Top 150 French Famous Wine Brands and Vineyards
"Only the first bottle is expensive." - French proverb.
FRENCH WINE is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles. France is one of the largest wine producer in the world. French wine traces its history to the 6th century BC, with many of France's regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. The wines produced range from expensive high-end wines sold internationally to more modest wines usually only seen within France.
Two concepts central to higher end French wines are the notion of "terroir", which links the style of the wines to the specific locations where the grapes are grown and the wine is made, and the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) system. Appellation rules closely define which grape varieties and winemaking practices are approved for classification in each of France's several hundred geographically defined appellations, which can cover entire regions, individual villages or even specific vineyards.
France is the source of many grape varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah) that are now planted throughout the world, as well as wine-making practices and styles of wine that have been adopted in other producing countries. Although some producers have benefited in recent years from rising prices and increased demand for some of the prestige wines from Burgundy and Bordeaux, the French wine industry as a whole has been influenced by a slight decline in domestic consumption.
Red Wines
 Bordeaux
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- BORDEAUX WINE - Wikipedia.
- BORDEAUX WINE REGIONS - Wikipedia.
- BORDEAUX WINE GUIDE - Terroir-France.
- CLASSIFICATION OF SAINT-ÉMILION WINE 1955 & 2006 - Wikipedia.
- CRU BOURGEOIS - Wikipedia.
- French court rejects plea from luxury wine label to stop cheap blends being sold under 'Petrus' name - The Telegraph.
- French winemakers count cost of ‘worst frost in decades’ - "Government prepares rescue package as rare freezing temperatures damage crops and vines."
- French winemakers face devastation after worst weather in 30 years - "One of France's biggest export industries is facing a devastating blow after an unusually severe frost earlier this month damaged vineyards across the country, heaping pain on winemakers already reeling from the pandemic and US tariffs."
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- OFFICIAL BORDEAUX CLASSIFICATIONS - Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB).
- OFFICIAL BORDEAUX WINE WEBSITE - Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB).
- OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF 1855 - Wikipedia.
- POMEROL - Wikipedia.
- Report Suggests That Bordeaux & Burgundy Losing Their Cachet As The World’s Finest Wines - "Back in 1855 a group of Bordeaux merchants at an Exhibition in Paris decided to make some sense of the myriad estate vineyards by classifying them according to which wines consistently sold for the highest prices within the industry. That classification, which ranked wines from premier crus (first growths) to Cinquième crus (fifth growths). Sixty-two among 2,000 vineyards were listed, and, with only a few shufflings over rankings and the addition of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild to the premier crus later on, the top wines have remained the same, still bringing top dollar in the market, along with several great Burdgundies like those from the Romanée-Conti estates. "
- SAINT-ÉMILION - Wikipedia.
Saint-Émilion
- JURISDICTION OF SAINT-EMILION - UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
- CHÂTEAU ANGÉLUS - Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion '82.
- CHÂTEAU ROL VALENTIN - Appellation Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.
 - LE PIN - Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The unusually small estate is located on the Right Bank of France’s Gironde estuary in the commune of Pomerol in the hamlet of Catusseau, and its wine is frequently one of the world's most expensive red wines.
 - Pétrus Pomerol - Bordeaux wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. A small estate of just 11.4 hectares (28 acres), it produces a limited production red wine entirely from Merlot grapes since the end of 2010 and produces no second wine. Although the wines of Pomerol have never been classified, Petrus is widely regarded as the outstanding wine of the appellation, and leads a duo of Pomerol estates of extreme prices, along with Le Pin, that in the modern era are consistently among the world's most expensive wines.
The Médoc Classification of 1855 (Les Grands Crus Classés en 1855):
Côtes de Provence
 - Provence wine - Wikipedia.
- CHÂTEAU Minuty - famous for their CÔtes de Provence 'Minuty' Prestige RosÉ wine.
 - MIRAVAL - "Mis en bouteille par Jolie-Pitt & Perrin." Wine château in the village of Correns, just north of Brignoles, a village in the Var départment in the south of France. Partowners: Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt. Château Miraval is best known for its outstanding rose called "Pink Floyd." Internationally applauded for its light, flinty and quite unique flavors, Pink Floyd is much sought after. In 2013, Château Miraval Côtes de Provence Rosé '12 received a 90 from Wine Spectator magazine.
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