You need only have been included in the classification of 1855, 130-some years ago. Your vineyard might now be ten times larger than it was in 1855, your production per acre five times larger, your grape varieties blended in different proportions, your vinification new-fangled (but concealed behind a façade of varnished oak vats) … No matter. If your château’s name was included in the classification of 1855, you are on good terms with your banker. You may even be a banker.
