By Jean-Eugene Borie.
Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
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| Huon Hooke | 87/100 |
A Bordeaux Blend, at its most basic, is any combination of those grape varieties typically used to make the red wines of Bordeaux. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape-variety combination itself. Far from being an officially defined or legal term, it is almost never used for wine-labeling purposes (although it occasionally appears on back labels). Its equivalent in the United States is Meritage, which is not only legally defined, but also a registered trademark.
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Saint-Julien wine region
Saint-Julien is a small but important appellation of the Haut-Medoc district of Bordeaux in south-western France. Its reputation is based on its status as a reliable source of consistently elegant, age-worthy wines.
Sandwiched between the more famous appellations of Pauillac and Margaux, Saint-Julien is sometimes unfairly overlooked because it does not have a first-growth chateau. Pauillac has three of the five Medoc first growths and Margaux has one. The ... more -
Haut-Medoc wine region
Haut-Medoc is the large southern section of the greater Medoc district of Bordeaux in south-western France and also the name of the appellation that covers the vineyards here. It accounts for two-thirds of the Medoc peninsula and produces more fine wine per acre than almost anywhere else in the world.
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Saratoga Wine Exchange |
$32.54
Bottle
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Saratoga Wine Exchange |
$383.28
Case of 12 Btls
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| Other wines from this producer: | |
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| Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, Saint-Julien | |
| Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 'La Croix de Beaucaillou', Saint-Julien | |
| Chateau Ducluzeau, Listrac-Medoc | |