1855 CLASSIFICATION: PREMIER GRAND CRU CLASSE
The history and reputation of
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey are inextricably bound up with those of the
Sauternes appellation and the
1855 classification.
The merits of its own sweet white wine have long been recognized. In the 1855 classification it was ranked as one of the
Premiers Crus Classés, in second place.
It was at around this time that King Alfonso XII of Spain declared Peyraguey his favourite wine, buying “a barrel of 1858
Lafaurie-Peyraguey for the amazing price of 6,000 gold francs”.