Appelations: Wine Law & Regulations - Left Bank Red Wine Appellations - Communal AOCs (Haut-Médoc sub regions)
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Haut Médoc in Bordeaux has several communal AOCs, which are these, what quality and prices are produced?
Pauillac
Saint-Julien
Margaux
Listrac-Médoc and Moulis
very good to outstanding quality
premium to super premium priced
All 57 hl/ha
Where is Saint-Estéphe AOC in Bordeaux located? Describe the growing environment.
- Left bank of Médoc.
- Most northerly located
- Closest to Atlantic > coolest and more clay
- > more Merlot than other communes (40%)
- CS 50% best on gravel banks close to Gironde
- Rustic wines that need time to ripen
The soil of Saint Estéphe has an advantage in dry hot summers, why?
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Where is Pauillac AOC in Bordeaux located? Describe its growing environment.
- Left bank of Haut Médoc
- High proportion of CS (62%), on gravel banks close to Gironde
- In blends often 70-80% CS > concentration - longevity
- The Most structured wine, high tannins and acidity
- 3 of the 5 first growths
- 85% of production is cru classé = highest proportion.
Pauillac AOC has three of the five First Growths, which are these?
- Ch. Lafite Rotschild
- Ch. Mouton Rotschild
- Ch. Latour
Other two:
Ch. Margaux, Margaux
Ch. Haut Brion, Graves/Pessac Leognan
Where is Saint Julien AOC located? Describe its growing environment.
- As Pauillac high proportion of CS and cru classé's
- Homogenous gravel soils
- Structure of Pauillac and finesse of Margaux
- No first growth, five 2nd growths
Where is Margaux AOC located? Describe its growing environment.
- Left bank
- High proportion cru classé and one first growth (Ch. Margaux).
- Slightly more M and less CS
- Stony gravelly soils
- slightly further south > few days earlier ripening than Pauillac and 7-10 than North of Médoc
- Perfumed wines with silky tannins
Where are Listrac-Médoc AOC and Moulis AOC located? Describe their growing environment. Where do they not benefit from?
- Only red
- No Benefit: further from river
- they benefit from less of the moderating influence
- less gravel in the soils
- Good - very good
- mid-priced - premium priced
- release slightly earlier
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