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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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