The 2009 vintage of the best Bordeaux plots of land is thought to be the best since the last best vintages 1996, 2000 and 2005. I won’t dispute this and I believe fine Bordeaux has many more best vintages to come. But what makes fine Bordeaux wine so great? Centuries of great wine makers perhaps? tried and true old-fashioned winemaking skills? climate? location? I think all of these factors play an important role in the greatness of fine Bordeaux. I also believe their fabulousness is attributed to not only the above but to the fact that Bordeaux, all Bordeaux wine, is blended. Yes, Bordeaux benefits from the blending of several powerhouse grape varieties; cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot and malbec(reds), sauvignon blanc, muscadelle and semillon (whites). Unlike single varietal wines produced in Chile, or California or Washington State, Bordeaux can pick from what was “the best in show” so to speak among all of these grape varietals and blend a liquid so unique, it can’t be matched anywhere in the world. California wines my come close, but the terrior will never be the same. Bordeaux is the most sought after wine in the world because of the experience and pleasure it brings to the palette. Bordeaux is so fabulous people don’t mind waiting for it to grow up in the bottle. In it’s age progression it gets wiser and mellower and in the end will reveal more than it ever could in it’s youth. In a nut shell Bordeaux speaks to us in a way that no other wine can, and that makes it fabulous!
Great post today!
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