Find a wine
Find a wine

filter by flavour

flavor    [advanced]

  • fruity

    • apple
    • apricot
    • banana
    • berry
    • cherry
    • citrus
    • currant
    • dark fruit
    • dried fruit
    • gooseberry
    • grape
    • lychee
    • passion fruit
    • peach
    • plum
    • strawberry
    • tangarine
    • tropical fruit

  • floral

    • floral

  • spicy

    • spice

  • veg

    • herbal
    • olive
    • tomato

  • earthy

    • cheese
    • earth
    • leather
    • licorice
    • meat
    • mineral
    • petrol
    • smoke
    • tobacco

  • caramelized

    • butter
    • caramel
    • cedar
    • chocolate
    • honey
    • nut
    • toast
    • vanilla

  • others

    • acidic
    • alcohol
    • cooked
    • crisp
    • dry
    • rich
    • semi-dry
    • sweet
    • tannin
    • thin

filter by characteristic

type
body
varietal
origin

rating

cost

filter by location

only find wines available in

cost

Cost is mostly determined by where you are so we have decided to use a very general pricing system. Exact costs in your area can be found on individual wine pages:
$ less than US$10
$$ between US$10-20
$$$ between US$20-50
$$$$ between US$50-100
$$$$$ over US$101

rating

Members of the-wine-guide can vote on the overall quality of a wine and a wine's rating is an average of the votes. You should view this as a rule of thumb. Like a movie review, you may love one film for certain qualities but someone else watching the exact same film may loth it for the same reasons. If a three star wine has a flavor profile that appeals to you, you should give it a shot. But you may want to give one star wines with many votes a miss.

flavor

Flavor profile of a wine. These are determined by votes, users of the-wine-guide chose what flavors they think are in the wine, the top 5 voted flavors will come out on top

origin

The place where a wine is grown. The place of origin is important because like coffee, a grape varietal will pick up distinct set of flavor characteristics based on the soil or climate of the region it is grown in. In Europe this is called terroir, and it is considered so important it is the foundation of their entire naming system.

varietal(s)

A varietal is the type of grape used to make the wine. Each varietal of grape has its own climate that it likes to grow in and a distinct flavor. The type of grape used to make a wine is largely responsible for how a wine will taste. So a bottle of Cabernet from California will have similar characteristics to a Cab from South Africa.

type

The type of wine. A wine can be red, white, rose, dessert (includes ports and other fortified wines, late harvest, ice wine, and anything else sweet), sparkling (includes Champagne), sparkling rose, sparkling red

body

The 'mouth-feel' of a wine. Can range from light, medium to full-bodied. A full bodied wine would be very rich, heavy and dense in character like a dark earl grey tea or a steak dinner. A light bodied wine would be refreshing like chrysanthemum tea or a salad.

The 1855 Classification

(wine 101, classification, 1885, chateau, old world wines)

by The Wine Guide

The most famous classification of French wines, the 1855 Classification was created to rank all of the Chateau in the Médoc and one vineyard from Graves, Chateau Haut-Brion, according to quality. A group of merchants were tasked with this endeavor, and they decided that the best way to rank the Chateau was to look at the prices each Chateau had fetched over the past 100 years or so. The most expensive Chateau became First Growths, and the rest were split up into Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Growths or Crus. This system has held up remarkably well over the years, but it's starting to show it's age. Some Chateau included in the 1855 have expanded their properties, upgraded their equipment or pushed to increase the quality of their product. As a result the prices, and generally regarded quality of some Fifth Growth wines now exceed that of Second Growths. However this classification has never been changed, and doesn't look to be changed anytime soon, with one exception. Chateau Mouton Rothschild, after decades of legal battles with the French authority, was finally upgraded from Second Growth to First Growth status in 1973.

First Growths (Premiers or 1er Crus)

Château Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
Château Latour, Pauillac
Château Margaux, Margaux
Château Haut-Brion, Graves
Château Mouton Rothschild, Haut-Médoc

Second Growths (Seconds Crus)

Château Rauzan-Ségla, Margaux
Château Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux
Château Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien
Château Léoville-Poyferré, Saint-Julien
Château Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien
Château Durfort-Vivens, Margaux
Château Gruaud-Larose, Saint-Julien
Château Lascombes, Margaux
Château Brane-Cantenac, Margaux
Château Pichon Longueville Baron, Pauillac (commonly known as Pichon Baron)
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac (commonly known as Pichon Lalande or Pichon Comtesse)
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien
Château Cos d'Estournel, Saint-Estèphe
Château Montrose, Saint-Estèphe

Third Growths (Troisièmes Crus)

Château Kirwan, Margaux
Château d'Issan, Margaux
Château Lagrange, Saint-Julien
Château Langoa Barton, Saint-Julien
Château Giscours, Margaux
Château Malescot Saint Exupéry, Margaux
Château Cantenac-Brown, Margaux
Château Boyd-Cantenac, Margaux
Château Palmer, Margaux
Château La Lagune, Haut-Medoc
Château Desmirail, Margaux
Château Calon-Ségur, Saint-Estèphe
Château Ferrière, Margaux
Château Marquis d'Alesme Becker, Margaux

Fourth Growths (Quatrièmes Crus)

Château Saint-Pierre, Saint-Julien
Château Talbot, Saint-Julien
Château Branaire-Ducru, Saint-Julien
Château Duhart-Milon-Rothschild, Pauillac
Château Pouget, Margaux
Château La Tour Carnet, Haut-Médoc
Château Lafon-Rochet, Saint-Estèphe
Château Beychevelle, Saint-Julien
Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux
Château Marquis de Terme, Margaux

Fifth Growths (Cinquièmes Crus)

Château Pontet-Canet, Pauillac
Château Batailley, Pauillac
Château Haut-Batailley, Pauillac
Château Haut-Bages-Libéral, Pauillac
Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac
Château Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac
Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac
Château Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac
Château Dauzac, Margaux
Château d'Armailhac, Pauillac
Château du Tertre, Margaux
Château Pédesclaux, Pauillac
Château Belgrave, Haut-Médoc
Château de Camensac, Haut-Médoc
Château Cos Labory, Saint-Estèphe
Château Clerc-Milon, Pauillac
Château Croizet Bages, Pauillac
Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc

User Comments (0)

+ add your comment

  • total number of wines 5560
  • percentage tasted 36.56%
  • number of outlets 153

© 2010 the wine guide. All rights reserved.
BYKOBO |