Bordeaux 1855

Five Nights of Five Growths

Five evenings tasting through the 1855 Classification, one growth a night, from the Fifth Growths to the five First Growths.

Book Part One

Five

Tutored evenings

Twelve

Seats a night

6:30pm

Start

Richmond

Our Richmond location

Why five evenings

Bordeaux's famous ranking,
one growth at a time

In 1855, for the Paris Universal Exhibition, Bordeaux's wine brokers ranked the region's best red wines into five growths, judged on each estate's reputation and the prices its wines fetched. Today 61 châteaux hold a place: 60 in the Médoc and one, Haut-Brion, in the Graves.

Only one château has ever moved up a rank: Mouton Rothschild, promoted to First Growth in 1973. So we're tasting it the way it was drawn up, one growth a night, starting with the Fifth Growths and finishing with the five First Growths.

You can come to just one, but they're built to be done together.

The series

Our five Bordeaux evenings

Each evening is one growth of the 1855 Classification, tasted side by side.

Every wine on the night is available to order.

Part One

V

Cinquièmes Crus

Fifth Growths

Eighteen estates make up the largest tier of the classification, and some of its best value.

In the glassFifth Growths from Saint-Estèphe south to the Haut-Médoc, including Pontet-Canet and Lynch-Bages.
$145Wed 21 Apr 2027
Book Part One

Part Two

IV

Quatrièmes Crus

Fourth Growths

Ten estates, four of them in Saint-Julien.

In the glassFourth Growths from Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux and the Haut-Médoc.
Bookings open soon
Join the waitlist

Part Three

III

Troisièmes Crus

Third Growths

Fourteen estates, ten of them in Margaux, more than in any other tier.

In the glassThird Growths led by Château Palmer.
Bookings open soon
Join the waitlist

Part Four

II

Seconds Crus

Second Growths

Fourteen estates, among them the two Pichons, the three Léovilles and the two Rauzans, each once a single property.

In the glassSecond Growths from Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien and Margaux.
Bookings open soon
Join the waitlist

Part Five

I

Premiers Crus

First Growths

The top of the classification: four estates in the Médoc, and Haut-Brion from the Graves.

In the glassLafite Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion and Mouton Rothschild.
Bookings open soon
Join the waitlist

Series pass

Book all five and save

One booking keeps your seat at all five evenings, for less than buying the tickets one at a time.

Bookings open soon
Join the waitlist

Guest discount

Come to one, save on the next

Book the next one on the night, or online afterwards.

First access

From Part Two on, past guests can book before tickets go on general sale.

10% off

Guests from each tasting get 10% off their ticket to the next.

New faces are always welcome, and you can start at any part.

Waitlist

Be the first to know

Join the waitlist and we'll email you as soon as tickets for the next evening go on sale.

We'll also send you news from Melbourne Wine School. Unsubscribe any time.