1. La Romanee Conti (Recommended vintage: 1997)

La Romanee Conti is France's top wine estate, and is even widely regarded as the world's top red wine estate. This superb vineyard, at the heart of the Cotedenuits sub-appellation of the Burgundy appellation, is enough on its own to elevate the Burgundy region to a position alongside Bordeaux.

The Romanee-Conti vineyard covers an area of about 1.805 hectares, and under meticulous cultivation, the yield of the vineyard is extremely low, with an average of 10,000 grapes planted per hectare, and an annual output of 2,500 liters, which is almost one bottle of wine for every three grapes planted on average, and an average of 6,000 bottles of wine per year, which is less than 1/50th of the output of Lafite Rothschild's vineyards. The area of Petitgrain is 6 times larger than that of Romanee-Conti, but the output is 10 times larger.

Romanée-Conti was officially designated a Grand Cru on September 11, 1936, and its grapes are noble. In addition, the grapes in the vineyard are of the noble Pinot Noir variety, and Romanee-Conti presents all the charming qualities of Pinot Noir in a perfect way: rich and persistent aromas, refined and full-bodied, with fine and powerful tannins, balanced and condensed, and a velvety texture of softness and elegance, almost all of the virtues of top-quality Pinot Noir in one wine.

2, Chateau Patrice (recommended year: 1998)

Patrice is ranked in the Bordeaux region of the eight chateaux of the first, is the current Bordeaux best quality, the most expensive king of the king of the wine. Its great quality is characterized by the royal style of the wine.

World-class wines must have the markets of London and New York. And to become the world's first-class superb wine, must get the favor of Buckingham Palace and the White House. 40's early, Elizabeth II's wedding banquet on the Pétrus has become the royal aristocrats in the arms of the thing. To 1947 Queen Elizabeth's wedding banquet, Petrus once again become the Queen's favorite.

Pertus is a very stable wine, and only Merlot survives on the plateau, which is covered with high iron soils. The Merlot vines are all over 70 years old, with exceptionally sweet fruit, and are harvested by hand, carefully by the bucketload, in the afternoon to avoid the morning dew that can affect the sugar content, and all aged in new oak barrels.

3, Ripon Chateau (recommended vintage: 1999)

Ripon Chateau (Château Le Pin) is located in the middle of the plateau of Pomerol (Pomerol) is a small vineyard. Pomerol is on the right bank of the Gironde estuary in Bordeaux.

Nonetheless, Chateau Ripon's wines are still priced at the same level as the finest Bordeaux wines. The venerated Ripon wines were the first of the "petit wines" or micro wines to be collected. These wines turned the traditional categorization of wine on its head.

Chateau Ripon's wine is a wine made more in the manner of California and Australia than a traditional Bordeaux. It is fruity and very full-bodied. It's often described as "off the charts" and "happy-go-lucky".

The wines from Chateau Ripon are medium-bodied with delicate tannins and a fruity finish. They are ready to drink young, but really peak as great wines about 15 years after the mature vintage. Because these wines are so flamboyant and showy, they often overpower the flavors of the food they're paired with, rather than being enjoyed in tandem with it.

4, Chateau Latour (recommended vintage: 1990)

Chateau Latour (Chateau Latour) is a national treasure of France, located in the village of Bordeaux Pauillac (Pauillac) in the south of the village of Bordeaux, a relatively high terrain of gravel riverbanks. The estate has 107.5 acres of vineyards and the average age of the plants is 35 years. The estate grows about 10,000 vines per hectare and produces about 20,000 cases of wine per year. Chateau Latour is also one of the wineries classified as Premier Grand Cru Classé in the 1855 classification system.

Chateau Latour is located in the village of Pauillac in the Médoc sub-appellation, 50 kilometers northwest of Bordeaux, with unique climate and soil conditions. The vineyards cover 65 hectares, 47 of which are in the center of the territory, called Enclos, where Chateau Latour's Grand Vin comes from. The wine is aged for 18 months in new oak barrels. The grape varieties are predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon (about 75%) and Merlot (20%). The tannins are rich and usually take decades to ripen.

5. Chateau Valandraud (Recommended vintage: 1995)

Chateau Valandraud is one of the most important garage wine regions. Like Chateau La Mondeau, Chateau Valandraud is also very pocket-sized, and its owners give it their all. Comprised of 10 small parcels of land totaling 35 acres, Chateau Valandraud Saint-Emilion 1995 is made with great care and is produced in very small quantities, which makes it very expensive. Intense tannic flavors are complemented by layers of spice; it is more intense than the wines of later vintages.

