What are left bank and right bank wines?

Because of those differences in terroir, Left and Right Bank Bordeaux tend to showcase two different grapes: Left Bank wines are mostly Cabernet Sauvignon fleshed out with Merlot; Right Bank wines are more Merlot balanced by a smaller proportion of Cabernet.

Is Merlot Left Bank or Right?

We also cover the main grape varieties grown in the Right Bank. While all Bordeaux wines are blends, Merlot and Cabernet Franc are the dominant grape varieties, in the Right Bank. Although you will find some growers also plant Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot as well.

What are the five regions of Bordeaux?

There are various sub-regions within the Haut-Médoc, including St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St. -Julien and Margaux and the less well known areas of AOC Moulis and Listrac. Graves includes the sub-regions of Pessac-Léognan and Sauternes (among others), and Sauternes in turn includes the sub-region of Barsac.

What is the difference between Bordeaux and Bordeaux Superieur?

Bordeaux Superieur is a designation granted to chateaux producing wines in specific appellations that meet select quality standards in order to have their wine classed as Bordeaux Superieur. Bordeaux Superieur wines must reach at least 10% alcohol naturally, while generic Bordeaux must be at least 9.5% alcohol.

Is Margaux a Bordeaux?

Margaux is an important appellation in the Haut-Médoc district of Bordeaux, southwestern France. Located 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of the city of Bordeaux, the appellation is famous for producing supple, perfumed wines, predominantly from Cabernet Sauvignon.

What bank is St Emilion?

South of Bordeaux, the Left Bank includes Pessac-Léognan and Graves, plus Sauternes and Barsac sweet wines. The Right Bank’s most famous appellations are Pomerol and St-Emilion, the latter of which has four ‘satellite’ appellations.

Which bank is Saint Emilion?

What is the Left Bank in Bordeaux?

The Left Bank encompasses the Médoc wine region north of Bordeaux. Its four best-known appellations – from north to south – are St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St-Julien and Margaux. It also encompasses Haut-Médoc, Listrac-Médoc and Moulis-en-Médoc appellations.

Where is Côtes de Bordeaux?

The Côtes de Bordeaux appellation was created in 2009 to merge four existing appellations used in France’s Bordeaux region. These four were: Premieres Côtes de Blaye, Côtes de Castillon, Côtes de Francs, and the red wines from the Cadillac district.

What kind of wine is a Margo?

Where is the left bank of Bordeaux wine?

The Left Bank of Bordeaux is the wine producing region where you will find the appellations that many of the most famous Bordeaux wine producers call home including chateaux located in Margaux, Pauillac, Saint Julien, Saint Estephe, Pessac Leognan and the Haut Medoc along with chateaux from lesser, surrounding appellations.

What’s the difference between left bank and right bank wine?

The Cabernet-driven Left Bank wines tend to be higher in tannin — again, making them good candidates for aging, which helps to mellow out the tannins and integrate the flavors of the wine. Merlot-driven Right Bank wines are generally smoother, with softer fruit flavors and balancing, but not dominating, tannins.

Which is the left bank of the Gironde River?

That is the Gironde Estuary, which is fed by two rivers — the prongs of the Flux Capacitor — called the Dordogne and the Garonne. On the southwest side of the Gironde is the Left Bank; on the northeast side, the Right Bank, the two major areas where all Bordeaux wine is produced.

Which is the most expensive right bank Bordeaux wine?

Right Bank Bordeaux has fewer heavy hitters, though the heavy hitters hit, well, heavily — wines such as Petrus, which is actually the most expensive wine in all of Bordeaux, and Cheval Blanc.