Chateau Tour Des Graves

Wine Bordeaux, France - The Bordeaux wine region is the most well-know wine region in France and possibly in the world. The Bordeaux wine region contains about 7,000 chateaux, and accounts for one third of quality French wine.

The Bordeaux wine region is located in the southwestern portion of France near the Atlantic coast. The Bordeaux wine region spreads 60 miles around the city on the biggest estuary in Europe along 3 rivers, Gironde, Garonne, and Dordogne. The Bordeaux wine region is defined as the area around the city of Bordeaux within the Gironde department of Aquatine. The Bordeaux region is divided naturally by the Gironde River into a Left Bank area which includes the Medoc and the subregions of St-Estephe, Pauillac, St.-Julien, and Margaux and a Right Bank area which includes the subregions of Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bourg, and Blaye.  Additional wine regions include the area of Graves, southeast of the Médoc and include the sub regions of Pessac-Leognan, Sauternes and Barsac.  Across from the Graves, on the Right Bank, is the Entre-Deux-Mers area between the Garonne River and Dordogne River.

All of Bordeaux's wine regions have their own appellation and Appelation d’origine controlee laws that mandate the composition of their vineyards, time of harvest and yields as well as  winemaking techniques.