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Every year, around this time, a game plays out in the upper echelons of the fine-wine world. It begins in spring, when the top Bordeaux châteaux prepare to take the wraps off the previous year’s ...

For several years in the late 1990s ... difference between them and the 1st wine more to do with fine-boned elegance than fruit density. In general, 2021 Bordeaux is not to be discounted, they ...

and because many Bordeaux whites are based on the blends traditional in Pessac-Léognan and Graves. This was the only single-variety Sauvignon amongst our Value Best In Show wines this year -- and its ...

Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

Blaye as a sub-region impressed our DWWA judges for the second year ... is from Bordeaux, though, and there’s an Atlantic nuance and freshness coming from the soils and skies which brings its own ...