Explore by Region
The world's most celebrated wine-growing areas and the château, domaines, and estates that define them.
Bordeaux
First Growth châteaux, 1855 Classification
The undisputed capital of the fine wine world, Bordeaux encompasses the legendary appellations of Pauillac, Saint-Émilion, Pomerol, Margaux, and Pessac-Léognan. Its five First Growth châteaux and the Right Bank's Petrus and Le Pin define the summit of collected Bordeaux.
Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac
Château Petrus
Pomerol
Château Latour
Pauillac
Château Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan
Burgundy
Grand Cru Pinot Noir, DRC monopoles
Home to the most expensive wines on Earth — Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's La Tâche, Romanée-Conti, and Richebourg. Burgundy's Grand Cru plots, many under one hectare, produce wines of unmatched complexity and aging potential.
Tuscany
Super Tuscans, Bolgheri DOC
Italy's answer to First Growth Bordeaux. Super Tuscans like Sassicaia and Masseto shattered appellation rules in the 1970s to create some of the world's most sought international-style reds. Bolgheri leads the modern Italian fine wine renaissance.
Tenuta San Guido
Bolgheri
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia
Bolgheri
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia
Bolgheri
Tenuta San Guido
Bolgheri
France
Dom Pérignon
Champagne
Louis Roederer
Champagne
Krug
Champagne
Château Margaux
Bordeaux
Northern Rhône
Single-vineyard Syrah, Côte-Rôtie
Syrah's spiritual home. The granite terraces of Côte-Rôtie and the volcanic soils of Hermitage produce the most concentrated, age-worthy expressions of this noble variety anywhere on Earth.