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Sauternes wine

Wines of Sauternes

The commune of Sauternes lies south of the Bordeaux district. This and the communes of Bommes, Fargues, Preignac, and Barsac, are grouped as the Sauternes-Barsac districts.
Sauternes are of golden colour soft, sweet and highly perfumed. They are ideal sweet light wines, warming and comforting without being
heady or bilious. The most famous of these,is the Chateau Yquem, which is in a class by itself.

The classification of Sauternes

Grand First Growth
Chateau
Yquem

Commune
Sauternes

First Growths
Chateau
La Tour-Blanche
Peyraguey
Lafaurie-Peyraguey
de Rayne-Vigneau
de Suduiraut
Coutet
Climens
Guiraud
Rieussec
Rabaud-Promis

Commune
Bommes
Bommes
Bommes
Bommes
Preignac
Barsac
Barsac
Sauternes
Fargues
Bommes

Second Growths
Chateau
de Myrat
Doisy
d'Arche
Filhot
Broustet-Nerac
Caillou
Suau
de Mal1e
Lamothe
La Montagne

Commune
Barsac
Barsac
Sauternes
Sauternes
Barsac
Barsac
Barsac
Preignac
Sauternes
Preignac

Leading growths of St. Emilion and Pomerol

Second Growths
Chateau
Ausone (Ier Grand Cru)
Belair (Ier Grand Cru)
Magdelaine (Ier Grand Cru)
Beausejour (Ier Grand Cru)
Canon La Gaf£eliere (Ier Cru)
Fonplegade (Ier Cru)
Pavie (ler Cru)
Coutet (Ier Cru)
Petrus (ler Cru)
Trotanoy (Ier Cru)
Nenin (ler Cru)
Roussillon
Pomys (Crfi Bourgeois Supe'rieur)

Commune
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
St. Emilion
Pomerol
Pomerol
Pomerol
Neac-Pomerol
St. Estephe