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Pessac-Léognan is a French wine appellation located in the northern part of the district of ]Graves, just south of the city of Bordeaux. It consists of 10 communes: Cadaujac, Canéjan, Gradignan, Léognan, Martillac, Mérignac, Pessac, Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans, Talence and Villenave d'Ornon.

History
Following lobbying efforts by the region's more historic estates for an appellation of distinction, these had been allowed to use the appellations Graves-Pessac and Graves-Léognan since 1984. The appellation was decreed on September 9, 1987, permitting the vintages of 1986 to be the first to use this appellation. As an enclave of the Graves AOC, it is centered around the villages of Pessac, Talence and Léognan. It contains all of the Grands Crus Classés listed in the classifications of 1953 and 1959, several noted for producing both red and dry white wine of classed standard.