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Bordeaux is the world’s most famous wine region – but how well do you really know it? It has been hit hard by changing consumer tastes, especially the fall in red wine sales globally and in France. Amid bankruptcies and falling prices, vignerons are being paid by the French government to pull up vines. Yet this means that Bordeaux now offers drinkers real bargains for quality wines. And the region is fighting back, with growth in its white and sparkling wines. We look at what’s going on in Bordeaux and why its varied wines are worth rediscovering.
Featured:
Château Tour du Haut Moulin 2019, Haut-Médoc (Tesco, £13)
Château Bauduc Blanc de Blancs 2021, Crémant de Bordeaux (£99.90 for a case of six.)
Secrets de Léognan 2014, Pessac- Léognan Graves (Waitrose, £18)
Château Paret Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2022 (Haynes, Hanson & Clark, £14.25)
Lea & Sandeman Bordeaux 2022 (£15.95, or £13.95 as part of a mixed 12)
Original music: Rosa Neather https://open.spotify.com/track/6U2rMSG1sTA3DAvYlXmE9f?si=Xh4HdR2nQhe6C79hYumNlw
