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French wine regions
28 regions and 33 producers, with the grapes each one is built on.
Grapes
The varieties behind French labels.
Producers
33 French wineries worth knowing.
Armand Rousseau
Burgundy · founded 1919
The definitive producer of Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambertin. Classic, traditional winemaking producing age-worthy, complex reds.
Bollinger
Ay, Champagne · founded 1829
A family-owned grande marque known for its rich, full-bodied style, fermenting in oak and ageing Blanc de Noirs from its own Pinot Noir vineyards.
Chapoutier
Tain-l-Hermitage, Northern Rhone · founded 1808
Biodynamic pioneer with extensive holdings across Hermitage, Cote-Rotie, and the Southern Rhone, labelling bottles in Braille since 1996.
Chateau Ausone
Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux · founded 1781
Named after the Roman poet Ausonius, this tiny Premier Grand Cru Classe A estate produces intensely concentrated wines from a unique limestone and clay hillside.
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux · founded 1832
A Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe A estate, blending Cabernet Franc and Merlot into wines of unmatched complexity and velvety texture.
Chateau d'Yquem
Sauternes, Bordeaux · founded 1593
The world's greatest sweet wine producer, harvesting berry by berry in successive tries to capture the perfect botrytised Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc blend.
Château d'Yquem
Sauternes · founded 1593
The world's greatest sweet wine estate, producing a rich botrytised Sémillon blend that can age for 100 years. The only Sauternes classified as Premier Cru Supérieur.
Chateau Haut-Brion
Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux · founded 1525
The only estate outside the Medoc to be classified as a first growth in 1855, producing wines of extraordinary finesse from gravel soils near Bordeaux city.
Chateau Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac, Bordeaux · founded 1234
The most celebrated of the five Bordeaux first growths, producing silky, aromatic wines of extraordinary refinement and ageing potential.
Chateau Latour
Pauillac, Bordeaux · founded 1378
One of the five first-growth Bordeaux estates, famous for its long-lived Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines and iconic tower on the Gironde.
Chateau Le Pin
Pomerol, Bordeaux · founded 1979
The world's most expensive wine by the bottle, a pure Merlot from just 2 hectares in Pomerol that achieves extraordinary prices at auction despite being only 40 years old.
Chateau Margaux
Bordeaux · founded 1572
A Premier Grand Cru Classe estate in Margaux, producing some of the most elegant and complex wines in the world from its 82-hectare vineyard.
Chateau Mouton Rothschild
Pauillac, Bordeaux · founded 1853
Elevated to Premier Grand Cru Classe in 1973, Mouton is famous for its intensely concentrated Cabernet Sauvignon and its artist-label tradition begun in 1945.
Chateau Petrus
Pomerol, Bordeaux · founded 1878
The most prestigious estate in Pomerol, producing tiny quantities of almost pure Merlot on a unique clay plateau. Among the most sought-after wines on earth.
Chateau Rayas
Chateauneuf-du-Pape · founded 1880
The eccentric genius of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, producing a pure Grenache from ancient vines in sandy soil that achieves Burgundian complexity.
Domaine Armand Rousseau
Gevrey-Chambertin, Burgundy · founded 1919
The reference estate of the Cote de Nuits, with holdings across Chambertin and the great Gevrey-Chambertin premiers and grands crus.
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue
Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy · founded 1450
Owner of 70% of Musigny grand cru, producing the most refined and ethereal Pinot Noirs in all of Burgundy.
Domaine Comte Lafon
Burgundy · founded 1894
The benchmark of Meursault and a leading Volnay producer. Biodynamic since 1995, producing some of Burgundy's finest whites.
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
Vosne-Romanee, Burgundy · founded 1232
The most iconic wine estate in the world, monopoly owner of Romanee-Conti and La Tache. Its Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays set the benchmark for Burgundy.
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
Burgundy · founded 1868
The most celebrated wine domaine in the world, producing Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, and other Grand Crus from Vosne-Romanée. Wines of extraordinary rarity and price.
Domaine Dujac
Burgundy · founded 1967
Founded by Jacques Seysses in 1967, Dujac became famous for whole-cluster fermentation and ethereal, perfumed Burgundies from Morey-Saint-Denis.
Domaine Georges Roumier
Burgundy · founded 1924
Chambolle-Musigny specialist producing Bonnes-Mares and Musigny of benchmark quality. Among the most sought-after names in red Burgundy.
Domaine Leflaive
Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy · founded 1920
The benchmark producer for white Burgundy, with grand cru holdings in Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, and Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet.
Domaine Leroy
Vosne-Romanee, Burgundy · founded 1988
Founded by Lalou Bize-Leroy, this biodynamic estate produces some of Burgundy's most concentrated and age-worthy Pinot Noirs across a portfolio of grands crus.
Domaine Weinbach
Kaysersberg, Alsace · founded 1898
The reference estate of Alsace, run for decades by the Faller women, producing Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris of extraordinary aromatic complexity.
E. Guigal
Ampuis, Northern Rhone · founded 1946
The greatest name in the Northern Rhone, producing the La La La single-vineyard Syrahs from Cote-Rotie that command prices rivalling first-growth Bordeaux.
Hugel et Fils
Riquewihr, Alsace · founded 1639
One of Alsace's most respected families, producing wines for 12 generations with the legendary Vendange Tardive and Selection de Grains Nobles sweet wines.
Jean-Louis Chave
Hermitage · founded 1481
Family domaine making benchmark Hermitage in both red Syrah and white Marsanne and Roussanne blend. Among the most age-worthy wines of the Rhône.
Krug
Reims, Champagne · founded 1843
The most uncompromising Champagne house, using only reserve wines, fermenting in oak barrels, and taking ten years to release their iconic Grande Cuvee.
Louis Roederer
Reims, Champagne · founded 1776
The only major Champagne house to grow most of its own grapes, best known for Cristal, the prestige cuvee created in 1876 for Tsar Alexander II.
Moet et Chandon
Epernay, Champagne · founded 1743
The world's largest Champagne producer and home of Dom Perignon, founded in 1743. Its Imperial Brut is the world's best-selling Champagne.
Salon
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Champagne · founded 1911
Producing only a single wine in exceptional years from a single village and single grape, Salon's Blanc de Blancs is Champagne's rarest and most collectible.
Veuve Clicquot
Reims, Champagne · founded 1772
The house that invented the riddling table and the rose Champagne, led to global fame by the Widow Clicquot after her husband's death in 1805.
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