Chateau Haut-Brion
Source
Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. NY: Scribner, 2005.
Haut-Rhin
Altenberg de Bergheim (Bergheim, 35.06 ha)
Altenberg de Wolxheim (Wolxheim, approx. 31 ha)
Brand (Turckheim, 57.95 ha) One of the more renowned of all the Grands Crus.
Haut-Brion, Chateau (oh bree-ohn)
The highest rated, and best known vineyard in the Graves district, in Bordeaux, France.
Haut (oh)
literally, high; not necessarily an indication of higher quality
Hospices de Beaune (oh-speece duh bone)
charitable hospital in Burgundy that owns many fine vineyards ...
Haut: A French word meaning "high." It applies to quality as well as altitude.
Hectare: A metric measure of area equal to 10,000 square meters or 2.47 acres.
Hectoliter: A metric measure equal to 100 liters or 26.4 gallons.
Haut-Médoc (Oh May-dawk) - Major subdivision of the Médoc region of Bordeaux, and source of many of its greatest red wines.
Chateau Haut-Brion
Domaine de Chevalier
Chateau Laville Haut-Brion
(These three Graves wines will be quite expensive and sometimes hard-to-obtain, but wonderfully tasty if someone else is buying!) ...
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St. Emilion
The City ...
Bordeaux, is an Eighteenth Century architectural and cultural gem. The city of 600,000 is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the largest urban entity to be so honored.
Chateau Haut-Bages-Liberal (Pauillac)
Chateau Pedesclaux (Pauillac)
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Château Haut-Brion
Pessac
This wine is the only one not coming from Haut-Médoc
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Village of the Haut-Medoc in Bordeaux, central to perhaps the world's greatest vineyard region.
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Pauillac in the Haut-Médoc defines Bordeaux and is considered the best appellation in the region. In fact, of the five First Growths, three of them are Pauillac.
Trauben mit roter Haut und ebenfalls rotem Fruchtfleisch, im Gegensatz zu den roten Trauben, deren Farbe sich ausschließlich in der Haut befindet und deren Fruchtfleisch farblos ist.
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in 1855, 61 red wines of the Médoc (including one from graves: Chateau haut-Brion) were classified as "cru classé", which were divided inti five ranks determined by price (and therefore, in theory, quality), ...
The first important commune located to the north of Haut-Médoc is St-Estèphe. Wines produced in this place are characterized by full body, evident tannins and require long period of aging before reaching full maturity.
That said, very generally speaking, the wines from the Medoc, Haut-Medoc, and Graves (pronounced "graav") will be dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon.
The five elite properties of the Medoc and Graves regions of *Bordeaux: Latour, Lafite, Haut-Brion, Mouton-Rothschild and Margaux, which were picked out as 'Premier Cru Classé' in the 1855 Bordeaux Classification (actually, ...
First Growth. Chateaux Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Haut-Brion and Mouton Rothschild.
Fortified. Wines with brandy or other spirits added, such as Port.
The "top five" chateau of Bordeaux, according to the 1855 Classification, were actually only four: Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Margaux and Haut-Brion. In the only change to that historic classification, Mouton-Rothschild was added in 1973.
In France it is known in Alsace as Gentil Blanc, Weiss Edler and Knipperlé or Kniperlé and it is known as Kleiner Rauschling in Haut and Bas Rhin and also as Weiss Klavner in Bas Rhin.
They were ranked, as in football divisions, into first (premier), second (deuxième), third (troisième), fourth (quatrième) and fifth (cinqième) growths. There are only five first growths: Chx Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Margaux and Haut-Brion.
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