Iconic and outstanding houses in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.
Merlot and Cabernet Franc meet clay and limestone here, producing wines that balance richness with structure—ripe fruit anchored by mineral grip and fine tannins that demand cellaring.
Region DNA
The character of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Based on 1,314 wines with structural data
Style profile
Tight, signature style across producers
FEM score distribution
Based on 536 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Château La Gaffelière
VisitSaint-Émilion Grand Cru is a wine region in France, home to 621 producers tracked on Femente, 156 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon, producing Bordeaux Saint-Émilion and Bordeaux Red wines with notes of Oak, Black fruit, and Earth.
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru?
- The most planted varieties in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Malbec, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Saint-Émilion Grand Cru known for?
- Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is known for Bordeaux Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux Red, and French Bordeaux Rosé wines and flavors of Oak, Black fruit, and Earth.
- How many wineries are in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru?
- Femente tracks 621 producers in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, of which 156 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Saint-Émilion Grand Cru?
- Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a wine region in France.
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Merlot and Cabernet Franc meet clay and limestone here, producing wines that balance richness with structure—ripe fruit anchored by mineral grip and fine tannins that demand cellaring.
Producers in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
- Château Barbeyron — undiscovered
- Château Fleur Cardinale — distinction
- Clos des Jacobins — distinction
- Château Sansonnet — distinction
- Château Carteau — honest
- Château Pavie Macquin — distinction
- Château Chante Alouette — honest
- Château Grand Corbin — distinction
- Château Pipeau — honest
- Château Cruzeau — distinction
- Château Cadet-Bon — distinction
- Château Cormeil-Figeac — distinction
- Château La Bonnelle — honest
- Château Fleur de Rol — undiscovered
- Château Simard — distinction
- Château de Ferrand — distinction
- Château Teyssier — distinction
- Château La Dominique — distinction
- Château Tour Baladoz — distinction
- Château Haut-Cadet — distinction
- Château La Grangére — distinction
- Château Grand Corbin-Despagne — distinction
- Château l'Arrosee — honest
- Château La Marzelle — distinction
- Château La Tour Figeac — distinction
- Château Trotte Vieille — distinction
- Château Matras — honest
- Château Lusseau — distinction
- Château de Candale — distinction
- Château Laniote — distinction
- Château Louvie — honest
- Vieux Chateau Pellean — distinction
- Château Haut Corbin — honest
- Château Haut Mazerat — undiscovered
- Château Bergat — honest
- Château Cantenac — distinction
- Château Cadet-Piola — honest
- Château Croque Michotte — distinction
- Château Trapaud — honest
- Château Pavie Decesse — distinction
- Château d'Arpey — undiscovered
- Château Les Gravières — honest
- Château La Clotte — distinction
- Château de Lescours — distinction
- Château Monbousquet — distinction
- Château Ferrand Lartigue — distinction
- Château Yon-Figeac — distinction
- Clos des Menuts — distinction
- Château Croix de Labrie — distinction
- Château Moulin du Cadet — distinction
- Château l'Hermitage — distinction
- Château de Guilhemanson — honest
- Château La Fleur du Casse — honest
- Le Lastau — honest
- Château Petit Bouquey — honest
- Château de l'Annonciation — distinction
- Château Tour Saint-Pierre — honest
- Château Magdelaine — distinction
- Château La Fleur Morange — distinction
- Château de Fonbel — distinction
