Bordeaux Wine Guide: Introduction
Bordeaux Wine Guide:
Introduction
History & Geography
Region 1: Graves
Region 2: Sauternes
Courtiers & Négociants
Region 3: Margaux
Region 4: St Julien
Region 5: Pauillac ...
Bordeaux
For many wine lovers (including myself) Bordeaux is much more than the fourth-largest city in France and the largest of its fine wine regions. It is the most prestigious, longest-lived red wine in the world.
Bordeaux
The Bordeaux region is the area that more than any other else has allowed France to become a great wine producing country.
Bordeaux Wine Information
Bordeaux is probably the most well-know wine region in France. Bordeaux counts for one third of the good quality french wine (AOC, crus bourgeois, crus classés).
foudre
Large oak barrels that vary enormously in size but are significantly larger than the normal oak barrel used in Bordeaux or the piece used in Burgundy. They are widely used in the Rhône Valley.
Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855
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BORDEAUX WINE CLASSIFICATIONS
BORDEAUX 1855 CLASSIFICATION
In 1855 the leading brokers of Bordeaux created a rating system that identified the top wines. The châteaux that made it into this exclusive list were from the Médoc, Sauternes and Barsac.
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Bordeaux's Médoc region is studded with fine 19th century chateaux like third-growth Chateau Palmer's elegant quarters in Cantenac, Margaux.
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Bordeaux
Are you rich? Then you might like to explore Bordeaux, the world's most famous wine region and home to some of the world's most aristocratic wines.
Bordeaux (bore-doe)
city, and important wine region, in south-western France
Brouilly (brew-yee)
village in the Beaujolaus region ...
Bordeaux (bore-doe)
One of the largest cities in France, and a generic term for the sea of wine that is made around the region. This is the home of the Haut-Medoc and such famous wineries as Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Ch. Haut-Brion and Ch.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is an area in southwest France world-renown for it's fine wine-producing regions.
Bouquet
A wine's bouquet is the smell you get from its production and aging processes.
Bordeaux: A city on the Garonne River in southwest France; a large wine-producing region with more than a dozen subregions; a red wine made mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc; ...
Bordeaux. French region best-known for classy reds made primarily from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
Bordeaux mixture
A vine treatment sprayed on the vines, comprising copper sulphate and slaked lime to treat downy mildew.
Bordeaux: A wine region in southwestern France - one of the finest wine-producing regions in the world.
Bouquet: Denoting complex aromas - specifically in aged wines.
Breathing: Oxygen entering wine, allowing it to "open-up" and soften.
Bordeaux: The most important wine region in France. Wines from this area are called "Bordeaux". Red wines from Bordeaux are primarily blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
BORDEAUX
One of the worlds most famous wine growing regions. Located in France north of Paris. Wines from this area are called "Bordeaux". Red wines from Bordeaux are primarily blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
Plan Bordeaux - A proposal for enhancing the economoic status of the wine industry in Bordeaux.
Plonk - British English slang for an inexpensive bottle of wine. The term is thought to originate from the French word for white wine, "blanc".
White Bordeaux: Usually a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon (which gives it extra richness), this can stand up to richer fish flavors and sauces. It's particularly good with smoked salmon, but works with a wide variety of dishes.
Bordeaux - (Bore-DOH)
Major wine region of Southwestern France, along the Dordogne and Garonne rivers from the city of Bordeaux downstream to the Atlantic; ...
Bordeaux Cru Classé, Premier or Grand Cru / Bourgogne (Cõte d'Or) Cru Classé, Premier or Grand Cru / Cõte Chalonnaise Premier Cru / Cabernet-Sauvignon
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Bordeaux blend
A blend made up exclusively of varietals grown in Bordeaux namely: cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot and pontac.
Used in red Bordeaux blends and as a varietal in the Loire Valley.
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Value-level Bordeaux which is still quite good can be had from such names as Citran and Gloria (about $15--$25).
Super Second:Bordeaux's 1855 Classification, which established a five-tiered system of Grands Crus Classées, or growths, has remained relatively unchanged.
Tonneau
A Bordeaux term for 900 liter barrels. In Italy the term also refers to 550 liter barrels
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Impériale (Big Bordeaux Bottle) :
Bottle containing about 6 liters ( 8 bottles of normal size Bordeaux) and which is used for the conservation of the Great Bordeaux wines.
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Today we review a Bordeaux from Saint-Emilion, and it's "only" a Grand Cru, as opposed to a Grand Cru Classe.
Black currant: Bordeaux wines with a high percentage of Cabernet-Sauvignon, and similarly-based California wines may recall blackcurrant or cassis flavor as do some Syrahs.
Bordeaux blendA style of wine assembled from the classic red grapes of Bordeaux including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
Cabernet Sauvignon perhaps the most well-known of the Bordeaux varietals, it is responsible for some of the worlds richest, most complex red wines. Often the backbone for Meritage (Bordeaux-style) blends.
