World-renowned eight chateaux in France

The home of red wine in France has eight famous chateaux, which are Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Margaux, Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Cheval Blanc, Chateau d'Ausonne, and Chateau Cubert, where the best red wines in France are produced.

French wine eight chateaux

As one of the old producing regions of France, its wine history is as long as the history of China's baijiu, with the development of Chinese society, the Chinese people's understanding of wine is also getting deeper and deeper, although the wine of the mouth dry, etc. Many people can not agree, but the wine is indeed step by step in the heart of us.

France has a lot of large and small estates, most of them have their own characteristics, including the eight great chateaux of wine but recognized by the people of the world, many of the top red wine but from among them! (Chateau Lafite Rothschild)

(Note, also known as Lafitte Manor in Chinese)

When it comes to Bordeaux wine, I believe that the most familiar to the public is Lafitte Manor. As early as 1855 at the Universal Exhibition, Lafite Chateau has been ranked first winery, Lafite red wine characteristics are balanced, smooth, strong oak flavor in the mouth, very unique. In addition to its signature red wine Lafite, the winery has also created a subsidiary brand LosVasco in Chile, which produces a large number of inexpensive red and white wines to actively expand the mass market. Chateau Latour

In French, Latour means "tower", and if you use the 60s and 70s to call it, Latuor is equivalent to "Tower" (named after a historic tower in the middle of the winery). ). Don't make fun of this name, in the minds of many small Bordeaux wine drinkers, it is the king of the king of wines! Because of Latour's robust and uncompromising style, Latour has become the preferred choice of some wine drinkers who originally loved strong wines but switched to red wines for health reasons, and Chateau Latour has become one of the most expensive First Growths due to its high number of wine drinkers. Chateau Haut-Brion

As early as 1855, Chateau Haut-Brion was so famous that its authority would be questioned if it were missing from the list of first growths. Chateau Haut-Bion is now owned by Americans. The estate also produces red wines with a special aroma of earth and minerals belonging to the Graves region, with a strong flavor and a lingering aftertaste. Chateau d'Aubignan is not only famous for its red wines, but also for its Haut-Brion Blanc white wine, which is recognized as one of the best white tartaric wines in Petit Bordeaux. Chateau Margaux

Margaux is one of the Bordeaux red wine regions, but it is also the name of the chateau. ChateauMargaux is the designated wine for French state banquets, and the winery that Chinese President Hu Jintao visited during his visit to Bordeaux, France, was Chateau Margaux, and the wine that Hu was given to taste at that time was 1982 ChateauMargaux. Chateau Margaux is a mature wine with a smooth texture, complex aromas and, in the best vintages, a floral bouquet of violets. If Latour is the "king" of the Médoc, then Chateau Margaux is the "queen". Chateau Mouton Rothschild

(Note: Hong Kong people like to call it Wu-Tang, if you say "Mouton" in Chinese, the general public almost do not understand anything)

"Mouton" is also called "Wu-Tang". "Mouton" is the transliteration of the French word Mouton, which originally means "sheep", and the winery was originally "Sheep Chateau", (based on the location of the winery was originally a hillside for shepherds to graze their sheep). It was only in 1973 that France made an exception to this rule. It was only in 1973 that France made an exception for Chateau Mouton Rothschild to be upgraded to the rank of Premier Cru, and so far it is the only chateau to have been so honored. The owner of Chateau Mouton Rothschild is very business minded. Not only does he produce millions of bottles of Mouton Cadet every year, but he also invites a world-renowned artist every year to design a label for his "signature wine", Mouton Rothschild, for that year. Because the label itself is of great artistic value, even if the wine is not good, the bottle alone is already a precious collector's item. It is said that it costs more than 500,000 RMB to collect a full set of Mouton wines from 1945 to the present. The characteristic of Mouton red wine is that after the bottle is opened, the quality and aroma of the wine changes a lot, usually with coffee and chocolate aroma. Chateau Ch Blanc

The 1947 vintage of ChBlanc is, in the minds of many professional tasters, the best Bordeaux wine in the last 100 years! In 1996, ChBlanc was ranked as "Premier Grand Cru" in the SaintEmilion ranking list, and the ChBlanc label is an elegant gold on white background, very much in line with the quality of the wine. As it matures, it develops a distinctive floral bouquet, and the wine is balanced and elegant. Chateau Ausone

In the 1996 SaintEmilion ranking, Chateau Ausone was the only one in the same class as Chateau Cheval Blanc. Chateau Ausone is also the least recognized of the eight wineries. In the mid-to-late 1990s, the new owner of the estate made a major reform of the winery, and imposed strict quality requirements on the wines. All grapes that do not meet the specifications are used to make SecondLabet, or are sold to other brewers to make low-grade table wine, so in recent years the annual production of the signature wine Ausone is less than 2,000 cases, which has become very precious. the characteristics of the Ausone is that it is resistant to storage, and it needs to age for a long period of time before drinking, and the wine has a thick texture, with the aroma of coffee and wooden barrels, which is very atmospheric. Petrus

Often the name of a chateau is preceded by the word Chateau, which means "chateau" - because most French chateaux have a beautiful house or chateau. Among the eight major Bordeaux chateaux, only Chateau Petrus does not have the title of Chateau, and the chateau does not have a beautiful house or chateau, but only a cottage, and the production of Petrus red wine is also very small, so its price is also the most expensive among the eight major wineries. However, the geology of Chateau Petrus is particularly favorable and contains a lot of minerals, so the wines of Chateau Petrus have the characteristics of both early-drinking and storage resistance. Although Chateau Petrus is not ranked, in the minds of wine drinkers, it is the king of red wines.

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