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Bordeaux
An area in southwest France considered
by most wine enthusiasts as the world's greatest wine-producing
region because of the large quantity (ranging from 500 to 750 million
bottles annually) and the high quality of the wines.
Bordeaux gains most of its fame from its
red wines, which generally make up over 75 percent of the production.
Bordeaux is broken up into many districts
and contains numerous individual appellations. The five main districts
that have individual appellations are POMEROL,
SAINT-EMILION, GRAVES,
SAUTERNES, and, most important of them all, MEDOC.
Within Medoc there are many individual communes with specific appellations
as well., Some of them, like MARGAUX,
PAUILLAC, SAINT-ESTEPHE,
and SAINT-JULIEN, are
quite well known.
The primary red grape varieties used in
Bordeaux are CABERNET SAUVIGNON,
CABERNET FRANC, MERLOT,
and occasionally MALBEC and PETIT VERDOT.
SAUVIGNON BLANC, SEMILLON,
and MUSCADELLE are the primary white grapes.
Bordeaux winemakers tend to blend grape varieties when making their
wines.
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