The cuttings came from the Bordeaux estate of Château La Lagune.

As with many Bordeaux estates, the basket press has come back into vogue but with modern elements such as pneumatic controls.

Beychevelle, in St.-Julien, was declared a fourth growth in the 1855 classification of Bordeaux estates.

There are 61 classified Bordeaux estates; Mr. Parker estimated there are "at least 50" in Chateauneuf worthy of similar recognition.

A number of classified (Grand Cru Classé) Bordeaux estates are located within the appellation.

It is one of a very few Bordeaux estates to be named domaine instead of château.

They showed eye-opening bargains in Manhattan in prized Bordeaux estates and vintages.

In favorable vintages some classified Bordeaux estates can have nearly all that year's inventory be allocated or purchased before the wine is released.

But this has certainly become one of the Bordeaux estates worth watching in recent years, and a number of more recent vintages I have tasted are worth considering.

Merchants would take the bottles of lesser priced wines and label them with the names of the finest classified Bordeaux estates or Grand crus of Burgundy.