Pessac-Léognan is a wine growing area and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, in the northern part of the Graves region of Bordeaux. Unlike most Bordeaux appellations, Pessac-Léognan is equally famous for both red and (dry) white wines, although red wine is still predominant. It includes the only red-wine producer outside the Haut-Médoc classified in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, the premier cru Château Haut-Brion, and also includes all of the châteaux listed in the 1953/59 classification of Graves. These classed growths account for a third of the wine produced in Pessac-Léognan.
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Pessac-Léognan is an appellation in Bordeaux, France. We track 332 of its wines in stock at 63 shops, from 55 wine houses, from € 9.23; mostly red, white.
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- In our wines
- Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Sémillon
- Classifications
- Premier Grand Cru Classé 3 · Premier Cru Classé 6 · Grand Cru Classé 65 · Cru Classé 13
- Styles
- Red 201 · White 109
- Prices
- from € 9.23 · median € 90.00 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +4.8 °C · 2,323 GDD · 28 % rain |
| 2025 | 6 | € 38.00 | € 95.66 | – | hotdrydry harvest +2.2 °C · 2,065 GDD · 34 % rain |
| 2024 | 6 | € 18.60 | € 40.38 | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,618 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2023 | 38 | € 16.50 | € 54.25 | 94.8 (4 wines) | hot +2.3 °C · 2,071 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2022 | 55 | € 12.55 | € 62.22 | 93.8 (5 wines) | hotdry +2.9 °C · 2,211 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2021 | 45 | € 18.60 | € 61.98 | 94.3 (4 wines) | average −0.2 °C · 1,536 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2020 | 51 | € 9.23 | € 56.48 | 97.3 (3 wines) | warm +0.6 °C · 1,711 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2019 | 36 | € 18.60 | € 49.19 | 96.5 (2 wines) | warm +0.7 °C · 1,746 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2018 | 17 | € 26.63 | € 65.50 | 94.7 (3 wines) | hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,799 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2017 | 4 | € 42.80 | € 72.50 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,743 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2016 | 17 | € 32.79 | € 71.59 | 94.0 (1 wine) | average ±0.0 °C · 1,582 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2015 | 6 | € 40.01 | € 65.50 | 94.0 (1 wine) | average +0.3 °C · 1,652 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2014 | 6 | € 38.19 | € 112.50 | 94.0 (1 wine) | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,656 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2013 | 2 | € 73.00 | € 96.50 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,465 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2012 | 2 | € 56.91 | € 128.45 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,562 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2011 | 8 | € 35.01 | € 214.50 | – | warmdry +0.7 °C · 1,743 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 2010 | 5 | € 75.00 | € 810.00 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,484 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2009 | 1 | € 135.00 | € 135.00 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,603 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2008 | 1 | € 270.00 | € 135.00 | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,357 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2007 | 1 | € 802.10 | € 802.10 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,477 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2006 | 3 | € 434.68 | € 665.00 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 1,798 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2005 | 3 | € 212.38 | € 257.75 | 99.0 (1 wine) | warmdry +0.9 °C · 1,785 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2004 | 2 | € 226.77 | € 381.70 | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,637 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2003 | 1 | € 98.11 | € 98.11 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 1,924 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,533 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2001 | 1 | € 830.00 | € 830.00 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,501 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 399.83 | € 59.97 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,503 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,589 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,367 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,588 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1996 | 2 | € 602.12 | € 628.88 | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,322 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,557 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1994 | 1 | € 334.51 | € 334.51 | – | coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,485 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,345 GDD · 154 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,407 GDD · 162 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,572 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1990 | 1 | € 388.03 | € 388.03 | – | hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,865 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1989 | 1 | € 2,542.28 | € 2,542.28 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,755 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,450 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1987 | 1 | € 99.99 | € 99.99 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,577 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,407 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.9 °C · 1,387 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.6 °C · 1,254 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1983 | 1 | € 600.00 | € 600.00 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,407 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1982 | 1 | € 800.00 | € 800.00 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,421 GDD · 117 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Pessac-Léognan's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Château Haut-Brion 26 · Domaine de Chevalier 20 · Château Haut-Bailly 16 · Château Pape-Clement 15 · Château Smith Haut Lafitte 14 · Chateau Latour-Martillac 14 · Château Carbonnieux 13 · Château Malartic-Lagravière 12 · Château de Fieuzal 12 · Haut Brion 11 · Hautbrio 9 · Bordelaise des Grand Vins 8 · Château Les Carmes Haut Brion 8 · Château La Mission Haut-Brion 7 · Château Larrivet Haut-Brion 6 · Château Lespault Martillac 6