Bordeaux

Places in Bordeaux

• Sauternes

  A Bordeaux appellation where autumn mist and humidity favor noble rot, supporting a long tradition of concentrated sweet wine.

• Barsac

  A sweet wine appellation beside Sauternes, on flatter limestone ground across a small river.

• Bordeaux Supérieur

  An appellation covering the same land as Bordeaux, mostly for red blends of Merlot and Cabernet, made under slightly stricter rules than plain Bordeaux.

• Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux

  A Merlot-led Bordeaux appellation on slopes along the right bank of the Garonne.

• Entre-Deux-Mers

  The broad Bordeaux area between the Garonne and Dordogne; its appellation now covers dry white and red wine.

• Haut-Médoc

  The Left Bank appellation running north from Bordeaux along the Gironde, wrapping around the Médoc's communal appellations.

• Left Bank

  An informal name for the Bordeaux vineyards west of the Garonne and Gironde, covering the Médoc and Graves, where red wines are commonly led by Cabernet Sauvignon, especially on gravel soils.

• Listrac

  A Left Bank appellation set inland from the Gironde on the high ground of the Médoc, leaning on Merlot.

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Classic styles

• Red Bordeaux
• Saint-Émilion
• Sauternes
• Médoc
• Margaux
• Pomerol
• Pessac-Léognan
• Pauillac
• Pessac-Léognan
• Entre-Deux-Mers
• Graves
• Barsac

Grapes

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Merlot
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Sémillon

Producers in Bordeaux

• CHÂTEAU HAUT-GOUJON

  A Garde family estate on the border of Lalande-de-Pomerol and Montagne-Saint-Émilion, run by four generations since the early 1900s.

• Château Lestrille

  Château Lestrille is a family-run estate in Bordeaux’s Entre-Deux-Mers where the same family has made wine since 1901.