Bordeaux
France is well known for its splendid wines as we all know, and the region of Bordeaux is by most accounts the most well known region in France for its wines. Approximately one-third of the good quality wine from France is made in this region and includes the grades of AOC, crus bourgeois, crus classésThe wines of the region of Bordeaux are so coveted and good that there is a separate ranking system called Bordeaux ranking which is employed to keep the best separated from the cream of the wines, that is to say the best of the best. Some of these are the universal favorites like Margaux, Pétrus, Yquem, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion to name a very few. There are 7000 chateaux in Bordeaux.
The facts of the wines from this region are
Location: it is located in the south west direction of France falling near the Atlantic coast around the city similarly names Bordeaux.
Grapes in Bordeaux: Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Sémillon, Sauvignon,
Production: 850 million bottles
Type of Wine: Full-body red wine, Medium-body red wine, Dry white wine Sweet white wine.
Bordeaux Wine and food to go along: Oysters, Pauillac Lamb, Duck along with mushrooms
Wine making in Bordeaux
The region is full of diversity and has a soil diversity ration completely accompanying the 57 appellations, the round about of 7,000 wine-producing châteaux, as well as the 13,000 growers of wine. The soil is equally diverse thus giving a wide range to the grapes produced and wine made.
Wine Grapes in Bordeaux:
red wine is the most important produce of the grapes of Bordeaux, so the most important wine producing grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc these have tannin and provide vigour in the wine as also giving it good keeping qualities. The production of Merlot is also of a mention, it is the most planted grape and the softness and the suppleness that it brings to a wine is highly coveted, 50% of the region is covered with merlot grapes.
The white wine grapes in the Bordeaux region are :
Sauvignon Blanc and
Sémillon, as also
The types of wine produced are
Bordeaux AOC red
Entre-Deux-Mers dry white
Saint Emilion
Margaux
Sauternes sweet white
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