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Wednesday, August 7. 2024

Learn a little about Bordeaux wines

Bordeaux Wines


I did not know how much Merlot grapes they use. Still, I can't afford really good Bordeaux, like an '86 St. Emilion. Well, I guess I could but I won't.


I have never had a Petrus but I am sure I'd like it.







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When I was in Europe in the Army in the seventies, the Bordeaux wines were really great. I've never been able to find anything that compares back in the States.
#1 snopercod on 2024-08-07 19:25 (Reply)
Go to any corner grocery store in France and ask for a good inexpensive Bordeaux. You will get an astonishing wine for peanuts.

Same, same in Spain, Portugal & Italy. Go to Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem in Czechia and buy a bottle of white. A few dollars and beyond belief. Hallo Tomas Petratur, I hope you are still there.

The secret is that many excellent, even outstanding, wines are not produced in enough volume to justify export.
#2 Fred Z on 2024-08-07 23:45 (Reply)
Bordeaux red is still (after nearly 1000 years) often called claret in the UK. Britain has been importing massive quantities for most of that time. This was partly because the Angevin kings owned Bordeaux.
The term is believed to derive from the French vin clairet, meaning either an unclouded wine or a light red one.
#3 Clovis Sangrail on 2024-08-08 07:54 (Reply)
For when my ship comes in. Or perhaps on the way out.
#4 Dave L on 2024-08-08 08:19 (Reply)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Gimme that Wine
#5 Gringo on 2024-08-08 21:58 (Reply)
I have found that an inexpensive competitor to Bordeaux pinot is actually in Germany: Spätburgunder wines.

https://www.everydaydrinking.com/p/whats-pinot-noir-in-german-spatburgunder
#6 Chap on 2024-08-09 15:21 (Reply)

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