Wine producers
The canonical reference for 21 producers covering the wine world's most editorially significant estates, houses, and maisons. From Château Margaux and Domaine de la Romanée-Conti to Opus One, Penfolds Grange, and Catena's high-altitude Malbec.
Producers
21
Countries
5
Foundational
18
Flagship wines tracked
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France
51 producersFrench wine producers — the Bordeaux First Growths, Burgundy's most legendary estate, the Sauternes reference, Champagne prestige, and Northern Rhône flagship.
France
Established
Billecart-Salmon
One of the few remaining family-owned grandes maisons, founded in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ in 1818 and celebrated for its delicate, age-worthy rosé.
Billecart-Salmon Brut Réserve · Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé
France
Foundational
Champagne Bollinger
One of the last independent, family-owned grandes maisons of Champagne, founded in Aÿ in 1829 and famed for its rich, Pinot Noir-driven, oak-fermented style.
Special Cuvée · La Grande Année
France
Landmark
Château Angélus
A Saint-Émilion icon owned for generations by the Boüard de Laforest family, Angélus makes opulent, Cabernet Franc-rich wines from a famed amphitheatre of vines.
Château Angélus · Le Carillon d'Angélus
France
Foundational
Château Ausone
A tiny, revered Saint-Émilion estate on steep limestone slopes, Ausone makes some of the Right Bank's rarest and longest-lived wines from Cabernet Franc and Merlot.
Château Ausone · Chapelle d'Ausone
France
Established
Château Canon
A walled Saint-Émilion estate on the limestone plateau, owned since 1996 by the Wertheimer family of Chanel and known for elegant, finely structured wines.
Château Canon · Clos de Canon
France
Foundational
Château Cheval Blanc
First-tier Saint-Émilion estate (Premier Grand Cru Classé A), famed for a Cabernet Franc–led blend on a gravel-and-clay terroir.
Château Cheval Blanc · Le Petit Cheval
France
Landmark
Château Cos d'Estournel
A Saint-Estèphe Second Growth famed for its exotic pagoda-topped chai, founded by the 'Maharajah of Saint-Estèphe' and owned since 2000 by Michel Reybier.
Château Cos d'Estournel (Grand Vin) · Les Pagodes de Cos
France
Landmark
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
A benchmark Saint-Julien Second Growth prized for its elegance, precision and consistency, sitting among the appellation's finest.
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou · La Croix de Beaucaillou
France
Foundational
Château Figeac
A historic Saint-Émilion estate famed for its gravel terroir and unusually high Cabernet Sauvignon content, family-owned since the 19th century.
Château Figeac · Petit-Figeac
France
Foundational
Château Haut-Brion
The only First Growth outside the Médoc, a Pessac-Léognan estate near the city of Bordeaux with nearly 500 years of history, owned by the Dillon family since 1935.
Château Haut-Brion (red grand vin) · Château Haut-Brion Blanc (white)
France
Foundational
Château Lafite Rothschild
A Pauillac First Growth and one of Bordeaux's five Premier Grand Cru Classé estates, owned by the Rothschild family since 1868 and prized for its elegant, age-worthy Cabernet-dominant reds.
Château Lafite Rothschild (grand vin) · Carruades de Lafite (second wine)
France
Foundational
Château Latour
A Pauillac First Growth famed for powerful, structured, exceptionally long-lived Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines, owned since 1993 by François Pinault's Groupe Artémis.
Château Latour (grand vin) · Les Forts de Latour (second wine)
France
Landmark
Château Lynch-Bages
A beloved Pauillac Fifth Growth famous for delivering opulent, rich Cabernet at a level many consider well above its classification.
Château Lynch-Bages · Echo de Lynch-Bages
France
Foundational
Château Léoville Las Cases
The largest fragment of the historic Léoville estate, a Saint-Julien Second Growth widely judged of First Growth quality and run by the Delon family.
Château Léoville Las Cases (Grand Vin) · Clos du Marquis
France
Foundational
Château Margaux
First Growth Bordeaux from Médoc's Margaux commune. The reference for elegant, perfumed Cabernet-led Bordeaux blends.
