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Bordeaux wines: 21 wines in the French Wine Guide   Wine making in Bordeaux Bordeaux is one of the most important wine producing regions in the world. One third of the good quality wine in France is coming from Bordeaux. Wine production in Bordeaux: Bordeaux is 57 appellations, about 7,000 wine-producing châteaux, and 13,000 wine growers. The large diversity of Bordeaux suggests an equal diversity of soil. Wine Grapes in Bordeaux: Most of the grapes grown in the Bordeaux region for red wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc which give vigour, tannin and good keeping qualities, and Merlot which brings softness and suppleness. Merlot is the most planted grape in Bordeaux, covering 50% of the wine region (see chart below). White wines are elaborated mostly from Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, and sometimes also with Muscadelle.     Bordeaux wine making information: Size of the vineyards: 120,000 hectares (300,000 acres) Vineyards: 13,000 wine growers (7,000 chateaux) Soil: Gravels coming from the Pyrénées mountains Clayey-limestone and clay, sand, limestone Weather: Oceanic and temperate with short, mild winters, quite hot summers, long autumns and a high degree of humidity generated by the Atlantic Ocean Red Grapes in Bordeaux: Merlot (50% of Bordeaux vineyards) Cabernet Sauvignon (26%) Cabernet Franc (10%) Other red grapes in Bordeaux, very occasionally: Petit Verdot - Malbec - Carmenère White Grapes in Bordeaux: Sémillon (8% of Bordeaux wines) Sauvignon (4%) Other white grapes in Bordeaux, very occasionally: Muscadelle - Ugni blanc - Colombard - Folle blanche Production: 7 million hl or 850 million bottles red: 87% dry white: 11% sweet white: 2% Bordeaux is 14% of French wine production, 27% of quality wine Type of Wine: Bordeaux AOC red Entre-Deux-Mers dry white Saint Emilion Margaux Sauternes sweet white Other wines of Bordeaux: see list of appellations below   More pages about Bordeaux: Bordeaux region About Bordeaux wine region: Bordeaux wine information - Bordeaux region information - wine map - winemaking - Bordeaux wine history - classification of wine - Bordeaux wines and food - Buy Bordeaux wines - Bordeaux main page 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 from Bordeaux Other regions: Alsace - Bourgogne (Burgundy) - Champagne - Corsica - Côtes du Rhône - Languedoc-Roussillon - Loire Valley - Provence - South West

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