{"id":4203,"date":"2018-01-26T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2018-01-26T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:00:15","slug":"saint-emilion-bordeaux-at-its-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winemonthclub.com\/blog\/saint-emilion-bordeaux-at-its-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint-\u00c9milion: Bordeaux at its Best"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chateau Saint Georges Winery in
Saint Georges-Saint-Emilion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saint-\u00c9milion is Bordeaux\u2019s most important wine town and the region\u2019s hottest attraction. This walled, medieval village, perched atop a series of hills and surrounded by vines, is unquestionably the most beautiful wine village in all Bordeaux. Indeed, it is arguably the most beautiful wine village in all France. Nearly everything about Saint-\u00c9milion is centered on wine; even the church in Saint-\u00c9milion is a cellar. And lest you think that Saint-\u00c9milion has just recently succumbed to contemporary commercialism or sold itself to the modern mania for all that is Bacchanalian, rest assured that very little has changed in principle in this village since antiquity: Saint-\u00c9milion was founded by the Romans, who used it as a viticultural bastion in the burgeoning area they named Burdigala<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, there are two distinct districts of Saint-\u00c9milion, each possessing a special terroir<\/em>. Both districts produce compelling red wines, but of a different sort. Typically, the c\u00f4tes <\/em>or hills upon the escarpment yield the fullest, slowest to mature wines of Saint-\u00c9milion. Here the soil is nearly all limestone and the resulting wine is more apt to act like a great Cabernet based wine of the M\u00e9doc. The other distinct district of Saint-\u00c9milion lies on the plateau adjoining Pomerol, where the soil is comprised of sand and gravel. Here the wines tend to be fleshier and quicker to mature. Each style is authentic Saint-\u00c9milion, which allows the savvy consumer double the pleasure.<\/p>\n

Merlot is the predominant grape of Saint-\u00c9milion. Here Cabernet Franc and to a lesser extent Cabernet Sauvignon play important supporting roles. However, Saint-\u00c9milion can be produced from Merlot alone or from any combination or percentage of the six traditional red Bordeaux grape varieties (Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Carmen\u00e8re). No commercial white wine is made in Saint-\u00c9milion or is permitted to be sold as Saint-\u00c9milion.<\/p>\n

Many of the most illustrious Bordeaux wines hail from Saint-\u00c9milion, including the legendary Ch\u00e2teau Cheval Blanc.<\/p>\n

Salud!
\nDon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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