Wine Labs Research
Second edition · BordeauxThe Michelin Grape Selection, Priced
First published September 2026 · Data updated
In 2026 the MICHELIN Guide stepped out of the dining room and into the vineyard, unveiling its second Grape Selection, announced at the Cité du Vin on 7 September 2026. It covers 83 Bordeaux estates — the communal appellations of the Médoc, Pessac-Léognan, Saint-Émilion and Pomerol, plus Sauternes and Barsac — rated from “Selected” to Three MICHELIN Grapes. The first edition covered Burgundy; we priced that one here.
Our previous Michelin study looked at wine lists inside starred restaurants. This one leaves the restaurant entirely: we mapped the rated estates to Wine Labs market data — 519,993 live retail listings across 322 wines — to answer the retail question: what does each grape actually cost, and where can you find one?
83
Bordeaux estates in the guide
83
Estates tracked
322
Wines priced
519,993
Live retail listings
Estates by award
Tracked wines by award
The Grape Premium
Compare retail prices across all award tiers
Median retail price per bottle (USD)
Price spread by tier (USD)
| Award | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Grapes | $78 | $206 | $292 | $432 |
| Two Grapes | $71 | $152 | $324 | $257 |
| One Grape | $37 | $49 | $88 | $129 |
| Selected | $40 | $52 | $78 | $64 |
Distribution of per-wine WineLabs retail prices (all vintages aggregated), within each award tier.
Where Each Tier Trades
Share of each tier's wines by retail price bracket
Price distribution (% of tier's wines)
The Same Grapes Cost More Down Under
Median retail price by market, per award tier
Median price by market (USD)
Colour and Availability
What the tiers are made of, and how easy they are to actually find
Red vs white (% of tier's wines)
Median live listings per wine
Every Estate, Priced
The grand vin of each rated château, with the tracked wines and live listings behind it
| Estate | Wines | Listings | Grand vin | Grand vin price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrus | 2 | 6,090 | Petrus | $3,997 |
| Château Lafite Rothschild | 3 | 22,579 | Chateau Lafite Rothschild | $1,193 |
| Château d'Yquem | 12 | 12,550 | Chateau d'Yquem | $1,013 |
| Château Lafleur | 6 | 6,057 | Chateau Lafleur | $940 |
| Château Cheval Blanc | 4 | 9,807 | Chateau Cheval Blanc | $878 |
| Château Figeac | 3 | 7,580 | Chateau Figeac | $282 |
| Château Léoville Las Cases | 5 | 15,079 | Chateau Leoville-Las Cases 'Grand Vin de Leoville' | $272 |
| Château La Conseillante | 1 | 5,429 | Chateau La Conseillante | $263 |
| Château Montrose | 3 | 11,249 | Chateau Montrose | $240 |
The Most Expensive Bottles
Top wines by retail price within each award tier
| Wine | Estate | Price | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrus | Petrus | $3,997 | 6,072 |
| Saute-Loup Reserve de la Famille | Petrus | $2,206 | 18 |
| Chateau Lafite Rothschild | Château Lafite Rothschild | $1,193 | 16,315 |
| Chateau d'Yquem | Château d'Yquem | $1,013 | 11,411 |
| Chateau Lafleur | Château Lafleur | $940 | 3,527 |
| Chateau Cheval Blanc | Château Cheval Blanc | $878 | 7,280 |
| Chateau Lafite Rothschild 'Carruades de Lafite' | Château Lafite Rothschild | $302 | 6,090 |
| Chateau Figeac | Château Figeac | $282 | 6,834 |
| Chateau d'Yquem 'Y' Ygrec | Château d'Yquem | $274 | 1,094 |
| Chateau Leoville-Las Cases 'Grand Vin de Leoville' | Château Léoville Las Cases | $272 | 10,578 |
| Chateau La Conseillante | Château La Conseillante | $263 | 5,429 |
| Chateau Montrose | Château Montrose | $240 | 8,191 |
Methodology & notes
- Awards are from the 2026 MICHELIN Guide Grape Selection for Bordeaux, the guide's second wine edition (9 Three-Grape, 16 Two-Grape, 37 One-Grape and 21 Selected estates, 83 in total). This study prices all 83 estates, including the 21 Selected châteaux. The Selected roster is corroborated by CAFA Formations and Pearl. Selected is a recommendation without a numbered Grape award. La Clotte is matched to its own estate profile and wine.
- Prices are the WineLabs retail price per wine (USD, all vintages aggregated, worldwide offers), computed from 519,993 live retail listings. Tier figures are percentiles across wine-level prices, so a wine stocked by a thousand merchants does not outvote a wine stocked by three. The currency selector converts displayed figures at the latest daily exchange rate; the underlying dataset stays in USD. Multi-bottle lots — vertical collections, assortment cases, gift boxes and sets — are excluded, because a case price read as a bottle price would put a six-figure “Petrus Vertical Collection” at the top of every table. Each château's grand vin is named in the roster, not inferred from price: the dearest bottle an estate sells is often a commemorative cuvée, a Sauternes house's Cuvée Madame or a Pessac-Léognan blanc, and none of those is the grand vin. Second wines and estate-owned Haut-Médoc and Bordeaux labels are still counted in the wines and listings columns and in the tier charts, which is why tier medians sit well below the grand vins.
- Market medians compare the same tier across regional offer pools; bottle-level mixes differ by market, so treat them as directional.