The Bordeaux Atlas and Encyclopedia of Chateaux by Hubrecht Duijker & Michael Broadbent

Hardcover. 1997.

This Atlas is the ultimate guide to Bordeaux in which the world’s two top Bordeaux experts profile thousands of wines and give fascinating background on the places where they are made.

The Bordeaux Atlas has maps and data and expert, objective comment on more than 2,000 chateaux and over 4,000 wines.

Hubrecht Duijker’s pithy profiles of chateaux great and small take us behind the scenes and into the cellars and tasting rooms. Michael Broadbent’s essays on the great appellations offer the insights of a lifetime of study. The geography, history and structure of the wine trade in Bordeaux are all covered: vital for understanding how the wines are made and why they vary.