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A dry white Bordeaux. In the Bordeaux wine region there are seven regional Appellations d'origine contrôlée (AOCs) that may be used throughout the Gironde department. These are Bordeaux Rouge AOC, Bordeaux Supérieur Rouge, Bordeaux Clairet, Bordeaux Rosé, Bordeaux Blanc, a dry white, Bordeaux Supérieur Blanc, a sweet white, and Crémant de Bordeaux, a sparkling méthode traditionnelle wine.
The Bordeaux Blanc AOC is used for wines made in appellations that only allow red wines. Dry whites from Graves are the most well-known and it is the only subregion with a classification for dry white wines.
White wine produced under the Bordeaux Sec AOC is made mostly from Sauvignon blanc and Sémillon, with the addition of some Muscadelle, Colombard, Mauzac, Merlot blanc, Ondenc and Ugni blanc. [6] It must contain no more than 4g/L of residual sugar.
Côtes de Bergerac Blanc: South West France: 1936: Côtes de Blaye: 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 ...
This category covers the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wines of the Bordeaux wine region of France. Pages in category "Bordeaux AOCs" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
Both red and white wine is produced in Entre-Deux-Mers, mainly the dry white carries the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) "Entre-Deux-Mers". The red is mostly sold as Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur. [2] From 2023 also red wines can be sold under AOP Entre-Deux-Mers. But have slightly stricter rules than Bordeaux or Bordeaux supérieur.
Graves is the only Bordeaux subregion which is famed for all three of Bordeaux' three main wine types—reds, dry whites and sweet wines—although red wines dominate the total production. Graves AOC is also the name of one Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) which covers most, but not all of the Graves subregion.
Starting in the 1960s and 1970s, these vineyards were converted to red wine production (of Bordeaux AOC and Bordeaux Supérieur AOC), and the production of white wine has decreased ever since. Today production of white wine has shrunk to about one tenth of Bordeaux's total production, with 11.0% of the vineyard surface in 2007 used for white ...