The Cotes de Bordeaux appellation was created in 2009, to bring together wines from four other existing Bordeaux appellations: Premieres Cotes de Blaye, Cotes de Castillon, Cotes de Francs and the red wines from Cadillac which previously fell under the Premieres Cotes de Bordeaux appellation.
The coming-together of these four appellations under the Cotes de Bordeaux banner will add further complexity to the already complicated Bordeaux system, particularly because the four component appellations are geographically widespread. Francs and Castillon are located at the eastern end of the Bordeaux region, while Blaye is in the west and Cadillac in the south.
Cotes de Bourg was intended as a fifth appellation in the group, but this did not go ahead. The change is a commercially-motivated decision, intended to create unity between these significant, but less well-known appellations.
With the unification being so recent, Wine-Searcher will continue to recognize the original appellations, and associate their wines with them until the Cotes de Bordeaux appellation is more established.
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