- Château Moulin Dans Ho — undiscovered
- Château Vieux Clos St. Emilion — honest
- Château Figeac — distinction
- Château Puy-Blanquet — distinction
- Château Soutard — distinction
- Château Grand Mayne — distinction
- Château Rochebelle — distinction
- Château Laplagnotte-Bellevue — distinction
- Le Dome — critic
- Château Mondorion — distinction
- Château Fonplégade — distinction
- Château Petit Gravet — honest
- Château Larmande — distinction
- Château Grand-Pontet — distinction
- Château de Pressac — distinction
- Château Fonroque — distinction
- Château Ripeau — distinction
- Château Bellefont-Belcier — distinction
- Château La Rose-Trimoulet — honest
- Château Capet-Guillier — distinction
- Château Laroze — distinction
- Château Saint Martial — honest
- Château Villemaurine — distinction
- Château La Grace Dieu - Les Menuts — distinction
- Château Ausone — critic
- Château Pavie — distinction
- Château Troplong Mondot — distinction
- Château La Serre — distinction
- Château Berliquet — distinction
- Château Canon — distinction
- Château Petit Mangot — honest
- Château Pindefleurs — distinction
- Gracia — distinction
- Château Corbin — distinction
- Fleur Quercus — undiscovered
- Château Cheval Blanc — distinction
- Château La Croix Calendreau — honest
- Château Musset Chevalier — honest
- Châteaux Mazerat et Angélus — critic
- Château La Couspaude — distinction
- Château Grand Bert — honest
- Château Franc Pipeau — distinction
- Château Clos de Sarpe — distinction
- Château La Croix Younan — distinction
- Clos Fourtet — critic
- Château Franc Mayne — distinction
- Château Les Grandes Murailles — distinction
- Château du Cauze — honest
- Château La Commanderie — distinction
- Château Trimoulet — distinction
- Château Marquis de Mons — honest
- Chateau Mauvinon Bellevue — undiscovered
- Château Abelyce — distinction
- Château Puy Barbey — honest
- Château Fougueyrat — honest
- Château La Croizille — distinction
- Château Jacques Blanc — distinction
- Château du Roy — undiscovered
- Château Queyron — undiscovered
- Château Moulin Saint-Georges — distinction
- Château Roc de Boisseaux — distinction
- Couvent des Jacobins — distinction
- Clos de la Cure — honest
- Château La Clide — distinction
- Château Le Jurat — honest
- Château Petit Val — distinction
- Château Franc Lartigue — distinction
- Château Barde-Haut — distinction
- Château Jean Voisin Fagouet — honest
- Château Bouteville — undiscovered
- Château Touzinat — honest
- Château Franc Grace-Dieu — distinction
- Château Rocheyron — distinction
- Clos La Madeleine — distinction
- Château Guadet — distinction
- Château Brun — honest
- Château Corbin-Michotte — distinction
- Château Capet — honest
- Château Roylland — distinction
- Château Pas de l'Ane — distinction
- Château d'Arcole — honest
- Château Villhardy — honest
- Le Petit Pas — undiscovered
- Château Petit Faurie de Soutard — distinction
- Château de la Cour — distinction
- Chateau Sanctus — distinction
- JCP Maltus — distinction
- Château Morillon — honest
- Château Péby Faugères — distinction
- Clos Dubreuil — distinction
- l'Eglise d'Armens — honest
- Château Tour Grand Faurie — distinction
- Château Haut Rocher — distinction
- Les Erables — undiscovered
- La Couronne de Napoléon — undiscovered
- Château Cote de Baleau — distinction
- Château Laporte — undiscovered
- Château Le Castelot — honest
- Château Lafon La Tuilerie — honest
- Château Grand Corbin les Anges — undiscovered
- Château l'Hermitage Lescours — honest
- Château la Croix Mazeran — honest
- Château Grand Corbin Manuel — distinction
- Château des Menuts — undiscovered
- Château Tertre Daugay — distinction
- Château Beausejour (héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse) — distinction
- Château La Cure Lescours — distinction
- Château Queyron Pindefleurs — honest
- Clos des Baies — distinction
- Mallo Père et Fils — honest
- Château La Confession — distinction
- Château Pontet (FR) — undiscovered
- Château Magnan La Gaffelière — honest
