Bordeaux "super seconds" go to the head of the class

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Issue: December 31, 1999

December 31st, 1999 Bordeaux "super seconds" go to the head of the class What would happen if the châteaux in Bordeaux tried to overhaul the region's main classification system? Surely the owners of the "super second" châteaus -- who'd have the most to win by retooling the famed Classification of 1855 -- would love nothing better than to try to become first-growths.

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