Bordeaux Chateau, Regional and Parish Wines

Bottled Bordeaux are of two principal types:

• Chateau bottlings. Meaning literally "castle", "chateau" is the Bordeaux term for vineyard estate, some of which sport real castles and some of which do not.

A chateau bottled wine is one which will have been bottled at the vineyard where the grapes were grown and the wine will, therefore, have come from that specific place.

• Regional bottlings are bought from different vineyards of a district. they are matured in the shipper's cellar in Bordeaux. They are called "St. Julien", "Barsac", "St. Emilion", etc., after the region they come from. with the shipper's name on the label. Or, if they are the shipper's special selection, or "monopole”, they will be so identified.

The shipper's name on the label is therefore an indication of quality because reliable shippers will sell, under their name, only wine which will maintain their good reputation. An additional guide to good quality is the ADEB seal affixed to the neck of a bottle of Bordeaux wine.

This gold and black seal of quality of the Association pour le Développement de l'Exportation du Vin de Bordeaux (ADEB) is awarded only to those wines which have been submitted for, and which pass stringent tasting tests of a committee of Bordeaux wine experts.

The standards set by the ADEB for the granting of this Seal are high and even stricter than those required by French law. The seal is a guarantee that all Bordeaux wines bearing it are of a high standard of quality, each in its own class and price range.

 

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