World's 50 Best Vineyards 2024: The Complete Rankings

Frank Gehry's titanium-roofed hotel announces the Marqués de Riscal estate from across the Rioja Alta plateau, but the winery beneath it has been shaping the region's identity since the nineteenth century. A 2025 Decanter Silver medal and EP Club Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating place it firmly in Rioja's prestige tier. Tastings, cellar tours, and the hotel experience make it one of the region's most complete estate visits.

In the Millahue Valley of Chile's O'Higgins region, Viña VIK occupies a working estate beneath a titanium and bronze roof that catches Andean light from a distance. The property holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) and positions itself among Chile's small cohort of estate-integrated luxury wine experiences, where the vineyard, the architecture, and the accommodation operate as a single argument about place.

Creation Wines sits in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley outside Hermanus, a wine corridor whose name translates literally as 'heaven and earth.' Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025, the estate combines an ecologically driven production approach with on-site accommodation, placing it among the Overberg's more complete wine destinations within easy reach of Cape Town.

Bodegas Ysios sits at the foot of the Sierra Cantabria in Laguardia, its Santiago Calatrava-designed building as much a statement about Rioja Alavesa's ambition as the Tempranillo grown on its doorstep. The winery holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige award for 2025 and represents a corner of the appellation where architecture, terroir, and winemaking intent converge in a single address.

A Neoclassical palace above the Rhine, Schloss Johannisberg holds a documented place in German wine history as the first estate dedicated entirely to Riesling, with vines traced to 817 AD. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, it remains the reference point for Rheingau Riesling and a site where centuries of site-specific viticulture are still readable in the glass.

The oldest operating Champagne house, founded in 1729, Ruinart sits in Reims with one of the region's most arresting visitor experiences: eight kilometres of UNESCO-listed chalk caves lit by sustainable LED, where Chardonnay-dominant wines age in conditions unchanged for three centuries. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, it occupies a distinct tier among the grandes maisons, one shaped by geology as much as winemaking.

A Grand Cru Classé estate with production records extending to 1365, Château Smith Haut Lafitte farms biodynamically in Martillac's gravel-heavy Pessac-Léognan soils. Winemaker Fabien Teitgen oversees a programme that includes horse-drawn viticulture, amplifying the mineral character the Graves is known for. The Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) places it firmly within Bordeaux's most considered tier of classified estates.

A twelfth-century monastery on the Duero River that now functions as one of Castile's most considered winery estates, Abadía Retuerta earned four Decanter medals in 2025, including Gold, and holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating. The estate produces wines drawn from a mosaic of soil types across its historic grounds, with overnight stays available in the converted abbey buildings.

Weingut Dr. Loosen occupies a historic estate on the B53 in Bernkastel-Kues, at the heart of the Mosel's steepest slate-terraced vineyards. Holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate is among Germany's most internationally recognised Riesling producers, with Dr. Ernie Loosen credited as one of the grape's most effective global advocates. It is a reference address for anyone serious about understanding what old-vine Riesling from blue-grey Devonian slate actually tastes like.

Durigutti Winemakers operates from Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo, one of Mendoza's most closely watched sub-zones for high-altitude Malbec and Bonarda. Holding both Pearl 2 Star and Pearl 3 Star Prestige recognition for 2025, the producer sits in a tier where critical attention tracks closely with allocation demand. It is a reference point for understanding where Argentine winemaking's more considered producers have positioned themselves.

Set among rolling vineyards in the Garzón hills of Maldonado, Bodega Garzón pairs serious terroir-driven winemaking with a restaurant presided over by Francis Mallmann, whose open-fire techniques have defined South American cooking for decades. Awarded a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate represents Uruguay's most complete argument for wine tourism done without compromise.

Founded in 1829 and based in Aÿ at the heart of the Marne Valley, Bollinger is one of Champagne's most storied grandes marques, holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating from EP Club in 2025. Under winemaker Gilles Descôtes, the house maintains a reputation built on pinot noir-dominant blends and a commitment to reserve wine depth that distinguishes it from volume-focused négociants.

Château d'Yquem is the reference point for Sauternes, a Premier Cru Supérieur whose older vintages are tracked by collectors across the world. Under winemaker Sandrine Garbay, the estate holds a Pearl 5 Star Prestige rating (2025) and continues to set the benchmark against which all other botrytised wines are measured. Visiting the château anchors any serious exploration of the Sauternes appellation.

