La Mission Haut Brion is a bigger and more tannic wine than Haut Brion. Yet, in some years, La Mission Haut Brion produces a better wine. If a reclassification were done, this is one wine that would be promoted to First Growth status.
Foie Gras on French Toast, Persimmon and Chateau d’Yquem is the perfect, winter, decadent, sweet treat.
Natalie MacLeans top ten, unique, wine themed gift suggestion for all the special wine lovers in your life that are usually hard to shop for. For some reason, she forget to mention Bordeaux wine loving, web site publishers…
If these owners do the same work as the more expensive properties, why do the wines sell for a lot less money? The easiest way to look at this is, think about zip codes. People pay more for property in Beverly Hills or Manhattan that they do in the suburbs.
Think about this, Bordeaux wine producers spend more time promoting their wines in China, as well as in other Asian countries than ever before. Many of the top chateaux spend more time in China than they do in America these days.
Here’s something you don’t read about every day. The top French diplomat in Hong Kong and Macau has been suspended and recalled to Paris after being accused of stealing two very expensive wine bottles.
The large gravel found throughout the estate’s topsoil absorb the sun’s heat during the day and release it at night. This improves the maturity of the grape giving much of the special character to this Bordeaux wine.
