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MERRY EDWARDS Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley 2007 A rocket beam of vibrancy...
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MERRY EDWARDS Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley 2007 A rocket beam of vibrancy...
Bordeaux is the most underappreciated wine in this threak,
ahem, there are those who understand and appreciate how truly spectacular Bordeaux is. But sadly, our wallets do not.
Gome, this thread has certainly improved my knowledge and made me get out of my comfort zone. Manton's write ups are great, you pushing the Iti's and the Didier (gloat), etc. I think some of you are valuable posters...others are on ignore.
once work calms down I've been debating some wine education poasts. I've been thinking about it for a while, actually. We'll see.
"Once work calms down." PFft. Don't do us like that dawg. Throw one down tonight.
some further thought to this. From what my meager knowledge is, the right bank tends to have much more clay present in the soil than the left bank. This, among many other small reasons, is part of the reason these wines are Merlot driven rather than Cab driven. I couldn't explain what difference the clay makes, but I do know about the varying soil composition and it does seem to be a key factor.
After that, there are several in the "super second" category that I think almost make it but not quite: Cos d'Estournel, Montrose, Ducru-Beaucaillou, Palmer, Pavie, Lafleur, Angelus, and maybe some others.
True, or mostly true; the scientists in Bordeaux say that root depth absolutely matters. At least, that is what I have read they said. Is that out of date?
I had the impression that the entire area around Bordeaux was wine country but the list of super seconds is really quite geographically compact.