GRAND VIN DE BOEDEAUX (You spelled the last word wrong! It should be BORDEAUX)
GRAND VIN DE BOEDEAUX
CHATEAU winery name
LES HAUTS DE FIATES Fiat Plateau (origin)
---2007---Wine picking year
BORDEAUX Bordeaux
APPELLATION BORDEAUX CONTROLEE Legal Bordeaux production District
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Read the wine label
Bordeaux A.O.C. (Authorized Origin) wines usually have 5 items on the wine label material.
(1) CHATEAU Saint-Florin is the name of the winery.
(2) BORDEAUX is Bordeaux, the production area of ??this wine.
(3) APPELLATION BORDEAUX CONTROLEE means "Authorized Production Area Bordeaux", indicating that this wine is an A.O.C. (Authorized Production Area) wine, which is the most important information.
(4) 2007 wine harvest year.
(5) Mis en Bouteille au Chateau means "this wine is bottled in the winery", which is a good measure to ensure quality. Chateau wines usually do this.
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(1) Winery name
The name of the winery or brand is the French word for "chateau" It is CHATEAU or Domaine; Bordeaux wineries usually use the word CHATEAU. CHATEAU means castle, so it is often translated as "wine castle". The wine label in the picture is Chateau Saint-Florin, which is translated as "Saint Florin Wine" in Chinese. Fort".
Some Bordeaux wines are not produced by CHATEAU, but only have brand names. These commercial brand wines are usually made by large wine merchants purchasing grapes in large quantities. Generally speaking, the quality of branded wines is not as good as Chateau wines, and they lack distinctiveness. Be aware of this.
(2) Production area name
In addition to the clearer wording of the winery or brand name on the wine label, the larger font is usually the production area name. The most common Bordeaux wine has the word BORDEAUX. As for the better quality Bordeaux wine, it will only use the name of its region or village (such as Medoc, Haut-Medoc, Graves and other production areas; or Pauillac, Pessa-Leognan and other village names) . In other words, good BORDEAUX wine does not have the word BORDEAUX on the wine label.
In other words, to know whether a wine is produced by BORDEAUX, you need to remember at least 30 to 40 Bordeaux district names. For the convenience of readers, the following are the names of the various production areas in Bordeaux, please memorize them slowly.
a. Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur (high-quality Bordeaux, usually a bit fuller than Bordeaux).
b. In the Medoc district: Medoc, Haut-Medoc, Saint-Estephe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux, Listrac, Moulis
c. In the Graves district: Graves, Pessac -Leognan
d. Saint-Emilion In the district: Saint-Emilion, Montagne-Saint-Emilion, Lussac-Saint-Emilion,
e. Pomerol In the district: Pomerol, Lalande de Pomerol
f. Other production areas: Cotes de Blaye, Cotes de Bourg, Fronsac, Cotes de Castillon, Cotes de Francs, Premiere Cotes de Bordeaux, Ste-Foy-Bordeaux, Entre-deux-Mers (white wine ), Cerons (sweet white wine), Loupiac (sweet white wine), Cotes de Bordeaux, Saint-Macaire, Saint-Croix-du-Mont, Barsac (sweet white wine), Sauternes (sweet white wine)
(3 ) Legal rating
All Bordeaux wines are "legally produced wines", which is Appellation d'Origin Controlee in French. The word Origin in the middle will not appear on the wine label, but will be identified by its actual production area. name instead. For example, a Bordeaux wine is Appellation Bordeaux Controlee (referred to as A.O.C. Bordeaux) on the wine label. Traditionally, words such as Appellation appear under the region font.
(4) Vintage
Refers to the year in which the winery harvested grapes. The picking work is usually completed before October each year. In other words, a 2007 wine is only 2 years old (January 2009).
(5) Where to bottle
Wine is afraid of light, high temperature, and shock, so it is best to brew and bottle it in the same place. CHATEAU wines usually have the words Mis en Bouteille au Chateau (this wine is bottled in the winery) on the wine label. Branded wines of lower quality do not have this sentence, or are called Mis en Bouteille Par ××× (wine merchant’s name). ), meaning "this wine is bottled in our company".