Second wines:

Today there are around 700 second wines in Bordeaux, with numbers continuing to grow. around half of all Médoc estates have them – that percentage rises steeply for the more famous estates, with only Château st-Pierre in st-Julien and Château d’armailhac in Pauillac holding out among the 1855 estates. That number drops to about one third for right Bank properties, although this is changing fast, as st-emilion in particular begins to see the benefits of brand extension through a second label.