The World's Best: Top 15 Bordeaux Wines | Butterfield & Robinson butterfield.com

Bordeaux is the world’s largest fine wine region, and one with a rich history dating back to the Romans. The wonders of this region were introduced to the world following Henry II’s marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine; three centuries of courtly commerce with Great Britain ensured that claret was served at the finest foreign tables. (Even the Meiji Emperor of Japan, reigning in the 1800s, developed a taste for Sauternes!)

Bordeaux is the world’s largest fine wine region, and one with a rich history dating back to the Romans. The wonders of this region were introduced to the world following Henry II’s marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine; three centuries of courtly commerce with Great Britain ensured that claret was served at the finest foreign tables. (Even the Meiji Emperor of Japan, reigning in the 1800s, developed a taste for Sauternes!)