Left Bank
A term designating the communes of the left bank of the Gironde estuary in Medoc, Bordeaux. For more information, see the Regions pages.
Left Bank
Beauregards (Côte de Cuissy), Beauroy (Troesmes, Côte de Savant), Chaume de Talvat, Côte de Jouan, Côte de Léchet, Montmains (Forêt, Butteaux), Vaillons (Châtains, Sécher, Beugnons, Les Lys, Mélinots, Roncières, Les Epinottes), ...
Left Bank - The side of a river that is to your left if you position yourself in the middle of the river and look downstream. In Bordeaux, this would be the side that contains the Medoc.
Left bank wines (as you face the mouth of the river) have higher concentrations of Cabernet Sauvignon, right bank wines have more Merlot...
Left BankA collective term for the communes of the left bank of the Gironde in Bordeaux. legsThe streams of liquid formed on the sides of the wine glass after the wine is swirled, indicative of the body and texture of the wine.
Langhe, an important wine area located near the city of Alba to the left bank of Tanaro river, is not only the homeland of the excellent Barolo and Barbaresco.
Cabernet Sauvignon: "King" of the Left Bank thriving in the gravelly soil producing one of the elite red wines in the world. Gives red Bordeaux its particular blackcurrant taste while providing tannin, backbone and structure.
On the left bank are the Médoc and Graves regions, which produce some of the most celebrated wines in the world from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Malbec.
It is most widely planted on the left bank of the Tanaro river in the Roero district near Alba, though some plantings exist on the right bank of the Tanaro in the Langhe hills.
In the best areas of the Medoc, the Cabernets, the majority grape on the left bank, showed exemplary ripeness with great aromatic finesse, high alcohol content and good extraction of the anthocyanins (colour).
The region stretches 50 kilometers southeast from the suburbs of Bordeaux itself along the left bank of the Garonne river, and despite being principally a producer of red wine, ...
For example, red wines from villages that lie on the river's "right bank" in Bordeaux will have predominately Merlot grapes in the blend, while the "left bank" Bordeaux producers will lean more heavily on Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.
Blended with Cabernet to soften the wines from Bordeaux left bank. Made as a varietal wine in California and New York. On the rise and maybe replacing Shiraz in Australia? Made as light everyday quaffing wine in Northeastern Italy.
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