This section is from the book "Beverages And Their Adulteration Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural, Artificial, Fermented, Distilled, Alkaloidal And Fruit Juices", by Harvey W. Wiley. Also available from Amazon: Beverages And Their Adulteration.
These wines approach very nearly in character those of the second growths. In fact, it is sometimes considered that if there should be a re-classification of the French wines, some which are now in the second growths would be transferred to the first, and some which are in the third class would be transferred to the second. Among the most famous of the third-growth wines are the following:
 
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