Black type of vine associated with the cabernet-sauvignon and the merlot in Bordeaux area, and producing certain wines of the Valley-of-Loire. It gives a wine of guard of a good smoothness.
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Barrique (French) The regular Bordeaux oak barrel of 225 litres.
Blanc (French) White.
Blending: A wine can be blend of different varieties, different vintages, different areas and even different barrel.
In the seventeenth century, when Britain was at war with France and could no longer buy its beloved Bordeaux wines, they turned to Portugal to fill their decanters.
San Diego Wine Tasting of 1975: Eight Bordeaux and two California wines were evaluated by 28 judges.
Paris Wine Tasting of 1976: This notable wine competition is briefly described above.
PINOT NOIR: The premier grape "cépage" of the Burgundy region of France, producing a red wine that is lighter in color than the Bordeaux reds (such as the Cabernet's or Merlot).
Sauvignon Blanc probably originated in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France and was well known by the Seventeenth Century.
In some wine growing regions such as Bordeaux, the Rhone and, dare I say it, the Hunter Valley, it is now acknowledged that some wine producers have developed 'house styles' over time that have actually been defined by some form of Brett character.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON: A "noble" grape famous as one of the main varieties, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and others used to create the magnificent french Bordeaux region blended red wines.
Classic grape widely grown in the Bordeaux region of France and elsewhere. This grape variety has a distinct fig-like character.
Merlot, is the second great grape (after Cabernet Sauvignon) of Bordeaux and is the predominant variety in both Saint Émilion and Pomerol. Merlot grapes ripen earlier than those of Cabernet Sauvignon, have lower tannins and higher sugar levels.
A Bordeaux glass, the kind you probably have in your kitchen cabinet already, has an oval-shaped bowl with a narrowing mouth. This wine glass is great with most Bordeaux, Merlots, Cabernet Sauvignons, and Zinfandels.
5 liters / 2 standard bottles; Double Magnum, 3 liters / 4 standard bottles (in Bordeaux); Jeroboam, 3 liters / 4 standard bottles (in Champagne) or 4.5 liters / 6 standard bottles (in Bordeaux), Rehoboam, 4.
You see, hard core wine drinkers with a wallet to match often buy more expensive wines (let's use wines from Bordeaux, France again as an example).
This is the primary white grape of Bordeaux and the Eastern Loire Valley (Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé), it is also grown in California, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Chile.
A "noble" grape famous as one of the main varietals, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and others, (many of which are distantly related), used to create the magnificent french Bordeaux region blended red wines.
MERITAGE: An invented term, used by California wineries, for Bordeaux-style red and white blended wines. Combines "merit" with "heritage." The term arose out of the need to name wines that didn't meet minimal labeling requirements for varietals (i.e.
Our Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot wines are produced in the classic Bordeaux style. The grapes are hand harvested and are brought into the winery in small lug boxes and put directly into the crusher - destemmer.
A typical oak barrel holds either 59 or 60 gallons (depending on where it's prototyped from - Bordeaux barrels or "barriques" hold 225 liters or 59 gallons, where a barrel from Burgundy sits at 60 gallons or 228 liters).
A fine Bordeaux need not list the grapes in the blend. California wines usually name a varietal, but many fine California wines do not. Often the name of the vineyard is enough to ensure quality.
Racking: Process in which the wine is separated from the lees (sediment formed by the dead yeast cells).', '', 250)"; onMouseout="hideddrivetip()"Racking of the Bordeaux reds: The five classic Bordeaux red winegrape varietals are Cabernet ...
Merlot is by far the most widely planted grape of the entire Bordeaux region and third, behind carignan and grenache as the most planted black variety in France.
Still, I was stunned to learn, the first time I visited my husband's parents in Bordeaux, France, that the people who live there drink the region's famous reds with almost everything-not just lamb, beef, duck and rabbit, but also roast chicken, ...
It is a common practice of many of the chateaux of Bordeaux to offer their wines for sale the first spring after the vintage. These wines are not delivered for at least 18-24 months while the wines are finished and aged in the winery.
From the Bordeaux region of France come the great Sauternes and Barsac. These wines are produced from overripe Semillon grapes which have been affected by botrytis cinerea and are hand-picked as ready.
Typical of young Bordeaux or Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cloying - A dessert wine with insufficient acidity to balance the sugar. Sits heavily of the palate like honey.
Coarse - Rude or harsh in flavour; clumsy or crude.
The greatest regions of France are Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône, Loire, Champagne, and Alsace. Following the AOC hierarchy, Bordeaux contains such districts as Médoc, which contains the commune Pauillac, which in turn contains three grand cru châteaus.
The most widely planted grape in Bordeaux, merlot, a red grape, is also grown in most of the same places as cabernet sauvignon. And in fact, the two are often blended.
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