Continuing on from last week... More grape varietals found in Bordeaux! Hooray!
Bordeaux Grape Varietals
Malbec -
Is pretty much only used for early drinking red wines such as Bourg and Blaye. It suffers particularly from coulure, and a lack of having anything interesting to say. Because of this, it’s importance is small and declining.
Petit Verdot -
Is all about the hot weather, and prefers trips to Palm Springs more than Laguna Beach. This picky little grape only ripens fully during very hot years, giving a very deep-colored, tannic wine that ages slowly. It never plays more than a minor role in a blend, where it is used to add tannin, color, some exotic spicy notes, and all around facetiousness and sass to great wines.
Semillon -
The most widely planted white variety in Bordeaux, and given its thin skin and alluring nature to noble rot (Let’s be honest, it dresses sluttier than Sauvignon Blanc), it is used for sweet wines. Combined, it gives wines a golden color and plenty of body. (See? A Slut.)
Sauvignon Blanc -
This lovely grape produces wines with distinctively vegetal, grass, and elderflower aromas. It tends to be a loner among the other Bordeaux varietals, but it’s originality that society needs to grasp on to more, right? When it is blended, it’s high acidity acts as a counterbalance to the potential flabbiness of the Semillon. (Even the sluttier ones have been known to let themselves go)
Muscadelle -
This variety has a very distinctive grapey Muscat flav...
Wait, wait, wait... A varietal that tastes like grapes?
Mind. Blown.
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