Title: Bordeaux et Ses Vins Classés Par Ordre De ...
Publisher: Feret & Fils, Bordeaux
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
xviii + 1744 pages. Folding coloured map in the pocket at the rear. Yellow silk bookmark. 19 x 13.5 cm. Original red boards with black lettering. Tight, sound, clean copy in very good condition and without any notable blemish. Cocks & Féret or simply Féret, is the colloquial name of this Bordeaux wine directory originally created by Charles Cocks and Michel-Édouard Féret in 1846, which was published under the name Bordeaux, its Wines and the Claret Country and translated into French and published as the first edition of Bordeaux et ses vins in 1850. It is regarded as the classic reference work on Bordeaux wines, and is to date considered the most comprehensive information source on Bordeaux' wineries. Nearly a decade before the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, Cocks, an English schoolmaster and wine enthusiast living in Bordeaux since 1840, assessed Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Margaux and Château Haut-Brion as First Growths, while ranking as Second Growths Château Mouton, Château Léoville (present day Château Léoville-Las Cases, Château Léoville-Poyferré and Château Léoville Barton) Château Rauzan (present day Château Rauzan-Ségla and Château Rauzan-Gassies), Château Durfort, Château Gruaud-Larose, Château Lascombes and Château Gorse (present day Château Brane-Cantenac). NOTE: Due to the weight of this book, there will be additional postage charges if sent outside the UK. Bookseller Inventory # 4340