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Red grapes of Bordeaux

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Cab sav
Merlot
Cab franc
Petit Verdot 
Carmenere
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White grapes of Bordeaux

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Sauvignon blanc
Semillon
Muscadelle

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Saint Emilion classification

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2 ranks
- premier grand cru classe
- grand cru classe
Estate must petition each year to qualify
Wine labelled “appellation Saint Emilion grand cru classe”
2 estates = Ch. Au some, Ch. Chevalier Blanc

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Cru classe classification

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1950's
Graves
List of best reds, whites or both
Designation written on label
Includes Ch. Haut Brion
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1855 classification of sweet wines

Regions, categories and Ch. Numbers

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Barsac and Sauternes

1) premier grand cru = Yquem
2) premier cru = 11 ch.
3) deuxieme cru = 14. ch

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Bordeaux 1st growths and regions

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Ch. Haut Brion - graves/ pessac leognan
Ch. Latour - Pauillac
Ch. Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
Ch. Mouton Rothschild - Pauillac > late entry
Ch. Margaux - Margaux
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5 categories of 1855 classification

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  1. Premier cru. 5
  2. Deuxieme cru. 14
  3. Troisieme cru. 14
  4. Quatrieme cru. 10
  5. Cinquieme cru 18
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1855 Bordeaux classification dry wines

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Only wines from left bank
61 rw estates from medic and it’s subregions
1 in graves
5 categories

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Bordeaux dessert wine regions

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Bar sac
Cadillac
Loupiac
Sainte croix du mont
Sauternes
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Lesser known Bordeaux sub regions and wines produced

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Cotes de bourg - r and a
Cotes de blaye - r and w
Canon fronsac - red
Fronsac - red
Lalande de pomerol - red
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Main Bordeaux sub regions and satellites

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Pomerol
Saint Emilion 
     Lussac saint Emilion
     Montagne saint Emilion 
     Puisseguin saint Emilion 
     Saint Georges saint Emilion
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Bordeaux left bank sub Regions and communes

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Haut medoc
     Margaux
     Pauillac 
     Saint estephe
     Saint Julien 
Graves
     Pessac leognan
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Main areas Bordeaux

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Left bank
Right bank
Entre deux mers

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Bordeaux climate

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Temperate maritime
High humidity
Very rare spring frosts

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Right bank topsoil

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Clay and limestone

Some gravelly areas

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South left bank topsoil

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Mixture clay and limestone

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North left bank topsoil

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Quartz rich gravel over clAy and marl

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Bordeaux subsoil

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Limestone

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Right bank main town

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Libourne

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Left bank main town

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Bordeaux

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Bordeaux location

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SW Atlantic coast of france

Dordogne, Garonne, and Gironde rivers

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Types of AOC in bordeaux

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Regional - bordeaux and bordeaux superior
Sub-region - eg medic, graves
Village - eg st Emilion, listrac AOC
Chateau classification - varies by sub region
Vin de pays - vdp de l’atlantic

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Bordeaux general

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Largest appellation in France
2nd largest producer
Mostly reds

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Medoc soil

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Gravel

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St Emilion soil

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Gravel over limestone

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Pomerol soil

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Iron pan under sand and clay

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What grape dominates the left bank

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Cab sav

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What grape dominates the right bank

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Merlot and cab franc

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Sub appellation of the medoc and its famous communes

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Haut medoc
  St estephe
  Pauillac
  St Julian
  Margaux
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Medoc 2nd growths in Pauillac

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Chateau pichon lalande

Chateau pichon baron

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Medoc 2nd growths in st estephe

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Chateau cos d’estournel

Chateau montrose

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Medoc 2nd growths in st Julien

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Chateau ducru beaucaillou
Chateau leoville las cases 
Chateau leoville Barton
Chateau gruand larose
Chateau leoville poyferre
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Medoc second growths in Margaux

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Chateau rausan segla
Chateau lascombes
Chateau brane cantenac
Chateau rausan gassies
Chateau durfort vivens
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Medoc cru bourgeois

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Only one classification - no tiers
260 chateau
Coming from one of 8 appellations in bordeaux
Medoc
Haut medoc
Listrac medoc
Moulds en medoc
Margaux
St Julien
Pauillac 
St estephe
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St estephe

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Northernmost commune of the haut medoc 
Sturdy full bodied wines age worthy
No first growths 
Super seconds chateau cos d'estournel 
Only 5 classified growths in total
Lb
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Pauillac

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Power and finesse in wines
3 1st growths
Chateau Latour
Chateau Lafite Rothschild 
Chateau mouton Rothschild 
Gravel top soil long lived wines
Lb
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St julien

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Smallest commune
No first growths 
5 second growths
Chateau leoville Barton
Chateau leoville poyferre
Chateau gru and larose
Lb
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Margaux

