Bordeaux - Key Appellations, Wine Law and Regulations
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Together Bordeaux AOC and Bordeaux Supérieur AOC produce 50% of the regions wines. How is the yield per ha, which varieties are mostly used and in which price range?
- red: 60 hl/ha
- rosé: 62 hl/ha
- white 65 hl/ha
Bordeaux Supérior:
- red: 59 hl/ha
Together 50% of all wine produced in Brdx
Red mainly Merlot
- medium intensity red fruit
- high acidity
- medium (+) tannins
- medium body and alc
- med intensity
- gooseberry and lemon
- medium body and alc
- high acidity
acceptable-good
inexpensive-mid priced
Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC
- Southern part of Graves
- botrytis affected
- Semillon 80% plantings, SB and little Muscadelle
- Cooler river Ciron meets warmer Garonne river >
- morning mists > botrytis
- mists leave middle of the day
- sunny afternoon > drying grapes > avoids grey rot
- Sauternes largest sweet wine appellation > 50% of production
- Commune Barsac > Barsac AOC or Sauternes AOC allowed on label
- Yields max 25 hl/ha > often much less
- Citrus peel, honey, mango, vanilla, full bodied, high alc, med-m/+ acidity, sweet finish
- good-outstanding
- middle-(super) premium priced
- crisis > demand decreases past 30 years> more dry wines made
What are the main grape varieties, for white and red wines, used in the generic appellations of Bordeaux?
White: sauvignon blanc
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Describe the wine and location of Médoc vs Haut-Médoc in Bordeaux
- Left bank of the Gironde, north of Bordeaux town
- Red only, 55 hl/ha
- sold for consumption mid-June after harvest
- Médoc northern part, equal Merlot - CS
- Haut-Médoc, closer to Brdx and includes the individual communes. Warmer, more gravel > CS 50%, M 44%
Médoc and Haut Médoc AOC, produce what style of wine?
- Red only
- Mainly planted with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
- Max 55hl/ha
- Wide range of prices and quality levels
Where is Entre-Deux-Mers AOC located and what style of wines does it produce?
- Only white wines
- It's the second largest appellation in Bordeaux.
- Between rivers Dordogne and Garonne
- red: Bordeaux or B sup AOC
- max 65 hl/ha > wines of low flavour intensity
- acceptable-good
- inexpensive-midpriced
When was Côtes de Bordeaux AOC created, for whom and for which style of wines?
- Created in 2009
- Red and white
- Right bank only
- name commune before the AOC for number of communes
- e.g. Blaye , Cadillac, Castillon, Francs CdB
- red 55 hl/ha, 52 hl/ha when commune name on label
Is Côtes de Bourg AOC part of Côtes de Bordeaux?
- No but it is similar to Cts de Bordeaux
- Merlot is dominant
- style/prices similar to Médoc AOC
- Focus on Malbec > 10 % of plantings = highest in Bordeaux
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