Bordeaux
region
Bordeaux:
21 wines in the French Wine Guide
Saint émilion - Médoc - Margaux - all
Bordeaux wines
Geography
of the Bordeaux region
Bordeaux is
near the Atlantic coast, in the south west of France.
The Bordeaux wine region covers Gironde, an administrative
department (also a river) of the Aquitaine region.
Bordeaux wine
takes its name from the region's main city. However
you cannot find vineyards in the city itself, the
vineyards start at the boundaries of Bordeaux.
The
Bordeaux wine
region wide spreads 60 miles around the city on the
biggest estuary in Europe along 3 rivers (Gironde,
Garonne, Dordogne) creating the appropriate setting
for wine.
The
climate in Bordeaux is generally temperate
with a short winter and a high degree of humidity
generated by the close proximity of the Atlantic
Ocean.
Map
of the Bordeaux wine region
Bordeaux
Region Information :
| Location: |
In the
south west of France, near the Atlantic coast,
around the city of Bordeaux |
| Size: |
10 725
km2 (size of the Gironde department)
Gironde - where Bordeaux is - is
the biggest department in France |
| Weather: |
Oceanic
and temperate with short, mild winters, quite hot
summers, long autumns and a high degree of humidity
generated by the Atlantic Ocean |
| Population: |
1,300,000 (population
of Gironde) |
| Main
Cities: |
Bordeaux (220,000
- including county 700,000)
Mérignac (63,000)
Libourne (22,000)
Bègles (22,000)
Blanquefort (13,000) |
| Places
of Interest: |
Bordeaux (Palais
Rohan, museums, wine shops)
Wine Chateaux (grands
crus classes)
Pyla dune (highest sand dune in Europe:
500m, 1,650ft high)
Arcachon (beach)
Landes (forest 480,000 ha, 1.2m acres) |
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about Bordeaux wines with Amazon.com:
- Bordeaux:
a comprehensive guide to the wines
produced from 1961 to 1997, by Robert
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Wines
from Bordeaux :
Médoc - Haut
Médoc - Margaux - Saint
Estèphe - Pauillac - Saint
Julien - Listrac - Moulis - Graves - Pessac
Léognan - Sauternes - Barsac - 1ères
Cotes de Bordeaux - Bordeaux
aoc/Bordeaux supérieur - Entre
Deux Mers - Saint
Emilion - Cotes
de Castillon - Cotes
de Francs - Pomerol - Fronsac - Cotes
de Bourg - Wines of Bordeaux
Other
french wine regions :
Alsace - Bourgogne
(Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes
du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire
Valley - Provence - South
West
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