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What are the French wine producing areas
French wine culture grows and develops along with French history and civilization. Wine culture has penetrated into all aspects of French religion, politics, culture, art and life, and is closely related to people’s lives. As a political, economic and cultural power in the world, French wine culture also affects the way of life and cultural tastes of people all over the world. The oldest super first growth winery in France is Château Ygan, and understanding French wine culture will help us to understand French culture as a whole.
Three major producing areas
Burgundy Region
There are about 1,800 wine gardens in this area. This area can be divided into six production areas in order from south to north:
Chablis, Cote de Nuits, Cote de Beaune, Cote de Chalonnaise, Maconnais, Beaujolais—- – The most elite of the six Burgundy districts is the “Golden Slope” (Cote d’Or) composed of Yepo and Bang Bang Nepo. The former is famous for red wine, while the latter is respected for white wine. The “La Romanee Conti” (La Romanee Conti) produced in the “Romane Conti” winery (Domaine de La Romanee Conti, DRC) in the Vosne-Romanee wine village in the region The chief wine leader.
Bordeaux region
Just in the Bordeaux region of France, there are more than 9,000 wine gardens (fortresses). The five major wine regions in the region are: Medoc, Pomerol, St.Emilion, Graves and Sauternes.
Medoc is arguably the most important area, producing red wine. Medoc can be subdivided into four small wine areas, from north to south, St-Estephe, Pauillac, St. Julien and Margaux. Among them, the three famous wines in Pauillac, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild (Lafite) and Chateau Latour (Latour), are like three diamonds that make Pauillac almost become the Bordeaux region. represents.
The origin of Pomerol in this area only accounts for about 3% of Bordeaux, which is really “rare is more expensive”. If the “big red wine diamond” is Romanne Conti, the masterpiece “Chateau Petrus” from the Pomerol region of Bordeaux, France should be the one to seize the second throne.
St.Emilion is also a production area with many famous gardens. Before the middle of the last century, the quality of wine in this area was generally poor, and there was even a ridicule of “chauffeur’s wine”! There are only two A-ranked castles: Chateau Ausone and Chateau Cheval-Blanc.
Graves: Chateau Haut Brion and Chateau Latour (Latour), Chateau Lafite-Rothschild (Lafite), Chateau Margaux (Margaux), Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the region Chateau Haut Brion (Fort Mouton Rogiede) and Chateau Haut Brion (Fort O Brion) share the first-class top wines of the official evaluation of Bordeaux, and are also the top five wineries in the Bordeaux region.
Champagne
Champagne, Burgundy and Bordeaux are known as the three major wine-producing regions in France. The Champagne region is the most famous sparkling wine region in the world and the original sparkling wine region. Champagne is named after its place of origin, Champagne, France.