Château Margaux (grand vin) · Pavillon Rouge du Château Margaux (second wine)
France
Landmark
Château Montrose
A Saint-Estèphe Second Growth on a single gravel plateau above the Gironde, long renowned for powerful, age-worthy wines and owned since 2006 by the Bouygues brothers.
Château Montrose (Grand Vin) · La Dame de Montrose
France
Foundational
Château Mouton Rothschild
The Pauillac estate famously elevated from Second to First Growth in 1973 — the only change ever made to the 1855 Classification — celebrated for opulent reds and its artist-designed labels.
Château Mouton Rothschild (grand vin) · Le Petit Mouton de Mouton Rothschild (second wine)
France
Landmark
Château Palmer
A revered Margaux Third Growth whose wines routinely rival the First Growths, built on an unusually high proportion of Merlot.
Château Palmer · Alter Ego de Palmer
France
Landmark
Château Pavie
A large Saint-Émilion estate on a sweep of south-facing limestone and clay slopes, transformed by Gérard Perse into a powerful, modern-styled flagship.
Château Pavie · Arômes de Pavie
France
Landmark
Château Pichon Baron
A Pauillac Second Growth with a landmark fairy-tale château, restored to top form since AXA Millésimes acquired it in 1987.
Château Pichon Baron (Grand Vin) · Les Griffons de Pichon Baron
France
Landmark
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
A Pauillac Second Growth long prized for its perfumed, Merlot-inflected elegance, owned since the mid-2000s by the Rouzaud family of Champagne Louis Roederer.
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande (Grand Vin) · Réserve de la Comtesse
France
Landmark
Château Pontet-Canet
A pioneering Pauillac Fifth Growth and the first major classified Bordeaux estate to convert fully to certified biodynamic farming.
Château Pontet-Canet · Les Hauts de Pontet-Canet
France
Established
Château Rauzan-Ségla
A historic Margaux Second Growth, restored to top form since its acquisition by the Wertheimer family of Chanel.
Château Rauzan-Ségla · Ségla
France
Landmark
Château Rieussec
A First Growth Sauternes estate owned since 1984 by the Rothschilds of Château Lafite, producing rich, golden botrytized Sémillon-led sweet wine.
Château Rieussec · Carmes de Rieussec
France
Landmark
Château Smith Haut Lafitte
A Grand Cru Classé de Graves estate in Pessac-Léognan owned by the Cathiard family since 1990, renowned for both its structured red and its benchmark Sauvignon-led white.
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Rouge · Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
France
Landmark
Château Suduiraut
A First Growth Sauternes estate near Château d'Yquem, owned since 1992 by AXA Millésimes, producing elegant botrytized sweet wine from Sémillon.
Château Suduiraut · Castelnau de Suduiraut
France
Foundational
Château d'Yquem
The greatest sweet wine of Sauternes — the only Premier Cru Supérieur in the 1855 classification. Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc blend affected by noble rot.
Château d'Yquem (Sauternes) · Ygrec (Y) dry white
France
Landmark
Dom Pérignon
The prestige vintage cuvée of Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon is among the world's most celebrated Champagnes, released only in years deemed worthy of a vintage.
Dom Pérignon Vintage (Blanc) · Dom Pérignon Rosé
France
Foundational
Domaine Armand Rousseau
A reference estate of Gevrey-Chambertin, family-owned for four generations and renowned for its profound, age-worthy Chambertin and Chambertin Clos de Bèze.
Chambertin Grand Cru · Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine Coche-Dury
A small, fiercely sought-after Meursault domaine universally ranked among the very finest white-wine makers in Burgundy.
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru · Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières
France
Foundational
Domaine Dujac
An influential Morey-Saint-Denis estate founded by Jacques Seysses in 1967, celebrated for whole-cluster, perfumed grand cru Burgundies.