A multi-generational estate in Campania's Irpinia hills, Tenuta Cavalier Pepe spans 55 hectares of vineyards and 11 olive groves on land that has shaped the family's winemaking for decades. The estate's Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025) reflects a commitment to terroir-led production that runs through every activity on offer, from guided vineyard hikes to cellar visits across one of southern Italy's most serious wine-growing territories.

One of the Douro Valley's most respected estate wineries, Quinta do Crasto sits above the Douro river in Sabrosa and holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025. The property offers four guest suites in an intimate, family-run format that places visitors inside the working rhythms of the estate. For those serious about Douro terroir, the combination of vineyard access and overnight immersion sets it apart from day-visit-only producers in the region.

Robert Mondavi Winery, established in Oakville in 1966, holds a foundational position in California's premium wine tradition. The estate's To Kalon Reserve range, produced under winemaker Geneviève Janssens, sits at the upper tier of Napa Cabernet programming. A Pearl 3 Star Prestige award (2025) confirms its continued place among Oakville's serious tasting destinations.

Viña Montes sits in the Colchagua Valley outside Santa Cruz, where feng shui principles shaped the winery's design and the guardian angel motif on its labels has become one of Chile's most recognised wine symbols. The property earned an EP Club Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating in 2025, placing it among the Colchagua's reference-tier wine estates. Tastings here carry a distinctly ceremonial quality that sets the visit apart from standard cellar-door formats.

Established in 1996, Bodegas Salentein is one of the Uco Valley's most architecturally ambitious wineries, its cross-shaped cellar stamped across the high-altitude desert of Tunuyán. The estate's 2025 Decanter haul of 13 awarded wines — seven Silver, six Bronze — alongside a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating, positions it firmly within the valley's premium production tier. Art, gastronomy, and serious winemaking share equal billing here.

Viña Viu Manent sits at kilometre 37 of the Ruta del Vino in Chile's Colchagua Valley, where some of the estate's oldest vineyard blocks have been cultivated for generations. Awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige recognition in 2025, the property offers one of the valley's most distinctive estate experiences, including carriage tours through plots that trace Colchagua's winemaking history at ground level.

One of Piedmont's most established wine estates, the Ceretto family has shaped Langhe viticulture since the 1930s. Holding a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate at Località San Cassiano in Alba offers visitors direct access to wines grown across some of the region's most carefully mapped vineyard sites. The combination of multi-generational continuity and documented terroir work puts Ceretto in a distinct tier among Alba's winery visits.

A Pessac estate with roots stretching to the eighth century, Château Pape Clement draws its name from Pope Clement V, one of its former owners. Holding a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating for 2025, the property offers tablet and smartphone-guided garden tours among millennial olive trees, alongside tasting formats covering blending, serving, and food pairing. Consultant winemaker Jean-Philippe Fort oversees the cellar programme.

Set within a medieval fortress in the hills above Montalcino, Castello Banfi operates at the intersection of large-scale Brunello production and estate hospitality. The property holds a Pearl 4 Star Prestige rating (2025) and draws visitors for its combination of vineyard access, wine programming, and accommodation within one of Tuscany's most recognisable wine estates.

Founded in 1932 and awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, Bodegas Muga sits at the traditional core of Haro's winemaking quarter, producing Rioja through methods that emphasise oak-ageing and minimal intervention. The bodega represents a specific school of Spanish viticulture: one that treats Tempranillo as a long-game grape, shaped by the clay-limestone soils and continental climate of the upper Ebro valley.

Founded in 1972 as a deliberate homage to Bordeaux, Jordan Vineyard & Winery brings a French-château sensibility to Alexander Valley, complete with ivy-clad architecture and a Cabernet program that has earned a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025. The winery sits at the serious end of Sonoma's premium tier, where estate identity and long-term consistency matter as much as any single vintage.

Ranked No. 25 in the World's Best Vineyards 2024 and awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, Tenuta Castelbuono sits in Bevagna's ancient volcanic soils as one of Umbria's most internationally recognised wine estates. The Lunelli family's Umbrian outpost brings a northern Italian precision to the region's Sagrantino-centred identity, placing it in a peer set defined by terroir specificity rather than volume.

