Bordeaux: A Comprehensive Guide to the Wines Produced from 1961-1990Parker's phenomenally successful first book, which established him as the most influential wine writer in the world today (Los Angeles Times), now completely updated. It is also expanded to contain discussions of 100 more chateaux and tasting notes for 1,000 more wines. Decorative art and maps. |
Contents
USING THIS BOOK | 11 |
ST EMILION | 13 |
SOME REFLECTIONS SINCE THE FIRST | 25 |
Copyright | |
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25 years Evaluation acres Time spent age of vines Anticipated maturity appellation aroma Average age Barsac Barsac/Sauternes best wines Beychevelle blackcurrant Bordeaux Bordeaux wine bottle bouquet Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon-70 cask cedary cellaring charm château classified growths concentrated Cru Bourgeois decade deep Domaine de Chevalier drink drunk Ducru-Beaucaillou eighties Emile Peynaud Evaluation of present excellent fifth-growth finish first-growths flavors following the vintage full bodied fully mature Giscours Graves Red Graves White Gruaud-Larose harvest Haut-Brion Haut-Médoc herbaceous Jean-Michel Cazes lacks Lafite Lafite-Rothschild Lalande Last tasted Latour Léoville-Las Listrac Lynch-Bages maintained Plateau Margaux medium body Médoc Médoc/Haut-Médoc Crus Bourgeois Merlot Mission-Haut-Brion months Grape varieties Mouton-Rothschild Now-may Now-probably in serious oaky oenologist palate pated maturity Pauillac Pétrus Plateau of maturity plummy Pomerol present classification Proprietor rich second wine Secondary label serious decline soft spent in barrels St.-Emilion St.-Estèphe St.-Julien style supple surprisingly tannins texture toasty vanillin Vineyard vinification wine's winemaking