Clos de la Roche Grand Cru · Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine Georges Roumier
The benchmark estate of Chambolle-Musigny, run by Christophe Roumier, famed above all for its rare, sublime Musigny and Les Amoureuses.
Musigny Grand Cru · Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine Jean-Louis Chave
Mauves-based family domaine, widely regarded as the benchmark for traditional blended Hermitage Rouge and Blanc.
Hermitage Rouge · Hermitage Blanc
France
Foundational
Domaine Leflaive
The benchmark estate of white Burgundy, a Puligny-Montrachet domaine whose Grand Cru chardonnays set the standard for the appellation and pioneered biodynamic viticulture on the Côte d'Or.
Montrachet Grand Cru · Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine Leroy
The cult biodynamic estate of Lalou Bize-Leroy in Vosne-Romanée, whose tiny-yield Grands Crus rank among the most coveted and expensive wines in the world.
Musigny Grand Cru · Richebourg Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine Méo-Camuzet
A leading Vosne-Romanée estate, shaped by the counsel of Henri Jayer and now led by Jean-Nicolas Méo, prized for its Cros Parantoux and Clos de Vougeot.
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cros Parantoux · Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
France
Foundational
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
The single most prestigious Burgundy estate. Owns or co-owns most of the Côte de Nuits Grand Cru vineyards considered the apex of Pinot Noir.
Romanée-Conti Grand Cru · La Tâche Grand Cru
France
Landmark
Domaine des Comtes Lafon
A landmark Meursault domaine making both reference white Burgundy and serious Volnay reds, the only Meursault estate holding all six central premiers crus plus a parcel of Le Montrachet.
Le Montrachet Grand Cru · Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières
France
Established
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
Benchmark Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate on the galet-strewn La Crau plateau, run by the Brunier family for four generations.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge (La Crau) · Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
France
Foundational
E. Guigal
The leading Northern Rhône producer. Famous for the three single-vineyard ‘La La’ Côte-Rôties (La Mouline, La Landonne, La Turque) and the broad Côtes du Rhône réserve.
La Mouline (Côte-Rôtie) · La Landonne (Côte-Rôtie)
France
Foundational
Krug
The most prestigious Champagne house with a singular focus on multi-vintage and vintage wines aged extensively on lees. Founded by Johann-Joseph Krug in Reims.
Krug Grande Cuvée (multi-vintage) · Krug Vintage
France
Landmark
Le Pin
A cult Pomerol 'garage wine' from a tiny near-monovarietal Merlot vineyard, Le Pin is one of the rarest and most expensive wines in Bordeaux.
Le Pin
France
Foundational
Louis Roederer
An independent, family-run Champagne house founded in 1776 in Reims, owner of the celebrated prestige cuvée Cristal and known for its large estate of own vineyards.
Cristal · Cristal Rosé
France
Landmark
M. Chapoutier
Tain-l'Hermitage négociant-grower turned biodynamic standard-bearer, famous for single-vineyard Hermitage and Braille labels.
Ermitage Le Pavillon · Ermitage L'Ermite
France
Landmark
Maison Joseph Drouhin
A historic family-owned négociant-grower house in Beaune producing a wide range of red and white Burgundy, with notable estate holdings and a pioneering Oregon outpost.
Musigny Grand Cru · Montrachet Grand Cru Marquis de Laguiche
France
Landmark
Maison Louis Jadot
One of Burgundy's largest and most respected négociant-grower houses, making a vast range of red and white Burgundy from its own vineyards and purchased grapes.
Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Ursules (monopole) · Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
France
Landmark
Paul Jaboulet Aîné
Historic Tain-l'Hermitage house whose Hermitage La Chapelle is one of the Northern Rhône's most legendary wines.
Hermitage La Chapelle · Hermitage Le Chevalier de Sterimberg (blanc)
France
Established
Pol Roger
An independent, family-owned Champagne house in Épernay founded in 1849, famed as Winston Churchill's favourite and for its Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill.
