Tasted by on 1/1/2007: We had a little trouble with the plug and ended up gently decanting this booze just before dinner. The color was a dark ruby with some brush aside orange tints. The nose while not hugely expressive offered red fruits tobacco caramel and damp earth. The palate was soft supple and perfectly balanced with a bit of fine tannic structure still present. A great pleasure to consume. (576 views)
Red Bordeaux Blend on implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot. Cabernet Franc. Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such this is used worldwide whether for wines from Bordeaux. Meritages from California and Canada some Super-Tuscan wines etc.
Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area almost to the Pointe de Grave) may affirm the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the assort called Unimédoc which ensures aging bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.
Looking full onto the river from the earliest days with an important port activity traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of dye as long ago as 2000 B. C.).
Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity. Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a booze turn. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions aid the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin. Garonne displease from whose very poverty springs great richness has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red act upon with a hint of amber the wines from the Pauillac appellation full-bodied and rich in tannin are vigorous. Powerful when young their aromas of red fruits (black-currant raspberry) or flowers (violets roses irises) melt with the passing of measure into a bouquet which is long in the mouth. Rich and complex the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin red wines must:- come from the communicate of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac. Saint-Julien. Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur. "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",- satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon. Cabernet-Franc. Carmenère. Merlot Noir. Petit Verdot. Cot or Malbec) minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare).
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