When it comes to blended wines, it's hard to ignore Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Mix not only produce some of the world's most popular wines, but also lead the way in emerging wine regions around the world. The reason is simple, Bordeaux blends offer a near-perfect combination for discerning wine lovers: Cabernet Sauvignon brings structure and skeleton, Merlot brings body, Cabernet Franc brings floral aromas, Malbec brings tannins, which is why more and more appellations are imitating Bordeaux blends.
According to Searcher's search data, searches for Bordeaux blends have grown by around 8% globally over the past year. In the United States, the world's largest wine market, search volume increased by 11%. Growth in Bordeaux, on the other hand, has been relatively stagnant.
Bordeaux blends start in Bordeaux but are carried forward in major regions around the world. Bordeaux's five first-class wineries are naturally the most famous, so Wine Searcher went out of Bordeaux to focus on more wine-producing countries and regions around the world, and selected the 10 most popular Bordeaux blends in 2022 based on search volume.
TOP 10 Silver Oak Cellars
Silver Oak Winery
Region: Napa Valley, USA
The average WS score is 89 and the international average pre-tax rate is 145$
Silver Oaks Silver Oak has always been accompanied by hardship and trial and error in its development. The silver oak winery, which dates back to the late 1960s and was officially established in 1972, has always been known for its outstanding single variety of Cabernet, even with "Life is a Cabernet" as its slogan. After trying the Bordeaux blend, it also achieved good results. In order to guarantee quality, they are committed to aging all wine, first in American oak barrels for 24 months or more, and in bottles for 15-20 months before being marketed.
TOP 9 Antinori Tenuta Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore
Super Bulgari at the Anthony Family Trail Discovery Park
Region: Tuscany, Italy
The average WS score is 93 and the international pre-tax average is 127$
Known as Italy's "wine magnate", the Anthony family is one of the oldest wine families in the world, and the Anthony family has many wineries and vineyards in different appellations. The Trail Discovery Park is located on the rolling hills near the coast of the Bulgari Amphitheater, which provides vineyards with plenty of sea breezes, temperatures and sunny weather. At the same time, the impact soil is rich in sandy clay, silty clay and rock sediment, resulting in unique terroir characteristics.
TOP 8 Sena, Aconcagua Valley
Xenia
Region: Chile Aconcagua Valley
The average WS score is 94 and the international average before tax is 129$
Xenia's story began with the dream of "creating a wine that fully demonstrates Chile's potential", allowing the winery to become one of the world's top wines in the long river of time. Guided by intuition and supported by family traditions, Eduardo Chawick teamed up with the legendary Robert Montaveld to create the first vintage wine in 1995, named Seña Xenia, which symbolizes "sign" and "signal".
Synia is modeled on a Bordeaux blend, highlighting the Chilean character. The winery is deeply rooted in biodynamic methods, and the wine truly expresses the vineyard terroir of the Aconcagua Valley.
TOP 7 Vina Almaviva, Puente Alto
Living souls
Region: Upper Puente, Chile
The average WS score is 93 and the average international pre-tax rate is 172$
Literally, in Spanish "alma" means "soul, life", which together means "living soul". It is said that Chile has a unique climate, water and soil, and is a wine-making paradise, but the wine produced cannot get rid of the label of "cheap", and Manna Winery is determined to break this strange theory. They recognize that there is no problem with the quality of Chilean wines, what is missing is the soul that is the finishing touch. Therefore, the winery invited baron Rothschild, a unique "soul figure" in the red wine industry, to Chile to work together, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement to create a living soul winery known as Chile's "wine king".
TOP 6 Ridge Monte Bello
Ridge Winery MonteBello
Region: Santa Cruz Hills, USA
The average WS score is 95 and the average international pre-tax rate is 262$
At the 1976 blind tasting meeting in Paris, the fledgling American wines fought back perfectly, and the California Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon defeated the self-proclaimed great French wines, and many American wines stood out, including the Ridge Winery, which ranked fifth, second only to the Luyue Cellars, Mouton Winery, Houber King Winery and Rosehill Estate, which showed its extraordinary strength. The Bordeaux blend is a ruby red colour with aromas of blackberry, fennel and violet, fine tannins, complex structure and excellent quality, and is often highly praised by major wine critics and wine critics.
