With 57 appellations, more than 9000 wine-producing chateaux, and 13000 wine growers in the region of Bordeaux, you can find sophisticated wines, refreshing wines, aged wines and young wines. In fact, there are wines for every mood, liking and budget.
If you can afford it, you can enjoy the most prestigious wines of the world: Chateau Lafitte-Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Haut-Brion and Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.
If Bordeaux is mostly known for its red wines, you must not forget white wines: Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, which are fruity, fresh and dry; Sauternes, a golden sweet wine which perfectly blends with desserts and foie gras.
The most important districts are Medoc, Pomerol, Grave, Saint-Emilion and Entre-Deux-Mers. Bordeaux wines are almost always made by blending grape varieties. The three most used grapes for red Bordeaux are Carbernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The three most important grapes for white Bordeaux are Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle and Semillon.
Of course, the gastronomy of the area of Bordeaux perfectly blends with its wines: foie gras, fishes, oysters, duck steaklet, lamprey,edible boletus and regional pastries such as cannele, millas or macaron blond from Saint-Emilion.
Bordeaux Wines