WINE-3-2.1.1

Bordeaux: Banks, Communes, the 1855 Classification and Sauternes

WINE-3-2 · France in Depth · WINE-3-2.1 Bordeaux

Explains Bordeaux as a soil and grape story: gravel and Cabernet Sauvignon on the left bank, clay and Merlot on the right, the Medoc communes, and precisely what the 1855 classification does and does not classify. Covers Sauternes, botrytis and dry white Bordeaux.

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