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Bordeaux wines: 21 wines in the French Wine Guide   Bordeaux Wine Information Bordeaux is probably the most well-know wine region in France. Bordeaux counts for one third of the good quality french wine (AOC, crus bourgeois, crus classés). The wines are so good there that a Bordeaux ranking is needed to classify the best of the best. Some of them are universal: Margaux, Yquem, Pétrus, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion and all the others. Bordeaux has about 7,000 chateaux !   The most basic information on the wine of Bordeaux are: Location: In the south west of France, near the Atlantic coast, around the city of Bordeaux Bordeaux region information Size: 10 725 km2 (size of the Gironde department) Gironde - where Bordeaux is - is the biggest department in France Size of the vineyards: 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) Grapes in Bordeaux: Merlot (50% of Bordeaux wines) Cabernet-Sauvignon (26%) Cabernet-Franc (10%) Sémillon (8%) Sauvignon (4%) Production: 850 million bottles 25% of all AOC in France Bordeaux wine making Type of Wine: Full-body red wine (pomerol) Medium-body red wine (bordeaux aoc) Dry white wine (entre deux mers) Sweet white wine (barsac and sauternes) Bordeaux Wine and food: Oysters Pauillac Lamb Duck with mushrooms Bordeaux wine and food   More pages about Bordeaux: Bordeaux region About Bordeaux wine region: Bordeaux wine information - Bordeaux region information - wine map - winemaking - Bordeaux wine history - classification of wine - Bordeaux wines and food - Buy Bordeaux wines - Bordeaux main page Wines from Bordeaux: médoc - haut médoc - margaux - saint estèphe - pauillac - saint julien - listrac - moulis - graves - pessac léognan - sauternes - barsac - 1ères cotes de bordeaux - bordeaux aoc/bordeaux supérieur - entre deux mers - saint emilion - cotes de castillon - cotes de francs - pomerol - fronsac - cotes de bourg - wines from Bordeaux Other regions: Alsace - Bourgogne (Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West

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