| Bordeaux wines are produced in the Bordeaux | | | | vintage, a fancy name for the year that the wine |
| region, near the Southeast coast of France. | | | | was produced. It is said that the older the vintage |
| Bordeaux is considered to have some of the best | | | | is, the better it tastes. While that may be true, it |
| vineyard areas in the world, with productions | | | | does not necessarily tell everything. There are |
| including table wine to the most prestigious red | | | | years when the weather, harvest and process |
| blends. Some of the most well-known wine from | | | | were all good, and there are times when it is not |
| Bordeaux includes red wine from Medoc and | | | | so. Do not grab a bottle just because you noticed |
| Saint-Emilion, white wine from Graves, and | | | | it is the oldest in the market. It may well be one |
| dessert wines from Sauternes. With average | | | | that was produced during a bad year. |
| vintage production reaching seven hundred million | | | | Chemicals and Fertilizer |
| bottles of Bordeaux wines, you would need wine | | | | You should also take note if a particular region is |
| guides to make sure you have a good wine in | | | | known to use chemicals herbicides and fungicides |
| your hands. | | | | and fertilizers. These particular areas usually |
| Comparing Bordeaux wines requires that you | | | | produced wine with decreased value. |
| understand some things about Bordeaux, its | | | | Six Main Styles of Bordeaux's |
| history and also the region, so that you can make | | | | There are six main classifications of wine that will |
| full use of the knowledge in wine trading. | | | | be outlined here, including four red that is based |
| Origin | | | | on the region, and four white, which is based on |
| You already learned a bit of Bordeaux in the | | | | sweetness: |
| previous paragraphs, and you know that it is in | | | | Red Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur - |
| France. There are many other vineyards in France | | | | these are the cheapest among the wines, and are |
| and in other regions of the world, and there was | | | | allowed to be produced all over the region, more |
| an issue when other vineyards and wine makers | | | | often sold with commercial brand names rather |
| outside of Bordeaux began labeling their own wine | | | | than as classic wines. |
| "Bordeaux" after seeing how lucrative the | | | | Red Cotes de Bordeaux - these wines are |
| business is. This resulted in the imposition of a law | | | | somewhere between the red Bordeaux and other |
| that only those produced from Bordeaux could | | | | more popular wines. |
| carry the name and, consequently, each wine | | | | Red Libourne - these wines are known to |
| were labeled based on their origin. | | | | have more fruit concentration and more tannin. |
| Grapes | | | | Red Graves and Medoc - these are classic |
| Although any wine from the region is classified as | | | | wines that should be cellared before it is drunk. |
| Bordeaux, collectible quality wines are usually red | | | | Dry white wines - these wines are allowed to |
| blends of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% | | | | be produced throughout the region, but the most |
| Cabernet Franc, and 15% Merlot grapes. Almost all | | | | popular ones are from Graves. |
| Bordeaux wines are blends, although the | | | | Sweet white wines - these wines are made |
| percentages and grapes can of course vary. | | | | from grapes from Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and |
| Wine Age | | | | Muscadelle, although the best known appellation is |
| One thing to consider when comparing wine is the | | | | Sauternes. |