Bordeaux wines (bordeaux)

There are amazing places on our planet that are famous for their natural beauties or rare species of plants, as well as animals that live only in this territory. And for example, for true wine lovers, the French region of Bordeaux is considered a special place on earth. The Bordeaux wine region is located in the southwestern territory of France in the Gironde Valley. Bordeaux wines are famous all over the world for their exceptional taste and consumer characteristics.

In France, they respect the observance of all the rules of winemaking that have developed in the region throughout the history of the French state. It is noteworthy that the production of all without exception varieties of Bordeaux wines is subject to one specially developed set of documents that regulate all the main parameters of the finished drink, and in addition contain certain requirements that must meet the taste, aroma and other consumer characteristics of the noble drink.

It is worth emphasizing that nowadays some drinks are undeservedly called Bordeaux wines. Real Bordeaux wines are produced only in an appellation called "Bordeaux Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée" or "Bordeaux AOC. " It is safe to say that in order to taste the real wines of Bordeaux, you need to visit the famous French region. Bordeaux wines have long produced small viticultural farms, which in France are called chateau or châteaux.

In the Bordeaux region, there are currently about 9 thousand chateaux that produce first-class Vrantsuz kins under the Bordeaux brand. Statistics claim that over 15 thousand different names of Bordeaux wines are produced annually in the region. All real Bordeaux wines are poured into special bottles of the same name, which were invented specifically for the long aging of the wine. Currently, there are about a hundred different varieties of Bordeaux wine, which differ from each other primarily in the varieties of grapes from which a noble drink is produced.

Among the most popular and widespread types of Bordeaux wines, the following can be distinguished:



red dry wines under the brands Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur, as well as Médoc, Graves, Côtes de Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac;

white dry wines called Bordeaux and Bordeaux Sec, Blaye, Premières Côtes de Blaye, Graves;

white sweet wines under the name Barsac, Cadillac, Loupiac.



The above list of Bordeaux wines is just the tip of the iceberg. It is noteworthy that the classification of Bordeaux wines was proposed by none other than Emperor Napoleon III of France, who in 1855 instructed the French Chamber of Commerce to find and systematize the best wines in France, including the Bordeaux region, in order to present drinks at the International Wine Exhibition.

Since then, all Bordeaux wines have been subject to a certain classification. It is also worth noting the fact that Bordeaux red wines are the most popular. However, this fact did not prevent precisely the sweet white wine of Bordeaux, made in 1878 to take second place in the world ranking of the most expensive drinks. In 2006, a bottle of Bordeaux was sold at auction for 90 thousand US dollars.

True, in the same ranking, Bordeaux red wine under the brand name Chateau Lafitte is listed at number one, which was also produced in 178

7. so a bottle of red Bordeaux was put up for auction at the Christie auction in the 80s of the last century. The happy owner of a rare drink posted 160 thousand US dollars for Bordeaux red wine.