- Château Fombrauge — distinction
- Château Grand Baillarge — undiscovered
- Château Belair-Monange — critic
- Château La Fleur — distinction
- Château Canon-La-Gaffelière — distinction
- Château Saint Georges Côte Pavie — distinction
- La Mondotte — distinction
- Château Coutet — distinction
- Clos de l'Oratoire — distinction
- Château Roc de Candale — honest
- Château des Rêves — undiscovered
- Château Franc Patarabet — honest
- Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs - Art Russe — undiscovered
- Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs — distinction
- Château Cardinal Villemaurine — distinction
- Château Jean Faure — distinction
- Château Vieux Larmande — honest
- Château La Fleur d'Arthus — distinction
- Château le Calicé — honest
- Clos Systey — undiscovered
- Château Les Remparts — undiscovered
- Clos Trimoulet — honest
- Domaine de Vachon — undiscovered
- Clos Villemaurine — honest
- Château Tour du Vieux Castel — undiscovered
- Chateau les Moines — undiscovered
- Chevalier des Anges — undiscovered
- Château La Chapelle Despagnet — honest
- Château Béard La Chapelle — distinction
- Château Angelus — critic
- Château La Gomerie — distinction
- Château La Fagnouse — honest
- Château Haut-Sarpe — distinction
- Château La Tour du Pin Figeac — distinction
- Château Haut-Plantey — honest
- Château Saint-Lô — honest
- Château Laroque — distinction
- Château Gros Caillou — distinction
- Château du Barry — honest
- Château Rocher Bellevue Figeac — honest
- Château Milens — distinction
- Exclusive — undiscovered
- Château Bouquey — honest
- Château Bellevue Figeac — honest
- Château La Grave Figeac — honest
- Château Chauvin — distinction
- Château Milon — honest
- Château Grand Destieu — honest
- Château Beau-Sejour Becot — distinction
- Château Haut-Brisson — distinction
- Château Cap de Mourlin — distinction
- Château Mangot — distinction
- Château Palais Cardinal — distinction
- Château Jean Voisin — distinction
- Château Haut-Segottes — honest
- Château Pontet Plaisance — honest
- Château Patris — distinction
- Château Armens — distinction
- Château Magnan-Figeac — distinction
- Château Faugères — distinction
- Domaine de la Part des Anges — undiscovered
- Château Cantin — distinction
- Château Valandraud — critic
- Château Tour Saint-Christophe — distinction
- Château Quinault l'Enclos — distinction
- Château Saint-Arnaud — distinction
- Château Haut Gros Caillou — honest
- Château Tertre Roteboeuf — distinction
- Vignobles Pueyo — honest
- Château Cheval Noir — honest
- Château La Gaffelière — distinction
- Vignobles Leydet — distinction
- Château Montlabert — distinction
- Château Moulin de Lagnet — distinction
- Château Piney — honest
- Clos Junet — distinction
- Château Fonrazade — honest
- Château Saint-Domingue — distinction
- Château Pontet — honest
- Château Lucia — distinction
- Château Cherubin — honest
- Château Clos Saint Emilion Philippe — honest
- Château de Set — honest
- Château Arnaud de Jacquemeau — honest
- Château Petit Bois La Garelle — honest
- Château Moulin Bellegrave — honest
- Château Petit Fombrauge — distinction
- Clos Dalmasso — honest
- Vignobles Pilotte Audier — undiscovered
- Château Daugay — distinction
- Clos des Prince — distinction
- Château Yon — honest
- Château Lalande de Gravet — distinction
- Château Mauvinon — distinction
- Château Grand Lartigue — honest
- Domaine de la Vieille Eglise — honest
- Château Haut Veyrac — distinction
- Château Badette — distinction
- Château La Croix Meunier — honest
- Château Côte Puyblanquet — honest
- Château Hautes Graves d'Arthus — honest
- Roc Maubras — undiscovered
- Château Caillou d'Arthus — honest
- Château Vignot — distinction
- Château Tour Puyblanquet — honest
- Clos Saint-Vincent — distinction
- Château Maro de Saint Amant — honest
- Château Larcis Ducasse — distinction
Restaurants in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Restaurants in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru