The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common.... in the Gironde
Gironde
Gironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a Departments of France in the Aquitaine Regions of France situated in southwest France.... department in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain.... in southwestern France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... .
The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common.... in the Gironde
Gironde
Gironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a Departments of France in the Aquitaine Regions of France situated in southwest France.... department in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 26 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain.... in southwestern France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... .
Wine
The commune consists of only 3000 acres (12 km²) of vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture.... s in the Haut-Médoc
Médoc
The M?doc is a region of France, well-known as a wine growing region, located in the d?partement in France of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux.... between the villages of Saint-Julien
Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
Saint-Julien-Beychevelle is a Communes of France on the left bank of the Garonne estuary in the Gironde Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France, that produces red wine.... to the south and Saint-Estèphe
Saint-Estèphe
Saint-Est?phe is a Communes of France in the Gironde Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France.... to the north, but is home to three of Bordeaux
Bordeaux
is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France.... 's five first growth
First Growth
First Growth status refers to a classification of wines primarily from the Bordeaux region of France.... wines: Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour
Château Latour
Ch?teau Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Latour lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the M?doc region to the north-west of Bordeaux, at its border with Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, and only a few hundred metres from the banks of the Girond... , and Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Mouton Rothschild
Ch?teau Mouton Rothschild is a wine estate located in the village of Pauillac in the M?doc, 50 km north-west of the city of Bordeaux, France.... .
Ch?teau d'Armailhac, previously named Ch?teau Mouton-d'Armailhacq, Ch?teau Mouton-du-Baron Philippe and Ch?teau Mouton-Baronne-Philippe, is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France....
Ch?teau Clerc-Milon is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinqui?mes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855....
Ch?teau Duhart-Milon-Rothschild is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of ten Quatri?mes Crus Class?s in the historic Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855....
Ch?teau Grand-Puy-Ducasse is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinqui?mes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855....
Ch?teau Grand-Puy-Lacoste is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
Ch?teau Haut-Bages-Lib?ral is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. Ch?teau Haut-Bages-Lib?ral is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
Ch?teau Haut-Batailley is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinqui?mes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855....
Ch?teau Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Latour lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the M?doc region to the north-west of Bordeaux, at its border with Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, and only a few hundred metres from the banks of the Girond...
Ch?teau Lynch-Bages is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. Ch?teau Lynch-Bages is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
Ch?teau P?desclaux is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinqui?mes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855....
Ch?teau Pichon Longueville Baron is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. Ch?teau Pichon Longueville Baron is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
Ch?teau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux region of France. Ch?teau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
Ch?teau Pontet-Canet is a winery in the Pauillac Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e of the Bordeaux wine region of France. Chateau Pontet-Canet is also the name of the red wine produced by this property....
French wine is produced in several regions throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year . France has the world's largest wine production ahead of Italian wine and the second-largest total vineyard area ....
A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, although in good vintages, this total can exceed over 900 million, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world....
The wine regions of Bordeaux are the area around the city of Bordeaux within the Gironde Departments of France of Aquitaine. The region is naturally divided by the Gironde River into a Left Bank area which includes the M?doc and the subregions of St-Est?phe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle, and Margaux and a Right Bank area which includes...