User:Murgh/Saint-Estèphe AOC
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Wine region | |
Type | Appellation d'origine contrôlée |
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Year established | 1936 |
Country | France |
Part of | Bordeaux, Médoc |
Climate region | Oceanic climate |
Total area | 1200 hectares |
Varietals produced | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Petit Verdot, Malbec |
Wine produced | 70,000 hectolitres |
Saint-Estèphe is an AOC for wine made in the commune of Saint-Estèphe in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of Dordogne. Vineyards are located kilometers to the northwest of Bordeaux, near . The area covers 1200 hectares, annually producing on average 70,000 hectolitres of wine.
Wine
[edit]The grape varieties of Saint-Estèphe are % Cabernet Sauvignon, with % Merlot and % Petit Verdot, Malbec.
limestone, gravels, echinoderm fossils and quartz mingled at the surface to a light sandy earth.[1]
Winemaking styles
[edit]Estates
[edit]Seconds crus | ||
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Château Cos d'Estournel | Château Montrose | |
Troisièmes crus | ||
Château Calon-Ségur | ||
Quatrièmes crus | ||
Château Lafon Rochet | ||
Cinquièmes Crus | ||
Château Cos Labory | ||
Cru Bourgeois | ||
Château Beau-Site | Château Haut-Marbuzet | Château Meyney |
Château Les Ormes de Pez | Château de Pez | Château Phélan-Ségur |
Château Le Boscq |
Sources
[edit]- Saint-Estèphe Bordeaux.com, Le Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) (in French)
- Footnotes
- ^ winemega.com. "Saint-Estèphe".
- ^ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. p.479.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com. "Saint-Estephe".
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