Bordeaux
wine making
Bordeaux
wines: 21 wines in the French Wine Guide
Bordeaux is
one of the most important wine producing regions
in the world. One third of the good quality wine
in France is coming from Bordeaux.
Wine
production in Bordeaux :
Bordeaux is 57 appellations,
about 7,000 wine-producing châteaux, and 13,000
wine growers. The large diversity of Bordeaux suggests
an equal diversity of soil.
Wine
Grapes in Bordeaux :
Most of the grapes grown in the Bordeaux region
for red wine are Cabernet
Sauvignon and Cabernet
Franc which give vigour, tannin and good keeping
qualities, and Merlot which
brings softness and suppleness. Merlot is the most
planted grape in Bordeaux, covering 50% of the wine
region (see chart below).
White
wines are elaborated mostly from Sauvignon
Blanc and Sémillon,
and sometimes also with Muscadelle.
Bordeaux wine making information :
| Size
of the vineyards: |
120,000
hectares (300,000 acres) |
| Vineyards: |
13,000
wine growers (7,000 chateaux) |
| Soil: |
Gravels
coming from the Pyrénées mountains
Clayey-limestone
and clay, sand, limestone |
| Weather: |
Oceanic
and temperate with short, mild winters, quite hot
summers, long autumns and a high degree of humidity
generated by the Atlantic Ocean |
Red
Grapes
in Bordeaux: |
Merlot (50%
of Bordeaux vineyards)
Cabernet Sauvignon (26%)
Cabernet Franc (10%)
Other red grapes in Bordeaux,
very occasionally: Petit Verdot - Malbec
- Carmenère |
White
Grapes
in Bordeaux: |
Sémillon (8%
of Bordeaux wines)
Sauvignon (4%)
Other white grapes in Bordeaux,
very occasionally: Muscadelle - Ugni blanc -
Colombard - Folle blanche |
| Production: |
7
million hl or 850 million bottles
red: 87% dry white: 11% sweet white: 2%
Bordeaux is 14% of French wine production,
27% of quality wine |
| Type
of Wine: |
Bordeaux
AOC red
Entre-Deux-Mers
dry white
Saint
Emilion
Margaux
Sauternes
sweet white
Other wines of Bordeaux: see list
of appellations below |
Read more
about Bordeaux wines with Amazon.com:
- Bordeaux:
a comprehensive guide to the wines
produced from 1961 to 1997, by Robert
Jr. Parker
More
pages on Bordeaux :
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About
Bordeaux wine region :
Bordeaux
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Wines
from Bordeaux :
Médoc - Haut
Médoc - Margaux - Saint
Estèphe - Pauillac - Saint
Julien - Listrac - Moulis - Graves - Pessac
Léognan - Sauternes - Barsac - 1ères
Cotes de Bordeaux - Bordeaux
aoc/Bordeaux supérieur - Entre
Deux Mers - Saint
Emilion - Cotes
de Castillon - Cotes
de Francs - Pomerol - Fronsac - Cotes
de Bourg - Wines of Bordeaux
Other
french wine regions :
Alsace - Bourgogne
(Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes
du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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