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Bordeaux red wine Bordeaux dry white. Many of the top Bordeaux wines are primarily sold by receiving the related payment in advance, the so-called selling en primeur. Because of the combination of longevity, fairly large production, and an established reputation, Bordeaux wines tend to be the most common wines at wine auctions.
Mouton Cadet is the brand name of a popular range of modestly priced, generic Bordeaux wines, considered Bordeaux's most successful brand. [1] [2] Created by Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Mouton Cadet wine is produced through the assembly of a variety of grapes, from several Bordeaux region appellations.
Château Le Pin, or simply Le Pin, is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol.The unusually small estate is located on the Right Bank of France's Gironde estuary in the commune of Pomerol in the hamlet of Catusseau, and its wine is frequently one of the world's most expensive red wines.
Pétrus is a Bordeaux, France, wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. A small estate of just 11.4 hectares (28 acres), it produces a red wine entirely from Merlot grapes (since the end of 2010), and produces no second wine. The estate belongs to Jean-François Moueix and his children.
Wines from Château d'Yquem are characterised by their complexity, concentration and sweetness, which is balanced by relatively high acidity. With proper care, a bottle will keep for a century or more , [ 1 ] and the fruity overtones will gradually fade and integrate with more complex secondary and tertiary flavours.
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Bordeaux: 1995: Formerly part of Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire: Bordeaux: 1937: Côtes de Bourg: Bordeaux: 1936: AOC in 1936 for red wines, in 1941 for white wines Côtes de Castillon: Bordeaux: 1989: Separate AOC in 1989, formerly Côtes de Castillon could be added to Bordeaux AOC Côtes de Duras: South West France: 1937: Côtes du ...
Lafite was one of five wine-producing châteaux of Bordeaux originally awarded First Growth status in the 1855 Classification. Since then, it has been a consistent producer of one of the world's most expensive red wines. A bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild holds the world record for the most expensive bottle of wine sold at auction for ...