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Wines of Bordeaux
Bordeaux.com
Source:
Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux
"The official site of Bordeaux wines."
Médoc-wines.com
Source:
Conseil des vins du médoc
n a shock decision, the administrative tribunal of Bordeaux has suspended the 2006 Saint-Emilion classification. The court decided that there was “serious doubt” about its legality “because the commission that made the classification did not visit every chateau.” That meant the commission “discriminated between chateaux.”
Prices of Bordeaux 2006 – at least on the right bank – will be set between the levels of 2004 and 2005.
Château la Dauphine in Fronsac is bucking the Bordeaux system by
declassifying one of its properties to boost production of its most popular wine.
With 2005 reds at sky-high prices, Jon Bonné considers another option from France's most famous wine region.
As the date for the announcement of the new St Emilion classification gets nearer, Bordeaux is rife with speculation.
With a bumper harvest last year, France's largest wine-producing region is gearing up to celebrate
Château Pape Clement - this vineyard, the oldest named in Bordeaux, harvested its 700th crop this year.
But how do you celebrate a 700-year anniversary?
Growers are deserting a classic wine region, reports Jason Burke from Sauveterre-de-Guyenne.
"If you prefer a manual transmission, a vacuum
tube amplifier or a phone that is just a phone and not a media center, then
you understand how it feels to be a fan of good dry white Bordeaux. It's not
at all easy to find what you want."
A Bordeaux classification, once drawn up in the
19th century but since fallen from use, has been revived by a group of
winemakers in the Medoc.
"Garage wines were once the epitome of avant-garde winemaking style. Coming from hitherto unknown plots of land, mostly on the Merlot-dominated Right Bank of Bordeaux,
they were richly extracted, made from very ripe grapes, fermented and aged in 100-percent new oak."
After decades of underachievement, Margaux realizes its full potential.
"A vintage of 'finesse, elegance and
longevity'; is Robert Parker's verdict on the 2004 vintage in Bordeaux,
but it will only sell if the price is 'significantly' lower than last
year."
"Too many
Bordeaux wines don't deserve the name - and winemakers must be quicker to
understand the styles demanded by the international market."
The Bordeaux first-growth Chateau Mouton-Rothschild has revealed the design of its new label for the
2001 vintage.
Robert Parker has published his long-awaited notes on the 2002 Bordeaux vintage, which he sums up as one for
'patient connoisseurs'.
What makes this “other”
bordeaux so good? The soil, the merlot grape—and the camaraderie.
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