Saint-Emilion

Saint-Emilion is one of the largest wine producing regions in Bordeaux with 5,565 hectares under vine, producing more wine than Listrac, Moulis, St Estèphe, Pauillac, St Julien and Margaux combined. 

Merlot and Cabernet Franc are the dominant grapes that make St. Emilion wine.

Saint-Emilion wines are generous, warm and full-bodied with lovely crimson color. As they mature, they acquire a special, very agreeable and generous bouquet reminiscent of white pepper, red-fruit jam, spices and coffee. Getting older, they acquire a rich and silky roundness, they have been described as "the burgundies of the Bordeaux area".

The appellation is also surrounded by four satellite appellations, which enjoy a family similarity but not the complexity of the best wines.