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Bordeaux Region
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Year |
Region |
Description |
Price |
| Details |
2007 |
Bordeaux, France |
Baron de Luze Bordeaux Rouge |
$11.99 |
| Details |
2005 |
Bordeaux, France |
Ch. Dassault St Emilion |
$74.99 |
| Details |
2006 |
Bordeaux, France |
Ch. Haut Guirard CDBourg |
$16.99 |
| Details |
1997 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau d' Yquem Sauternes 375ml |
$156.99 |
| Details |
2004 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau D'Issan Haut Medoc |
$19.99 |
| Details |
2005 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau De Malleret |
$24.99 |
| Details |
2008 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Graville-Lacoste Graves Blanc |
$17.99 |
| Details |
2006 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Jean Faure St. Emillion |
$54.99 |
| Details |
2005 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau La Raze Beauvallet |
$18.99 |
| Details |
2005 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Laronde Bordeaux |
$24.99 |
| Details |
2006 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Paveil de Luze Margaux |
$29.99 |
| Details |
2000 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Poujeaux Medoc |
$24.99 |
| Details |
2006 |
Bordeaux, France |
Chateau Teyssier |
$35.99 |
| Details |
2007 |
Bordeaux, France |
Montravel Blanc Chateau de Calabre |
$12.99 |
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 on the berries as harvest approaches. This mold does not ruin the grape but instead causes the loss of much of the water content in the berry. The result is a raisin-like berry with extreme concentration of the natural sugars and flavors. The loss of the water in the grape means that the yeild of wine is amazingly small. On average, only one glass of wine is produced from each vine in the vineyards of d'Yquem. In order to harvest only the grapes that have achieved the maximum concentration levels, the harvest at Chateau d'Yquem can last for weeks and involves several passes by up to 150 harvesters. The harvesters pick individual berries rather than the normal process of harvesting entire bunches. This method of harvesting is extremely expensive and only the top chateaux in the region are able to afford it.
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 for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of the Gironde estuary. Covering a large part of the viticultural strip of land along the Médoc peninsula, the zone covers approximately 37 miles (60 kilometres).
A response to the hardship of the years following the Great War, the first ever classification of the Cru Bourgeois properties of the Médoc was drawn up by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Agriculture in 1932. As the end of the 20th Century neared, and the popularity and reputation of a number of the Cru Bourgeois properties grew, it became apparent that a more regulated classification was required.
In 2003 of 490 chateaux that submitted to the new classification, only 247 were included, a significant contraction of the original listing made in 1932. They were divided into three tiers, led by the Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel (9 properties), followed by Cru Bourgeois Supérieur (87 properties) and then the standard Cru Bourgeois estates (151 properties). Admirably, there was a plan to review the ranking every 12 years.
It was not until early 2007 that the Cru Bourgeois applecart was truly upset with a collection of far too many complaints from producers against the classification system. The latest version of classification should be rolled out by 2009.
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 has assembled an impressive team, both in the fields and in the cellar. Crops are thinned, harvested by hand and sorted by not one but two triage tables; whole-cluster vinification is natural and as gentle as possible.
The estate's blend--a combination of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec--captures the nobility of the great St.-Emilion estates while expressing a lush, seductive quality found in the finest Pomerols.
"Good ruby-red. Smoky black raspberry, chocolate, tobacco and a whiff of iron on the nose. Silky, pliant and rather easygoing, with good depth to the flavors of red berries, tobacco and iron. Finishes with supple tannins, good vinosity and sneaky length." Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar
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 that may be used throughout the region. These are Bordeaux AOC, Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux Clairet, Bordeaux Rosé, Bordeaux Sec and Bordeaux Moelleux. They primarily represent the basic level of red, rosé and white wines of the region, and represent the largest production volume among the AOC wines of Bordeaux. The production area allowed to use these AOC covers the entire region, including those areas which also have access to more geographically delimited and prestigious AOCs.
These AOCs are often called generic because they do not indicate a specific subregion or commune within Bordeaux as the source of the wine. Large parts of the Bordeaux region can only use the generic appellations. Most Bordeaux AOC is produced within the Entre-Deux-Mers subregion.
Like all other AOCs in Bordeaux, even the simplest generic Bordeaux AOC wines are allowed to display the text Grand Vin de Bordeaux - Great wine of Bordeaux.
Located near the Garonne, the Château Laronde Desormes was purchased in 1992 by the family to Tessandier family Tari, owner of Château Giscours. The vineyard is located a few hundred meters of the Garonne on alluvial soil of sandy clay called palus. The wine is predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, followed by Merlot, Cabernet-Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
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 located in Vignonet, one of the five St Emilion communes. The property has a long history of wine production, stretching back as far as 1714 when it was little more than a farm. Things stepped up a gear when the estate was purchased by historian Jules Roy in 1869, who constructed a grand chateau and tidied up the vineyards. From then on little changed at Chateau Teyssier, until the arrival of Jonathan and Lyn Maltus in 1994.
Jonathan Maltus had big plans for Chateau Teyssier. Not only was there extensive modernisation in the winery and cellar, but there was also a second winery constructed. Old concrete vats were replaced with stainless steel, and in fact a second, entirely new winery was constructed for the sole purpose of vinifying the single vineyard wines. The chateau, which had fallen some way towards a state of disrepair, also saw some restoration, and within a few years a state-of-the-art bottling line was installed. New vineyards were added to the Maltus portfolio, and the wine now sources fruit from plots in Vignonet, St Sulpice de Faleyrens and St Emilion.
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