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Bordeaux wine is any
wine produced in the Bordeaux region of
France, centred on the city of
Bordeaux and covering the whole area of the
Gironde department, with a total vineyard area of over 120,000 hectares, making it the largest wine growing area in France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday
table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world. Eighty-nine percent of wine produced in Bordeaux is red (called "claret" in Britain), with sweet white wines (most notably
Sauternes), dry whites, and (in much smaller quantities) rosé and sparkling wines (
Crémant de Bordeaux) collectively making up the remainder. Bordeaux wine is made by more than 8,500 producers or
châteaux. There are 54
appellations of Bordeaux wine.