Pol Roger Brut Réserve (White Foil) · Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
France
Landmark
Salon
A legendary single-vineyard, single-grape, single-vintage blanc de blancs from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger — one of Champagne's rarest and most coveted wines.
Salon Cuvée 'S' Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
France
Landmark
Veuve Clicquot
One of the great names of Champagne, founded in 1772 and shaped by the pioneering Madame Clicquot; now part of LVMH and famous for its yellow-label Brut.
Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label · Veuve Clicquot Rosé
France
Landmark
Vieux Château Certan
A historic Pomerol estate owned by the Thienpont family since 1924, prized for elegant, structured Merlot-led wines with an unusually high Cabernet Franc component.
Vieux Château Certan · La Gravette de Certan
Italy
14 producersItalian producers covering the founding Super Tuscan, traditional Barolo, the originator of Brunello, and the 26-generation Antinori family with Chianti Classico + Tignanello + Solaia.
Italy
Established
Allegrini
A historic Valpolicella Classica family estate, formally established in 1854, renowned for benchmark Amarone made by the appassimento drying method.
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico · La Poja
Italy
Foundational
Bartolo Mascarello
A revered traditionalist Barolo estate famed for its blended, single-label Barolo and Bartolo Mascarello's defiant 'No Barrique, No Berlusconi' philosophy.
Barolo (classic blend of Cannubi, San Lorenzo, Rué, Rocche) · Barbera d'Alba
Italy
Foundational
Biondi-Santi (Tenuta Greppo)
The originator of Brunello di Montalcino. Ferruccio Biondi-Santi created the first Brunello-style wine in 1888 using a Sangiovese clone selection. The estate sets the historical reference for traditional Brunello.
Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (Tenuta Greppo) · Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino Annata (regular vintage)
Italy
Landmark
Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera
A cult Montalcino estate founded in 1972 by Gianfranco Soldera, producing tiny quantities of profound, long-lived 100% Sangiovese in a fiercely minimal-intervention style.
Case Basse Sangiovese (Toscana IGT) · Intistieti
Italy
Landmark
Fontodi
A leading Chianti Classico estate in Panzano's Conca d'Oro, owned by the Manetti family since 1968 and famed for its pioneering 100% Sangiovese Super-Tuscan, Flaccianello della Pieve.
Flaccianello della Pieve · Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo
Italy
Foundational
Gaja
Revolutionary family estate that elevated Nebbiolo, Barbaresco and the Langhe onto the world stage.
Barbaresco · Sorì San Lorenzo
Italy
Foundational
Giacomo Conterno
The reference for traditional Barolo. Famous for the Monfortino bottling — extended-aged Nebbiolo from the Cà del Munt vineyard.
Monfortino Riserva Barolo · Cascina Francia Barolo
Italy
Foundational
Giuseppe Quintarelli
The benchmark Amarone producer, Giuseppe Quintarelli set the standard for Valpolicella through meticulous appassimento, extended cask aging and uncompromising release decisions.
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico · Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Italy
Foundational
Marchesi Antinori
26-generation Tuscan family producer covering Chianti Classico, Super Tuscan Tignanello and Solaia, and broader Italian holdings. Among Italy’s most editorially significant producers.
Tignanello (Toscana IGT) · Solaia (Toscana IGT)
Italy
Landmark
Marchesi de' Frescobaldi
One of Italy's oldest wine dynasties, making Tuscan wine for roughly 700 years and 30 generations, today a major multi-estate group led by Lamberto Frescobaldi.
Nipozzano Riserva (Chianti Rufina) · CastelGiocondo Brunello di Montalcino
Italy
Landmark
Masseto
A cult single-vineyard Merlot from Bolgheri grown on distinctive blue clay, Masseto is often called 'the Petrus of Italy' and ranks among the world's most coveted Italian wines.
Masseto (Toscana IGT) · Massetino
Italy
Landmark
Mastroberardino
Campania's most historic estate, founded in 1878, credited with reviving native varieties Aglianico, Fiano and Greco and with putting Taurasi on the world stage.
