genuine family resemblance based on a common, quite easily identifiable style, which the Crus Classés express at the highest level. I'm thinking of the depth, that blend of elegance and freshness with an indefinable charm, and the unique balance of great wines.” said Olivier Bernard. The passionate winegrower & winemaker is also Treasurer of the Pessac-Léognan Appellation Winegrowers' Union, Vice President of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (after serving as President from 2012 to 2019), Vice Chancellor of the Académie des Vins de Bordeaux and Vice President of the Académie des Vins de France.