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French Wines - Bordeaux

French Wines - Bordeaux. Champagne. Loire Valley. Alsace. Burgundy. Bordeaux. Rhone. French Wines. Appellation d’Originie Controllee (A.O.C .) The area of Production Grape Varieties Minimum Alcohol content Yield per acre Viticultural practices Vinicultural practices

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French Wines - Bordeaux

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  1. French Wines - Bordeaux • Champagne • Loire Valley • Alsace • Burgundy • Bordeaux • Rhone

  2. French Wines • Appellation d’Originie Controllee (A.O.C.) • The area of Production • Grape Varieties • Minimum Alcohol content • Yield per acre • Viticultural practices • Vinicultural practices • Analysis and tasting • Bottling • VDQS – Vins delimites de Qualite Superieur • Vin de Pays • Vin de Table 28% 1.3% 13% 45%

  3. Classification: Medoc: Top ~60 Estates classified into 5 quality levels in 1855 Sauternes: Top 15 Estates classified in 1855 Graves: Top Estates classified in 1959 St. Emilion: Top 75 Estates classified in 1955 and 1985 Bordeaux Medoc • Size: 250,000 acres • Grape Varieties • RED: Cabernet Sauvignon • Merlot • Cabernet Franc • Malbec • Petite Verdot • WHITE: Sauvignon Blanc • Semillion St. Estephe Paulliac St. Julien Haut Medoc Margaux Moulis Listrac Pomerol St. Emilion Appellations: 37 appellations, with Bordeaux AC the most generic Soil: Gravelly or Pebbly in the Medoc, clay and sand in the East Wines: Full-bodied red wines capable of considerable bottle age, light and dry white wines and sweet dessert wines Bordeaux Pessac-Leognan Barsac Cerons Sauternes Graves

  4. 1855 Classification Premier Cru C. Lafite Rothschild C. Latour C. Margaux C. Haut Brion * C. Mouton Rothschild * C. D Y’Quem C. Cheval Blanc C. Ausone C. Petrus

  5. Bordeaux Books Academie du Vin Guide to French Wines Stephen Spurrier The Great Wine Chateaux of Bordeaux Hubrecht Dujiker Bordeaux David Peppercorn Bordeaux Robert Parker Connoisseurs Guide to Bordeaux Wines Yves Durand

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