Taurasi Radici Riserva · Fiano di Avellino Radici
Italy
Landmark
Ornellaia
A benchmark Super Tuscan from the Bolgheri coast, Ornellaia is a Bordeaux-style blend renowned for its richness, structure and international acclaim.
Ornellaia (Bolgheri DOC Superiore) · Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia
Italy
Foundational
Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia)
The founding Super Tuscan. A Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc Bordeaux blend grown in coastal Bolgheri — the wine that proved Tuscany could produce world-class non-Sangiovese reds.
Sassicaia (Bolgheri Sassicaia DOC) · Guidalberto (Bolgheri DOC)
Other Old World
15 producersSpain's Vega Sicilia and González Byass (sherry), Portugal's Taylor Fladgate (Port), Germany's Egon Müller (Mosel Riesling). The European specialty references.
Spain
Landmark
Dominio de Pingus
Spain's most coveted cult wine, made by Peter Sisseck from old-vine Tinto Fino in the village of La Horra.
Pingus · Flor de Pingus
Germany
Landmark
Dr. Loosen
A leading Mosel estate famed worldwide for ageworthy Riesling from steep, slate-rich Grand Cru vineyards, led since 1988 by Ernst 'Erni' Loosen.
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling · Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling
Spain
Foundational
González Byass
Spain’s most prestigious sherry house. Producer of Tio Pepe (the reference dry Fino) and an extensive solera-aged sherry range including legendary VORS and historic vintage wines.
Tio Pepe Fino · Viña AB Amontillado
Portugal
Foundational
Graham's
One of the great British-founded Port houses, Graham's was established in 1820 and has been owned by the Symington family since 1970. It is celebrated for richly structured, age-worthy Vintage Ports.
Graham's Vintage Port · Graham's Quinta dos Malvedos Vintage Port
Germany
Foundational
Joh. Jos. Prüm
An iconic Mosel Riesling estate founded in 1911, Joh. Jos. Prüm is famed for ethereal, long-lived wines from Wehlener Sonnenuhr, still run by the Prüm family.
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese · Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
Spain
Foundational
La Rioja Alta, S.A.
Classic Haro estate famed for its long-aged Gran Reserva 904 and 890, founded by five growers beside the Haro railway station in 1890.
Gran Reserva 904 · Gran Reserva 890
Spain
Foundational
Marqués de Murrieta
Rioja's pioneering estate, the first to export its wines, home of the legendary Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva.
Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial · Dalmau Reserva
Portugal
Landmark
Niepoort
A small, family-owned Port house founded in 1842, Niepoort is now equally renowned for the pioneering Douro table wines championed by fifth-generation Dirk Niepoort.
Niepoort Vintage Port · Niepoort Colheita Port
Portugal
Foundational
Quinta do Noval
A historic single-quinta Port estate in the Douro whose name dates to 1715, Quinta do Noval has been owned by AXA Millésimes since 1993 and is legendary for its rare Nacional Vintage Port.
Quinta do Noval Nacional Vintage Port · Quinta do Noval Vintage Port
Spain
Foundational
R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia
The most uncompromisingly traditional house in Rioja, famous for reds and extraordinarily long-aged whites released decades after the vintage.
Viña Tondonia Reserva · Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco
Portugal
Foundational
Taylor Fladgate
Among the oldest and most prestigious Port houses. Famous for declared Vintage Ports that age 30-50+ years and for the broader Late Bottled Vintage / Tawny range.
Taylor’s Vintage Port · Taylor’s 20 Year Old Tawny
Spain
Foundational
Vega Sicilia
Spain’s most prestigious red wine estate. Único is a Tempranillo-Cabernet blend with extreme aging — typically 10+ years before release.
Único (Ribera del Duero) · Único Reserva Especial (multi-vintage)
Germany
Foundational
Weingut Dönnhoff
The benchmark Riesling estate of the Nahe, Dönnhoff has farmed in Oberhausen since 1750 and is now led by Cornelius Dönnhoff after his father Helmut's celebrated tenure.
Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling GG · Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese
Germany
Foundational
Weingut Egon Müller
The greatest Riesling producer in the world. Produces wines from the Scharzhofberg vineyard in the Saar tributary of the Mosel — the canonical reference for slate-soil German Riesling.
Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett · Scharzhofberger Riesling Spätlese
Spain
Landmark
Álvaro Palacios
Pioneering Priorat estate whose old-vine Garnacha L'Ermita is one of Spain's most celebrated and expensive wines.
L'Ermita · Finca Dofí
United States
15 producersCalifornia reference producers — Opus One, Ridge Monte Bello, Williams Selyem Pinot, Screaming Eagle cult Cabernet, and Tablas Creek's Rhône joint venture.
United States
Landmark
Chateau Montelena
The historic Calistoga estate whose 1973 Chardonnay won the 1976 Judgment of Paris, beating white Burgundy and stunning the wine world.
Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon · Chardonnay
United States
Foundational
Diamond Creek Vineyards
A Napa pioneer and California's first estate dedicated solely to single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, from distinct blocks on Diamond Mountain.
Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon · Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace Cabernet Sauvignon
United States
Landmark
Dominus Estate
Christian Moueix's Napa estate on the historic Napanook vineyard near Yountville, producing a Bordeaux-style Cabernet blend of cult standing.
Dominus (proprietary red) · Napanook (second wine)
United States
Landmark
Harlan Estate
A cult Napa Cabernet estate in the western hills of Oakville, founded on Bill Harlan's vision of a 200-year, first-growth-caliber California red.
Harlan Estate (proprietary red) · The Maiden (second wine)
United States
Foundational
Heitz Cellar
A pioneering Napa Valley estate famous for its single-vineyard Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, one of America's first vineyard-designated wines.
Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon · Heitz Cellar Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
United States
Landmark
Kistler Vineyards
A revered Sonoma producer of single-vineyard, single-clone Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in a Burgundian style.
Kistler Les Noisetiers Chardonnay · Kistler Vine Hill Vineyard Chardonnay
United States
Foundational
Opus One
Joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild (Château Mouton-Rothschild) and Robert Mondavi. A Cabernet-led Bordeaux-style blend grown in Napa Valley’s Oakville AVA.
Opus One (grand vin) · Overture (second wine)
United States
Foundational
Ridge Vineyards
California’s most editorially respected producer. Famous for Monte Bello Cabernet (Santa Cruz Mountains) and Lytton Springs Zinfandel-Carignane-Petite Sirah (Dry Creek Valley).
Monte Bello (Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains) · Lytton Springs (Zinfandel blend, Dry Creek Valley)
United States
Landmark
Schramsberg Vineyards
Napa Valley's pioneering traditional-method sparkling house, founded in 1862 and revived in 1965 by the Davies family.
Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs · Schramsberg Blanc de Noirs
United States
Established
Screaming Eagle
The defining Napa Cabernet cult wine. ~600 cases produced annually; allocated almost entirely to the mailing list. Single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from a 57-acre property in Oakville.
Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon (grand vin) · Second Flight (second wine, since 2011)
United States
Established
Shafer Vineyards
A Stags Leap District estate renowned for its Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon, one of Napa's most decorated collectible reds.
Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon · One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon
United States
Landmark
Sine Qua Non
A cult Ventura County estate making rare, allocation-only Rhône-style Syrah and Grenache wines, each vintage released under a different name and label.
Sine Qua Non Syrah (proprietary-named bottlings) · Sine Qua Non Grenache (proprietary-named bottlings)
United States
Landmark
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
The Napa winery whose 1973 Cabernet beat top Bordeaux at the 1976 Judgment of Paris, putting California on the world wine map.
CASK 23 Cabernet Sauvignon · S.L.V. Cabernet Sauvignon
United States
Established
Tablas Creek Vineyard
California’s Rhône-style reference producer. Joint venture between the Perrin family (Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape) and the Haas family. Pioneered serious U.S. Rhône-variety planting and vinification.
