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Bordeaux Blend
A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France. Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.
- Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
- White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix
While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.
- Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
- Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.
Pomerol Wine
Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price. Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.
Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine. Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet. The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.
Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.
When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours. Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.
Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945
Pomerol Wine Style
It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too. Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.
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