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Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé de Graves 2011
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Château Haut Bailly
In 1998, Robert G. Wilmers, a Harvard-educated banker and his French wife, bought the Graves Cru Classé estate Château Haut-Bailly, located in the Léognan district. They do not save costs and in 2000 they started a program of total renovation. Haut-Bailly has 28 hectares of vines located in the heights around the village, on gravelly soil. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (25%) and Cabernet Franc (10%). Aged in 50% new oak barrels for 15 months and bottled without filtration. Rose is also made in small quantities from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, which is distinguished by the special freshness of the variety. As a result of hard work and large investments, Chateau Haut-Bailly is in the highest class in the Pessac-Léognan area.
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Bordeaux
Bordeaux is perhaps the most famous wine region in France. It stretches 130 kilometers inland from the Atlantic coast. In 2018, 111,000 hectares of vineyards were registered, a figure that remains largely constant over the previous decade. The main varieties grown here are Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc and they are used to make different wines, each producer having its own blend and proportions of mixing the varieties. Here are produced some of the most famous, most expensive and long-lasting wines in the world - the well-known subregions Medoc, Graves, St. Emilion, Pomerol and many others. Bordeaux is divided by the Gironde River on the left and right banks. Characteristic of the left bank (Medoc, Haut Medoc, Graves) is the more serious presence of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend of wine, while on the right bank (St. Emillion, Pomerol) merlot predominates. In addition to red wines, Bordeaux is famous for the production of white, mainly a blend between Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with the Sauternes subregion and the leading Chateau d’Yquem, famous for its complex and multi-layered, aromatic and sweet botrytized dessert wine.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
This is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth - a natural crossing between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. From its origins in Bordeaux, this vine has successfully spread to almost every wine growing country in the world. Cabernet Sauvignon wines always demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, excellent tannic structure and aromas of black berries and spices.
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