Esprit de Tablas (red GSM blend) · Esprit de Tablas Blanc (Roussanne-led)
United States
Foundational
Williams Selyem
California’s leading Pinot Noir producer — a small Russian River Valley estate with deeply allocated single-vineyard Pinots and Chardonnays.
Williams Selyem Olivet Lane Vineyard Pinot Noir · Williams Selyem Rochioli Riverblock Pinot Noir
Southern Hemisphere
14 producersPenfolds Grange (Australia), Catena Zapata (Argentine Malbec elevation), Concha y Toro's Don Melchor (Chilean Cabernet). Foundational New World producers.
Chile
Landmark
Almaviva
A Franco-Chilean icon born of the Concha y Toro–Rothschild alliance, Almaviva is a single Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux blend grown in Puente Alto at the foot of the Andes.
Almaviva · Epu (second wine)
Argentina
Foundational
Bodega Catena Zapata
The founding modern Argentine wine producer. Pioneered high-elevation Mendoza Malbec; current generation continues research on Adrianna Vineyard and other high-altitude sites.
Catena Zapata Argentino Vineyard Malbec · Adrianna Vineyard White Bones Chardonnay
New Zealand
Landmark
Cloudy Bay
The estate that brought New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc to global fame, founded in 1985 in Marlborough and now an LVMH-owned icon.
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc · Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc
Chile
Established
Concha y Toro (Don Melchor)
Chile’s largest producer and the founder of Don Melchor — the country’s first ‘icon’ Cabernet Sauvignon from the Puente Alto subregion of Maipo Valley.
Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon · Casillero del Diablo Reserva Privada
Australia
Landmark
Cullen Wines
A pioneering, family-owned Margaret River estate farmed biodynamically, renowned for its Cabernet-Merlot 'Diana Madeline' and benchmark Chardonnay and Sauvignon-Semillon whites.
Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot · Kevin John Chardonnay
New Zealand
Landmark
Felton Road
A revered Central Otago estate in Bannockburn, founded in 1991 and Demeter-certified biodynamic, widely ranked among the world's finest Pinot Noir producers.
Bannockburn Pinot Noir · Block 3 Pinot Noir
Australia
Foundational
Henschke
One of Australia's oldest family-owned wineries, based in the Eden Valley and home to the iconic single-vineyard Shiraz 'Hill of Grace'.
Hill of Grace · Mount Edelstone
South Africa
Landmark
Kanonkop Estate
A fourth-generation Stellenbosch family estate regarded as the benchmark for South African Pinotage, also renowned for its 'Paul Sauer' Bordeaux blend.
Paul Sauer · Kanonkop Pinotage
South Africa
Landmark
Klein Constantia
One of South Africa's most historic estates, Klein Constantia is famed for Vin de Constance, the revived sweet Muscat dessert wine once prized by European royalty.
Vin de Constance · Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc
Australia
Landmark
Leeuwin Estate
A founding Margaret River estate established in 1973, world-famous for its 'Art Series' Chardonnay, rated among Australia's very finest.
Art Series Chardonnay · Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon
Australia
Foundational
Penfolds
Australia’s most editorially significant producer. Penfolds Grange is the flagship — a multi-region Shiraz blend that defined Australian premium wine.
Penfolds Grange (multi-region Shiraz) · Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon
Chile
Landmark
Seña
Chile's pioneering icon wine, Seña began as an Errázuriz–Mondavi collaboration and is now the personal biodynamic project of Eduardo Chadwick in the Aconcagua Valley.
Seña
Australia
Landmark
Torbreck Vintners
A benchmark Barossa producer founded in 1994, celebrated for powerful old-vine Shiraz and Rhone-style blends built from dry-grown Barossa fruit.
RunRig Shiraz · The Factor Shiraz
Argentina
Established
Zuccardi Valle de Uco
A three-generation Mendoza family estate celebrated for high-altitude, terroir-driven Malbec from the stony soils of the Uco Valley.
Zuccardi Finca Piedra Infinita Malbec · Zuccardi Aluvional (single-vineyard Malbecs)