TOP 5 Joseph Phelps Vineyards Insignia
Joseph Phelps Winery
Region: Napa Valley, USA
The average WS score is 94 and the international average pre-tax rate is 279$
Joseph Phelps Winery was founded in 1972 by joseph Phelps, a builder who later started a wine business in Napa Valley. Mr. Phelps was a pioneer in the Napa Valley, one of the people who discovered the potential of grape varieties from the Rhône Valley in France in the Napa Valley, and was one of the first producers to produce Bordeaux-style wines in the Napa Valley. The following year, the winery unveiled the winery's signature wine "badge", which is a blockbuster, which is a typical Bordeaux blend, which adjusts the proportion of varieties every year, and is considered to be the most attractive and complex of California's Cabernet Sauvignon blends.
TOP 4 Harlan Estate
Harran Winery
Region: Napa Valley, USA
The average WS score is 94 and the international average pre-tax rate is 1417$
The large garage winery Harlan Winery was established in 1984 and is located in the western mountains of Oak Village in Napa, the heart of napa Valley, across the oak village from the famous Howling Eagle Winery, on a hillside not far east of the Howling Eagle Winery. The Harlan winery covers an area of 97 hectares and stretches like a horseshoe from the west side of Martha's vineyard to the first ridge of Meyakamas at an altitude of 225 to 1,225 feet. Deep in colour, with fruity and floral aromas, château Harlan is strong and restrained, with a strong texture and a potential for at least 20 years of ageing. The best years are: 1991, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2007.
TOP 3 Dominus Estate
Dominas Winery
Region: Napa Valley, USA
The average WS score is 95 and the international average before tax is 325$
Like Château Patus, Château Dominus is owned by the Moueix family, the pioneer of Bordeaux's right bank, and is another top-notch estate created by the family in the Napa Valley.
Rooted on the right bank of Bordeaux, the Moyck family is a family known for its Merlot, and in the Napa Valley, the Moyck family showcases their art of Cabernet Sauvignon. Château Dominas has launched two Cabernet Sauvignon-based blends, namely Château Dominus Red wine and Dominus Château Napanuk Red Wine. These wines are both purely and purely expressing the characteristics of the enchanting Napa Valley, as well as French characteristics.
TOP 2 Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore
Onaya Super Bulgari
Region: Tuscany, Italy
The average WS score is 94 and the international average before tax is 242$
One of the 4 great elegances of Italy, the anti-culmination of Super Tuscany. Onaya Winery was founded in 1981 with the overarching insistence on producing wines of exceptional quality. The passion and focus on wine quality, unique terroir and unique microclimate have resulted in Aonaya's acclaimed wines and placed it in an important position among the world's greatest estates.
TOP 1 Opus One
Op. 1
Region: Napa Valley, USA
The average WS score is 94 and the international average before tax is 414$
At the first Napa Valley Wine Auction in 1981, the joint venture sold for $24,000 in single cases — the highest price for a California-produced wine. In 1982, The California "Godfather of Wine" Robert Mondavi and baron Philip Rothschild, owner of the 1855 First Class Mouton Estate, began to design the trademark, Baron Philip announced that his choice was musically denoted the composer's first masterpiece "Opus", and 2 days later he added a word to form "Opus One", indicating that the winery was the first masterpiece of their collaboration.
Due to the super popularity of the first work, it will always be at the top of the list. The Bordeaux blend that jumps out of this article is currently eighth in the overall search ranking on the WS website (about 14 million wines) and is one of only two non-French wines in the top ten (the other being Szczgaya).
The distribution of the appellations on the list is interesting, with the United States occupying 6 spots and Italy and Chile occupying the other 4, which also illustrates the relative advantage of these appellations in growing the aforementioned "Bordeaux blends". At the same time, the most impressive thing about these wines is the consistency. Over the past 10 years, their prices, popularity, or even production have not fluctuated dramatically. Perhaps this is another reason why everyone loves Bordeaux blends.