6, Chateau La Mondeau (recommended year: 1996)

Chateau La Mondeau is located on the right bank of Bordeaux, France, in the eastern highlands of the St. Emilion appellation, although the chateau does not belong to one of the eight great chateaux of Bordeaux, it is the most dazzling of a star chateau in the St. Emilion region. Its wines are also among the most expensive in Bordeaux, with prices far exceeding those of Chateau Cheval Blanc and Chateau d'Ausone, the two kings of St. Emilion, and catching up with the traditional five great chateaux.

Chateau Lamondeau's vineyard is a tiny one, just 4.5 hectares. It is planted with 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc. The average age of the vines is 50 years. Chateau La Mondeau's vineyards are biodynamically cultivated. This is done without the use of any chemical herbicides or pesticides, and with a return to farming - the aim being to develop winegrowing into a more ecologically respectful industry, and never in pursuit of purely marketable profits.

7, Mouton Rothschild (recommended vintage: 1986)

Mouton Rothschild is located in Bordeaux, France, Pauillac (Pauillac) on a hill. Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Lafite Rothschild are just a stone's throw away.

Mouton has an alcohol content of 12.5%, a thick body, plenty of tannins, rich and harmonious, with an elusive charm, is a wine that has stood the test of time, especially with the 1945 Mouton has the reputation of "a hundred years".

Mouton Rothschild's style is quite different, between Lafite and Latour, especially its aroma is very unique, with a strong coffee flavor, coffee-loving friends will be particularly fond of. In some of the better vintages, Mouton Rothschild is quite full-bodied and has a long aftertaste, with a pure, unadulterated wine that gives a very elegant feeling. However, in poorer vintages, the style of the wine becomes mediocre and unremarkable. Mouton Rothschild lacks stability, surprising people when it's good and mediocre when it's bad, because of this characteristic that makes wine drinkers love it and hate it.

8, Chateau Haut-Brion (recommended vintage: 1982)

Chateau Haut-Brion is just outside of Bordeaux. Chateau Haut-Brion is not just a winery that produces top-quality red and white wines, but a poem, a painting full of poetic feelings. From the door of the winery, sitting in the movie room with crimson velvet curtains, the feeling is exquisite elegance and poetry.

The winemaking at Chateau Haut-Brion is quite traditional. The grapes are hand-picked, selectively picked by pickers and then picked on a selection table on a mobile truck before being delivered to the winery. After crushing, the grapes go into fermentation vats to begin fermentation, without pre-fermentation maceration, and post-fermentation maceration. The new wines are destemmed and then barrel-incubated, usually in 75% new oak barrels with a light-medium level of oak toasting, and the wines are incubated for 15-18 months. Haut-Brion works with a barrel company to make the barrels at the chateau in order to better match the details of the barrels required by the chateau. The barrels are traditionally emptied once every three months, clarified with egg whites and filtered before bottling. Final bottling.

9, Chateau Margaux (recommended vintage: 1995)

Chateau Margaux (Chateau Margaux) is one of the top five French wine estates. Margaux has a feminine rhythm in French, and Chateau Margaux wines are known for their elegance, delicacy and gentleness.

It is almost black in color, and at first glance looks like ink. It has a nose of blackberries and cassis, and is smooth and lively, with heavy, delicate fruit. Chateau Margaux has a 1,000-year history and a reputation for excellence in the wine world. 1995 Chateau Margaux has not only the complexity of Chateau Margaux 1986, but also the elegance of Chateau Margaux 1990. 1994 Chateau Margaux is also very expensive. The 1994 Chateau Margaux is also very expensive.

10, Chateau Lafitte (recommended year: 1996)

Chateau Lafitte was founded in 1763. Located on the "first slopes of Bordeaux", it was named after the plateau on the right bank of the Garonne River: the word "Lafitte" meant "hill" at the time.

Wine lovers know that Bordeaux graded the region's great chateaux in 1855. At that time, they selected 61 of the finest chateaux from a star-studded list of estates, called the Grand Cru Classe. The 61 were divided into 5 levels. Among them, there are four in the first level, they are Chateau Lafite (Chateau Lafite), Chateau Latour (Chateau Latour), Chateau Margaux (Chateau Margaux) and the red face of the Chateau Haut - Brion (Chateau Haut - Brion). And of the four, Lafite ranks first.

Expanded:

The world's famous red wine wineries have given birth to countless top-notch red wines, and those luxurious tastes and mellow aromas have made countless red wine lovers crazy about them for years to come.

Red wine is a generic term for wine, and does not necessarily refer specifically to red wine. There are many ways to categorize red wine. In terms of the color of the finished product, it can be divided into three categories: red wine, white wine and pink wine. Red wines can be subdivided into dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet red wines, while white wines can be subdivided into dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet and sweet white wines.

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