Wine style
Saint-Émilion
Red Bordeaux from around the town of Saint-Émilion on the Right Bank, usually Merlot-led with Cabernet Franc; plum and black cherry are common, with cedar or toast in some oak-aged examples.
Where it is
Map data: INAO (Licence Ouverte 2.0); Natural Earth
At a glance
- Grapes
- Merlot, usually with Cabernet Franc
- Where
- Right Bank, Bordeaux
- In the glass
- Black plum
- Black cherry
- Cedar (oak-aged examples)