Ranked No. 26 in the World's Best Vineyards 2024 and awarded a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating by EP Club in 2025, Matias Riccitelli sits at the more experimental end of Luján de Cuyo's winemaking tier. The bodega operates out of Distrito Las Compuertas, a sub-zone within Mendoza where alluvial soils and high-altitude diurnal swings produce the region's characteristic tension between fruit weight and acidity.

One of Champagne's few remaining family-run maisons, Billecart-Salmon has been producing from Aÿ since 1818. Rated Pearl 4 Star Prestige by EP Club in 2025, the estate is known for winemaker Florent Nys and a house style that has held its position across two centuries of ownership continuity. A foundational address for anyone exploring the grand cru village of Aÿ.

Quinta do Bomfim sits above the Douro in Pinhão, where the Symington family has produced Dow's Port across five generations. Holding a 2025 EP Club Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating, the estate combines one of the valley's most commanding terrace views with tasting formats that move seriously through Dow's Port range. It is the Cima Corgo's clearest argument for planning a dedicated visit rather than passing through.

El Enemigo (Casa Vigil) occupies a distinct position in Maipú's winery scene, earning a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025 for wines made deliberately outside convention. The project, rooted in a philosophy that treats tradition as something to interrogate rather than inherit, has grown from a side venture into a serious tasting destination on the Mendoza circuit.

Founded in 1852, Marqués de Murrieta holds a singular place in Rioja's history as the region's first internationally exporting winery, operating from the storied Château Ygay estate outside Logroño. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, it represents the traditional wing of Rioja at its most committed — long-aged wines, estate-grown fruit, and a tasting experience shaped by 170-plus years of unbroken practice.

Established in 1915 in the Briones enclave of Rioja Alta, Bodegas Vivanco sits against the Cantabrian foothills with views across vine-covered hillsides that have shaped this region's identity for generations. Home to a 4,000-square-metre Museum of Wine Culture, it holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating (2025) and occupies a position at the centre of Riojan wine heritage rather than its margins.

d'Arenberg sits at the architectural and philosophical edge of McLaren Vale's winery scene. Its Rubik's Cube-inspired building is visible from across the estate, and ambient sound installations greet visitors on approach. Awarded Pearl 3 Star Prestige in 2025, the property represents one of the region's most discussed intersections of art, wine, and place. Plan visits in advance; demand consistently outpaces casual walk-in access.

Domäne Wachau sits above the Danube in Dürnstein, operating from a Baroque winery built over cellars that date back three centuries. As a co-operative representing a significant share of the Wachau's vineyard land, it offers tastings that contextualise the region's Grüner Veltliner and Riesling within the protected Vinea Wachau classification system. EP Club awarded it Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025.

Established in 1841 and awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, González Byass is the bodega that defined the global identity of Jerez sherry. The Tío Pepe estate in Old Town Jerez combines nineteenth-century winery architecture with guided cellar experiences, placing it firmly in the tier of Spanish wine destinations where history and terroir are inseparable from the glass.

Château Héritage sits in Qob Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a wine region with documented cultivation stretching back to Phoenician and Roman antiquity. The estate holds a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating (2025), placing it in the upper tier of Bekaa producers. For visitors tracing the relationship between ancient terroir and contemporary Lebanese winemaking, Château Héritage is a serious reference point.

Among the Douro Valley's Port producers, Quinta do Noval holds some of the oldest terraced vineyards along the river's steep slopes above Pinhão. Awarded Pearl 4 Star Prestige in 2025, it sits in a category defined by heritage vine stock and serious critical standing. Travellers who visit for the landscape alone rarely leave without a deeper understanding of what age and altitude do to a vine.

Founded in 1844 at Magill on Adelaide's eastern fringe, Penfolds is the winery that repositioned Australian Shiraz in global fine wine conversation. Under Chief Winemaker Peter Gago, the estate produces across a broad range — from accessible Bin series to Grange, one of the southern hemisphere's most scrutinised wines. EP Club awarded Penfolds its Pearl 5 Star Prestige rating in 2025.

Bodega Bouza is a Montevideo winery founded in 2000 that holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025. The restaurant and tasting space sit inside a working estate decorated with more than 30 vintage cars and motorcycles from the Bouza family collection — an arrangement that positions it firmly at the intersection of wine culture and personal patrimony in Uruguay's growing urban wine scene.

