Bordeaux wine map

Two châteaux, a few hundred metres apart, making wines that argue about everything. In Bordeaux the answer is almost always the bank you are standing on. This Bordeaux wine map lays the whole region out on one wall, drawn to scale, so the left bank, the right bank and the communes between them finally make sense.

It is the map we reach for whenever the podcast turns to claret: a quick way to see why a Pauillac and a Pomerol read like different ideas of the same grapes, or where Sauternes hides along the Garonne.

Every Bordeaux appellation on one wall

The Gironde estuary and the Garonne and Dordogne rivers split the region in two, and the map follows that line, with each appellation outlined to scale and its grapes alongside:

• Left Bank, the Médoc (Cabernet Sauvignon-led blends): Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux, plus Listrac-Médoc and Moulis, then the wider Haut-Médoc and Médoc
• Left Bank, Graves and Pessac-Léognan: reds and dry whites just south of the city
• Right Bank (Merlot-led): Saint-Émilion and its satellites (Montagne, Lussac, Puisseguin, Saint-Georges), Pomerol, Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac, and the Côtes of Bourg, Blaye, Castillon and Francs
• Sweet whites: Sauternes and Barsac, where Sémillon and Sauvignon catch noble rot
• Dry whites and everyday reds: Entre-Deux-Mers, Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur

Trace the D2 up the Médoc, see how close Pomerol sits to Saint-Émilion, or find the pocket where botrytis turns Sémillon into Sauternes. It rewards a long look.

What’s actually on the map

This is a reference piece, not just décor. It carries:

• Every appellation, left bank and right, outlined and colour-coded
• The Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne, because in Bordeaux the gravel and the great vineyards follow the water
• The grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec for the reds, Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle for the whites
• The classifications that shape the region: the 1855 Classification for the Médoc and Sauternes, the Saint-Émilion classification, the Crus Bourgeois, and the Graves classification
• The headline number: Bordeaux is the largest fine-wine region in France, roughly 110,000 hectares of vines

Printed to last

We print on 200 gsm uncoated matte, archival paper with a soft, premium feel and no glare under a lamp. The inks are giclée-quality and fade-resistant, so it still looks right years from now. It arrives rolled, ready for any standard 50 x 70 cm frame.

Every map is printed on demand and shipped from the production facility nearest you, so nothing sits in a warehouse and shipping stays short.

Made for the room where you actually drink wine

It looks at home above the dining table, in the kitchen, along a hallway, or over the rack in a wine cellar. The labelling is French, the way Bordeaux names its own crus, which is part of the charm.

If you are still learning the bank by heart, our guide to Bordeaux’s wine classifications and our visit to Château Haut-Bailly in Pessac-Léognan are good companions.

Pair it with our other wine maps

Want the bigger picture, or another region in close-up? We also make detailed maps of France, Burgundy and the Champagne vineyards. They hang beautifully as a set.