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1
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Graves translation

A

Gravel

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Left Bank wine style

A

Cabernet Sauvignon driven blends

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Soil types

  1. Médoc & Graves
  2. Saint Emilion
  3. Pomeral
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  1. Gravel
  2. Limestion, sand, gravel
  3. Iron pan beneath sand and clay
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Right Bank wine style

A

Merlot driven blends

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Does The Médoc do whites?

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No, unless labeled Bordeaux AOP

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Cabernet Sauvignon soil type

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Gravel.

Cab has long growing season & likes drainage

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Merlot typical characteristics

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Soft, juicy, plum

Medium acid & tannin

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Cabernet Sauvignon typical characteristics

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Powerful, black fruit
High acid & tannin
Thick skinned grape

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Cabernet Fran typical characteristics

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Herbal, vegetal, elegant
Graphite, violet
Medium body & tannin
Medium to high acid

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Sauvignon Blanc typical characteristics

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High acid
Citrus, herbal
Pyrazine

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Semillion typical characteristic

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Floral, tropical

Rounder

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Médoc & Left Bank typical blends

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70% Cab Sauv
30% Merlot
little petit verdot, malbec added (1-3% if used)

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Saint Émilion & Pomeral typical blends

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30% Cab Sauv

70% Merlot

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Dry Whites typical Bordeaux blends

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80% Sauv Blanc

20% Semillion

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Sweet Whites typical Bordeaux blends

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20% Sauv Blanc

80% Semillion

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Bordeaux, typical time in barrel

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About two years

17
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45% of Bordeaux wines are which appellation

A

Bordeaux AOP

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1855 Classification
#of chateau & growths
A

61 named Chateaux

First through Fifth growths

19
Q

Pessac-Leognan AOP

A

Dry whites & reds
New French Oak
in Graves

20
Q

Sauternes AOP

A

Sweet white wine only

Botrytis effected

21
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Saint Émilion 1955 hierarchy

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  1. Grand Cru Classé A
  2. Grand Cru Classé B
  3. Grand Cru Classé
  4. Grand Cru
    Revised every 10 years, updated 2012
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Pomeral AOP hierarchy

A

Pomeral has no AOP hierarchy

23
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Lalande de Pomeral

A
  • Satellite region of Pomeral
  • more affordable
  • less age-ability, less complex
24
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Entre Deux Mers

A

White wine only
(unless Bordeaux AOP)
Stainless steel

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