2020 Gard Rouge “Célas”Ludovic Engelvin
France | Languedoc-Roussillon
$39
Producers
—Anthony Lynch
Wine Type: | white |
Vintage: | 2016 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | 60% Sémillon, 5% Muscadelle, 35% Sauvignon Blanc |
Appellation: | Bordeaux |
Country: | France |
Region: | Bordeaux |
Producer: | Château Ducasse |
Winemaker: | Hervé Dubourdieu |
Vineyard: | 45-48 years, 13 ha |
Soil: | Clay & Limestone on fissured rock |
Aging: | Wine ages in stainless steel for 6 months |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 12% |
Château Ducasse France | Bordeaux | Bordeaux
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Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux
Château Gombaude-Guillot France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Château Moulin France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Château Roûmieu-Lacoste France | Bordeaux | Sauternes
Often considered the wine capital of the world, Bordeaux and its wines have captured the minds, hearts, and wallets of wine drinkers for centuries. For many, the wines provide an inalienable benchmark against which all other wines are measured.
Bordeaux is divided into three winegrowing regions with the city that gives the region its name in the near geographical center. The “right bank,” or the area located east of the Dordogne River, produces wines that are predominantly Merlot with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The “left bank” is located to the west of the Garonne River and produces wines dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
The third region, Entre-Deux-Mers, lies between both rivers and produces white wines from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle. Though technically in the left bank, it is worth noting the appellation of Sauternes, which produces arguably the world’s most famous sweet wines from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle as well.
Though many top Bordeaux wines are sold en primeur (in advance of their bottling) and often through a middleman known as a negoçiant, Kermit has always preferred to purchase directly from the winemaker. For more than three decades he has sought out small producers, who make classic Bordeaux wines and are willing to play outside the negoçiant system. This ethic has led to longstanding relationships, excellent prices, and perhaps most important—wines of great value and longevity.
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux | IGP Atlantique
Château Tertre de la Mouleyre France | Bordeaux | St-Émilion Grand Cru
Château Gombaude-Guillot France | Bordeaux | Pomerol
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux
Château Graville-Lacoste France | Bordeaux | Graves
Château Haut-Lariveau France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Château de Bellevue France | Bordeaux | Lussac Saint Émilion
Château Belles-Graves France | Bordeaux | Lalande-de-Pomerol
Château Moulin France | Bordeaux | Fronsac
Domaine de l’Alliance France | Bordeaux | IGP Atlantique
Château Roûmieu-Lacoste France | Bordeaux | Sauternes
Château Moulin Pey-Labrie France | Bordeaux | Canon-Fronsac
I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.
Inspiring Thirst, page 171
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