Many of the best value Bordeaux wines come from the Satellite Appellations like Cotes de Castillon, Fronsac, Cotes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur and other regions. They offer great value, drink well young and are always worth taking a look at.
Frost decimated parts of Bordeaux. Growers report up to 90% of their potential 2017 crop destroyed. This is heart breakng and it can effect 2016 pricing too.
It’s ironic that Bordeaux is often most famous as a region for the best, and often expensive wines. But as you should already know, what Bordeaux does best is produce millions of cases of well priced, value wines and petit chateau.
2009 St. Emilion Bordeaux wine Pt 1 Vintage Report, tasting notes, technical information, images from St. Emilion, A – L
If you’re a Bordeaux wine lover, 2008 has your name all over it. At their best, the wines are charming, polished and offer complexities paired with depth of flavor. What makes 2008 even better is, 99% of the wines are still well priced! 2008 is a vintage made from drinkers.
Back in the late 1980’s, Michel Rolland began encouraging winemakers to pursue lengthier macerations at warmer temperatures.
Think about this, Bordeaux wine producers spend more time promoting their wines in China, as well as in other Asian countries than ever before. Many of the top chateaux spend more time in China than they do in America these days.