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CHÂTEAU BEAULIEU COMTES DE TASTES BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR AOC
Vintage: 2002
Producer: Beaulieu Comtes de Tastes
Bottle size: 75 cl.
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Topics in Wine
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tonneau
Traditional Bordeaux measure of wine volume, once a large woodes cask holding 900 lit., or 252 imperial wine gallons, the equivalent of four barriques.
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clos
Is French for enclosure, and any vineyard described as a Clos should be enclosed, generally by a wall.
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Cabinet
Term of approbation applied to German wines from 18th century until 1971, when ist use was outlawed by the new German Wine Law.
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Stück
German term for a large wooden barrel, typically one with a capacity of 1200 lit./317 gal.
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stemming
Designation (also de-stemming, rebelling) for the removal of the grape skeleton (centimes) or release of the berries from the grapes.
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Beerenauslese
Literally "berry selection", refers to sweet Austrian or German wines, usually made from Botrytized grapes.
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fining
Winemaking process with the aim of clarification and stabilization of a wine whereby a fining agent, one of a range of special materials, is added to coagulate or adsorb and precipitate quickly the colloids suspended in it.
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controlled appelation
The much-imitated French system for the designation and control of important geographical names not only of wines, but also of spirits, as well as many foods.
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powdery mildew
The first of the vine fungal diseases to be scientifically described, in 1834 in the United States.
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Banyuls
Appellation for France's finest and certanly most complex vins doux naturels, made from vertiginous terraced vineyards above the Mediterranean at the southern limit of Roussillon.
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Savigny-lès-Beaune
A small town in Burgundy near Beaune, as lès(Old French for near) implies, with ist own appellation for red wine and little white.
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Volnay
Attractive small village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy's Côte d'Or producing elegant red wines from Pinot Noir. The wines of Volnay were celebratet under the ancien régime for their delicacy.
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Nuits, Côte de
Named after the principal town of Nuits-St-Georges, this is the northern half of the escarpment of the Côte d'Or, producing the greatest red wines of Burgundy, from the Pinot Noir grape, and very occasional white wines.
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Beaumes-de Venise
Most famous for ist unusually fragrant, sweet, pale gold vin doux naturel named Beaumes-de-Venise.
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Haut-Médoc
The higher, southern part of the Médoc district of Bordeaux which includes the world-famous communes of Margaux, Pauillac, St-Estèphe and St-Julien, as well as the less glamorous ones of Listrac and Moulis.
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New World
Term much used in the wine world, initially smoewhat patronizingly but with increasing admiration in the last quarter of the 20th century as the New World's share of global exports rose from 3 to 23%, to distinguish the colonies established as a result of the longer voyages in the 15th century.
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Vougeot
Small village in the Côte de Nuits district of Burgundy producing red wines from the Pinot Noir grape. The name is derived from the diminutive of Vouge, a small stream flowing through the village. The village's fame rests squarely with the 50.6 ha Grand Cru, Clos de Vougeot.
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Côte d'Or
The heart of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France in the form of an escarpment supporting a narrow band of vineyards for nearly 50km/30miles southwards from Dijon. Viticulturally it is divided into two sectors, the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune.
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terra rossa
Red-brown loam or clay directly over well-drained limestone found typically in regions with a mediterranean climate. Such soils are found in southern Europe, North Africa and parts of Australia.
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Süssreserve
German term for sweet reserve, the unfermented or part-fermented must much used in the 1970s and 1980s to sweeten all but the finest or driest German wines.
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