The Bordeaux region that produces France's famous red Bordeaux wines lies in the southern part of western France, on the Atlantic coast The Gironde Estuary and its two major rivers, the Dordogne and the Garonne, run through the heart of the region Almost all of Bordeaux’s great wine estates are near the Gironde or one of its tributaries The city of Bordeaux, France’s fourth largest city, lies in the center of the region.
Bordeaux’s reputation as a great wine region rests on its most superb reds, legendary and long-lived wines made by historic wine estates (called châteaux), which can improve for several decades About 75 to 80 percent of Bordeaux’s wines are red Bordeaux’s landscape is rather flat in most places, and the soil is quite infertile Not much else but grapes can grow there.
In fact, the Bordeaux wine region — with the exception of the historic town of St-Emilion — is plain looking You don’t go there for its natural beauty But the Bordeaux region is a place worth visiting in the eyes of wine lovers, because it’s the home of more sought-after and expensive wines than any other region in the world.
How has Bordeaux become the world’s most prestigious and most renowned wine region? The Bordelais, as the natives of Bordeaux are called, have experience on their side; wine has been made in this region for about 2,000 years Other wine regions in Europe have been producing wine just as long and even longer, but they have not attained Bordeaux’s renown Throughout the centuries, the Bordelais have figured out which grape varieties grow best in their locale The varieties that thrive there are among the greatest varieties in the world.
Bordeaux’s superiority also derives from the region’s very special terroir, its unique combination of climate and soil.
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