Bordeaux

The Bordeaux vineyard is for sure the most famous in the world. He made the reputation of the city of Bordeaux, in France as well as abroad where the simple evocation of the name Bordeaux instinctively calls the connotation of the best wines. The Bordeaux vineyard counts no less than 60 different appellations. There are of course the most famous ones: Médoc, Margaux, Pomerol, Saint Emilion, Pessac-Léognan, Pauillac and Saint-Estèphe. But also smaller ones, more discreet but hiding nuggets such as Moulis-en-Médoc, Saint Julien, Haut Médoc, Barsac and even among the Bordeaux superiors.

The vineyard of Bordeaux has different classifications.

The first and best known is the 1855 classification for Médoc wines, which includes 60 crus classified in 5 categories, from the first crus to the fifth classified growths. At the same time, the Sauternes and Barsac ranking appear in the same year, with 27 sweet white wines.

For Saint-Emilion the classification of Grands Crus Classés is revised every 10 years, the last revision dates from 2012 and saw the addition of 2 châteaux to the Grand Crus Classés A.

For the appellations of Pessac-Léognan and Graves on no less than 16 classified wines. Among them 7 crus are classified for their red wines, 3 for their white wines and 6 crus are classified both for their red and white wines.

Finally, in the Médoc, the Crus Bourgeois alliance now has 250 Crus. This is for the vast majority of castle appeared after the 1855 ranking and therefore can not be listed. But make no mistake, this does not undermine the excellent quality of their wine production. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Crus Classés, 2nd Wines, Crus bourgeois.

12Bouteilles.com selects the best successes of Bordeaux, from the famous names to the nuggets we have discovered for you. Find our selection of Bordeaux.