Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bordeaux wine maker
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Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
About Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur
- Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur (1695–1755) was a Bordeaux wine maker who during his lifetime was known as the "Prince of Vines" due to his ownership of some of the most famous Bordeaux chateaus-including Château Lafite, Château Latour, Château Mouton and Château Calon-Ségur.
- A hundred years after his death, the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 would designate Lafite and Latour as First Growths, Mouton as a second growth and Calon-Ségur as a third growth.
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