User:Murgh/Saint-Julien 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 | 910 hectares |
Varietals produced | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Petit Verdot, Malbec |
Wine produced | 50,800 hectolitres |
Saint-Julien is an AOC for wine made in the commune of Saint-Julien 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 910 hectares, annually producing on average 50,800 hectolitres of wine.
Wine
[edit]The grape varieties of Pauillac are % Cabernet Sauvignon, with % Merlot and % Petit Verdot, Malbec.
Soils are gravel deposits mixed with aeolean sands.[1]
Winemaking styles
[edit]Estates
[edit]Seconds crus | ||
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Château Ducru-Beaucaillou | Château Gruaud-Larose | Château Léoville-Barton |
Château Léoville-Las Cases | Château Léoville-Poyferré | |
Troisièmes crus | ||
Château Lagrange | Château Langoa-Barton | |
Quatrièmes crus | ||
Château Beychevelle | Château Branaire-Ducru | Château Saint-Pierre |
Château Talbot | ||
Unclassified | ||
Château Gloria | ||
Cru Bourgeois | ||
Château Lalande-Borie |
Sources
[edit]- Saint-Julien Bordeaux.com, Le Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) (in French)
- Footnotes
- ^ winemega.com. "Saint-Julien".
- ^ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. p.407-408.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Kissack, Chris, thewinedoctor.com. "St.Julien".
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