Set at 1,000 metres in Vista Flores, Bodega DiamAndes is a gravity-flow winery in the Uco Valley's upper tier, owned by the Bonnie family of Château Malartic-Lagravière. Its 130-hectare estate, designed by architects Bórmida and Yanzón, holds a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating for 2025 and sits within the Clos de los Siete group, one of the Uco Valley's most serious Bordeaux-affiliated collectives.

At 3,111 metres above sea level, Bodega Colomé operates at altitudes that define the outer limit of viable viticulture. Its Altura Máxima vineyard holds the record as one of the world's highest, producing Malbec and Torrontés shaped by intense UV, thin air, and dramatic diurnal swings. Awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige rating in 2025, Colomé is the reference point for high-altitude Salta winemaking.

Klein Constantia sits at the end of Klein Constantia Road in the Constantia valley, producing wines from one of the Cape's oldest wine-growing corridors. The estate holds Pearl 4 Star Prestige recognition for 2025 and is historically associated with Vin de Constance, a sweet wine whose reputation stretches back centuries — to Napoleon Bonaparte's final days, by documented account.

One of the Northern Rhône's most recognised négociant-growers, Chapoutier has farmed biodynamically in Tain-l'Hermitage for more than three decades. The estate's cellars and tasting facilities on Avenue Dr Paul Durand offer direct access to wines drawn from some of the appellation's most celebrated granite slopes, from entry-level Crozes-Hermitage to single-parcel Hermitage crus that command international attention.

One of the Tokaj region's most historically rooted producers, Szepsy has been making wine from these volcanic hillsides since the sixteenth century. Holding a Pearl 2 Star Prestige rating in 2025, the estate in Mád is the reference point for Tokaji Aszú at its most disciplined. For serious sweet wine, this is where the conversation starts.

One of Napa Valley's most recognised names in Merlot, Duckhorn Vineyards has operated from St. Helena since its first vintage in 1978. Ranked No. 44 on the World's Best Vineyards 2024 list and awarded a Pearl 3 Star Prestige in 2025, it sits in the upper tier of the valley's estate tasting experiences, where winemaker Renée Ary leads a program with documented critical standing across multiple decades.

One of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia's most historically grounded Cava producers, Gramona has been farming its own vineyards since 1850 and making sparkling wine since the turn of the twentieth century. Awarded Pearl 2 Star Prestige in 2025, the estate sits at the serious end of Penedès production, where long-aged traditional-method wines and a commitment to land stewardship define the house style.

Château Kefraya sits in the Bekaa Valley's western reaches, where the elevation and Mediterranean-continental climate produce wines that carry the character of the land as directly as anywhere in Lebanon. A 2025 Pearl 3 Star Prestige recognition places it among the country's most closely watched estates, drawing visitors to Kafraya for cellar visits and tastings in a region whose winemaking history predates most of Europe's celebrated appellations.

Champagne royalty Pommery revolutionized sparkling wine in 1874 with the world's first Brut style, where winemaker Clément Pierlot continues Madame Louise Pommery's innovative legacy beneath 18 kilometers of UNESCO-protected chalk cellars in Reims.

98Wines operates from Enzan in Yamanashi Prefecture, the heartland of Japanese wine production, where the Koshu grape has been cultivated for centuries against a backdrop of volcanic soils and dramatic diurnal temperature swings. Recognised with a Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025, the producer sits within a regional scene that is drawing serious international attention. For those mapping Japanese wine beyond the big labels, Enzan is a logical starting point.

Casas del Bosque in Casablanca Valley, Valparaíso Region, Chile crafts precise cool-climate wines with an emphasis on terroir-driven freshness. The estate produces signature bottlings including Pequeñas Pinot Noir (2019), Pequeñas Sauvignon Blanc (2020) and a late-harvest Riesling aged in French oak. Under winemaker Alberto Guolo, production balances restrained vinification, organic blocks, and modern cellar technology to highlight saline coastal notes and vibrant acidity. Recognized by critics—Pequeñas wines have earned 91–93 point scores—visitors encounter curated flights, vineyard lookouts, and the on-site Tanino restaurant. Tastings and tours run from approximately €110 to €393 per person and are typically seasonal and by appointment.

Gusbourne sits on the Romney Marsh edge in Kent, producing English sparkling and still wines that carry the character of its low-lying, clay-heavy soils. A Pearl 2 Star Prestige award in 2025 places it among the more formally recognised estates in southern England. The address — Kenardington Road, Appledore — puts it squarely in the agricultural quietude that defines this corner of the Weald.