The Wine Experience      

Left and Right in Bordeaux

Do you know your left from your right? 

No, we’re not talking politics or ballplayers.  Actually, in wine left or right means Bordeaux.  You see the Gironde estuary divides the region into two pretty unique wine areas.  On the Left Bank of the river are the gravelly soils of the Médoc and Haut Médoc and the famous villages of Pauillac, St Estephe, Saint Julien and Margaux. 

Here Cabernet Sauvignon rules, giving us the intense, tannic and age worthy wines Bordeaux is most famous for. 

On the Right Bank are the clay and sand soils and the higher elevations of St Emilion and Pomerol… which produce world renowned, luscious Merlots.  These usually tend to be more approachable and ready to drink when younger than the Cabernet of the Left Bank because they’re less tannic...Bordeaux is a many faceted region and pretty complex to learn about…

but your starting point should be simply knowing your left from your right! 

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