I’m old fashioned, I admit it. I love a good Bordeaux. Bordeaux is what my family drank for
Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a light enough
red wine that it doesn’t overpower the roasted turkey, but it’s big enough for
red wine drinkers to enjoy. It’s also a
fruit forward wine with lots of nuances that bring out a complex mouthfeel
every wine drinker can appreciate.
Bordeaux comes in many different styles. All Bordeaux must be made in the Bordeaux
region of France. Anything else is made
in Bordeaux style, but it isn’t a true Bordeaux. Red Bordeaux (what I’m talking about in this
blog) is usually a mix of grapes.
Permissible grapes to use are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc,
Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and occasionally Carmenere.
This particular Bordeax is full of dark fruit juices and has
pretty heavy tannins. If you let the
wine sit on your tongue, you’ll feel the tannins at the sides of your mouth,
creating a prickly mouthfeel to this wine.
You’ll get flavors of blackberry and blueberry. You’ll also get some leather on the finish.
If you haven’t had a Bordeaux, I suggest you try one. You can get an inexpensive bottle for under
$20, or you can splurge and spend hundreds.
Start affordable, decide if you like it, and then maybe try something
more expensive.
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