1. the number one wine-chateau lafite Rothschild
in 1785, Thomas Jefferson, the drafter of the American declaration of independence and the third president of the United States, visited bordeaux to buy the most famous wine. In 1986, a bottle of Lafite wine with Jefferson's signature was auctioned at Christie's auction company in England, and it was sold for $156,. It was collected by Malcolm Forbes, the owner of Forbes magazine, and kept in the Forbes Collection on the first floor of Forbes Building in new york, and has maintained the highest auction price of wine so far.
Lafite-Rothschild winery is the most famous winery in Bordeaux, as well as the world's most famous winery and top wine. As early as the early 18th century, Lafite Winery was famous in Europe. In the classification officially recognized for the first time in the history of Bordeaux in 1855, Lafite winery ranked first in the first class, and its status has not changed so far. Lafite wine has always been at the top of the most collectible wines.
2. The oldest star-Chateau Haut-Brion of Obiang is one of the oldest wineries in Bordeaux. 48 years ago, wineries were surrounded by vineyards. With the urbanization brought by industrial revolution in europe, many vineyards disappeared in the expansion of Bordeaux, and Obiang stayed. Because Obiang Winery is closest to Bordeaux, grapes have always matured earliest in history, and the first grape picking marks the beginning of Bordeaux grape harvest season. It is the smallest among the "Top 5" in Bordeaux, but it is the earliest to become famous: April 23, 1525 is the birth day of Obiang Winery; The first record of wine named Obiang Winery was in 166, when the French king entertained guests with wine from Obiang. In 1855, in Bordeaux classification, Obiang winery was listed as a first-class winery.
3. Masculinity-Chateau La Tour in Latour
In 1714, the price of a barrel of Latour wine was 4-5 times that of ordinary Bordeaux wine, and it increased to 2 times in 1767. Although Latour wine has long been of high quality and high price, it has not hindered its continuous innovation. Today, except for the limestone building appearance of the original wine shop, the interior of the winery is all decorated in modern style and controlled by modern technology. All the walls of fermentation pits, oak barrels pits and bottling halls are decorated with anti-mildew materials, and the temperature and humidity are all automatically controlled. The traditional way of brewing is still maintained, but the brewing process is all automatically controlled.
4. Artist style —— Chateau Mouton Rothschild of Mutong Winery
What makes Mouton famous is the artistic wine label. In 1924, Baron Philip, the owner of Lao Zhuang, hired cubist artist Jean Kalou to design Mouton wine labels. By the victory of World War II in 1945, Mouton brewed the wine of the century and finally upgraded to a first-class winery. Philip decided to design a new wine label to celebrate. Since then, Mouton has hired artists to create wine labels every year. Since George Braque, a famous painter, specially created a wine label painting for Mouton, which was printed on the wine label with the same size as the original, it attracted the interest of the world famous paintings families. World famous painters such as salvador dali, a master of surrealism, and henry moore, a sculptor, began to write for Mouton. The most famous wine label was Picasso's "Dionysian Carnival" in 1973, which proudly showed the joy that wine brought to life.
5. Elegant style-Chateau Margaux of Margaux
Margaux, together with the above four wineries, is recognized as the top five wineries in Bordeaux. However, Margaux winery was listed as a prestigious "first-class" winery as early as the 17th century, two centuries earlier than the official classification in 1855. Like the architecture of the winery, Margaux winery is unique in the perfect combination of elegance, charm and grandeur.