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Largest commune in haut medoc
Elegance and finesse
1 1st growth 
Chateau Margaux 
Sandy gravel over limestone
21 classified growths
3rd growth chateau Palmer is an overachiever 
Lb
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Graves AOC’s

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Graves
Graves superior
Pessac leognan

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1st growth of graves

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Chateau haut Brion

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Graves AOC wine style

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Dry reds

Dry whites

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Graves superior wine style

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Dry whites

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Pessac leognan wine style

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Dry whites and reds

All cru classe are here

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Chateau of cadaujac - graves

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Chateau bouscaut

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Chateau of leognan - graves

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Chateau haut bailly

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Chateau of martillac - graves

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Chateau la tour martillac

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Chateau of pessac - graves

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Chateau haut Brion

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Chateau of talence - graves

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Chateau la tour haut Brion

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Coteaux de bordeaux aop

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4 areas 
Blaye
Cadillac
Castillon
Francs
97 % use merlot
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Libournais satellites

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Pomerol 
St Emilion
 Fronsac
Montage st Emilion
St Georges st Emilion
Less ac st Emilion
Puisseguin st Emilion
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St Emilion classification

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Does not exist

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St Emilion 2012 new classification ruling

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Candidate chateaux must show 10 vintages

15 if desired to move from grand cru classe to 1er grand cru classe

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St Emilion grands cru classe A

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Chateau angelus
Chateau ausone
Chateau check all blanc
Chateau pavie

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Pomerol

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Rb
Never been classified
5 square miles

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Important chateau of pomerol

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Petrus
Chateau le pin
Chateau la fleur petrus
Chateau la conseillante
Vieux chateau certan
Trotanoy
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Satellite district of pomerol

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Lalande de pomerol

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Canon fronsac and fronsac AOC

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Rb
Northwest of pomerol and st Emilion
Red cab franc
Consistently good

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Cotes de castillon AOC

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Rb
Between st Emilion and the dordogne
Good value

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Cotes de francs

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Rb
Rustic reds
Cab franc

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Bourg and blaye General info

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No classifications

Mostly reds

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Blaye AOC

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Rb
Reds
Cab sav cab franc merlot ++

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Premieres cotes de blayes AOC

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Reds from Cabernet Sauvignon cab franc merlot ++

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Cotes de bourg AOC

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Rb
Reds
Merlot cab sav cab franc ++

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2 LB vintages

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2009 98 points hot summer through harvest, rich ripe structured fruit

2005 95 points extremely aromatic, ripe, rich, balanced, well structured

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2 RB vintages

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2005 98 points aromatic ripe rich balanced wines

2003 93 points exotic and powerful with big velvety tannins

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Entres deux mers General

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Bordeaux largest district
Between dordogne and Garonne rivers
Mixed clay and alluvial soils
No classifications
Inexpensive dry whites
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Graves white AOCs

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Cerons

Sauternes

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Cerons AOC

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Sweet white botrytised wines

Lb

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Sauternes AOC

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Lb
Most famous bot wine 
1 premier cru superieure d'yquem
Also 1st (11) and second (14)growths
Dry wines must be labelled as regional AOCs
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5 communes of Sauternes

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Sauternes
Fargues
Bommes
Preignac
Barsac
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Chateau of cadaujac - graves white

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Bouscaut

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Chateau of leognan - graves white

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D’olivier

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Chateau of martillac - graves white

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La tour martillac

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Chateau of talence - graves white

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Laville haut Brion

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Chateau of villenave d’ornan - graves white

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Cousins

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Chateau of pessac - graves white

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Haut Brion

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2 1st growths of Sauternes

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Chateaux la tour Blanche - bommes

Chateaux Climens - barsac

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2 Sauternes vintage recommendations

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2009 98 points excellent. Fruit, acidity alcohol a keeper

2005 96 points ripe and round opulent vintage

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Entree deux mers AOCs

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Entre deux mers
Premiers cotes de bordeaux 
Cadillac
Loupiac
Ste croix du mont
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Entre deux mers AOC

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Dry white wine

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Premiers cotes de Bordeaux AOC

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Dry reds and off dry whites

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Cadillac
Loupiac
Ste croix du mont
AOC

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Sweet white bot wine

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Soil of bourg and blaye

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Limestone

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Bourg and blaye white AOCs

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Blaye
Cotes de blaye
Premiers cotes de blayes
Cotes de bourg

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Blaye white AOC

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Whites from ugni blanc ++

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Côte de blaye AOC white

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Whites only from Merlot blanc, Folle Blanche, Chenin blanc and others++

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Premiers Côte de blaye AOC white

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Semillon sav blanc ++

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Cotes de bourg AOC white

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Semillon sav blanc ++

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Graves AOC

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Dry reds

Dry whites

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Graves superieure AOC

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Mostly sweeter white

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