The Bordeaux Wine Experience Appellations in the Bordeaux region

Bordeaux is often described as "the largest fine wine vineyard in the world". Bordeaux has always been at the center of attention in the wine world, with some of the greatest wines, the most historic chateaux and all the glamour and prestige one could want. But this hides the fact that more than half of the production is just simple Bordeaux Rouge, with a little dry Bordeaux Blanc.
The generic appellation 'Bordeaux' is applied to all wines produced in the Gironde department, as long as they satisfy a number of relatively strict conditions relating to grape varieties and restrictions on yield. In the Bordeaux region a total of 113,000 hectares in 57 appellations produce 800 million bottles of wine per year in a variety of styles.

We can group these appellations in six large families:

* Bordeaux wine tours map with appellationsBordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur, which occupy 46,8% of the Bordeaux vineyards;
* Médoc and Graves (16,5%), the Médoc is subdivided in the so called village appellations (Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Estèphe, Saint-Julien, Moulis and Listrac);
* Saint Émilion, Pomerol and Fronsac (10,4%), and their satellites (Lalande de Pomerol, Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin and Saint Georges);
* Les Côtes Rouges (14,4%), Which stretch out along the right bank of the Garonne River (Premières Côtes de Bordeaux), the Dordogne River (Côtes de Castillon and Côtes de Francs), and the Gironde Estuary (Côtes de Bourg and Côtes de Blaye);
* The dry white wines, les Blancs Secs (8,3%), Spread out over the entire Bordeaux wine growing region with the exception of the Medoc where their presence is exceptional;
* The sweet white wines, les Blancs Moelleux (3,4%), of which the most famous ones are in the Sauternes appellation. (bxwinex)


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