Bordeaux develops complexity with age like no other wine

Bordeaux is the largest fine-wine producing region on the planet and produces around 700m bottles of wine from its 120,000 hectares, says Leslie Williams.

The Languedoc-Roussillon is larger but remember that a large portion of what the Languedoc produces is shipped in tankers.

Almost all of what Bordeaux produces is sold in a bottle with a chateau name (an actual ‘chateau’ may or may not exist).