Product Review
More spice, sandalwood, licorice, and assorted chocolaty fruits emerge from the 2015 Chateau des Landes Cuvée Tradition, which offers more richness and breadth than the 2016. Medium to full-bodied, fruit-loaded, and incredibly satisfying, especially at the price, it’s a terrific wine geared for drinking over the coming 6-8 years. As with the 2016, the blend is 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc.
Includes red wines where there is either no predominant variety or the blend is proprietary.
Located in South West France, Bordeaux is one of the Worldâ??s most important wine producing regions. The Gironde estuary and its two tributaries, the Garonne and Dordogne, splits the region into the â??left bankâ?? and â??right bankâ??. The left bank, on the west side of the Gironde, consists of the M??doc and Graves, while Pomerol and St. Emilion are located on the right bank. In between the Garonne and Dordogne is the Entre-Deaux-Mers region, French for 'between two seas'. From north to south the M??doc includes the famous classed growth chateaux in the communes of St. Estephe, Paulliac, St.Julien, and Margaux. The Graves and itâ??s enclave Pessac-L??ognan make both red and white wine. While those of Pessac- L??ognanâ??s are dry, Sauternes and Barsac make world-famous sweet whites. Although Bordeaux makes some of the worldâ??s most expsenive wines, less expensive but good value alternatives come from Moulis and Listrac on the left and Bourg and Blaye on the right offer less expensive wines for earlier consumption.
Lussac-Saint-Emilion is the most northerly of the four 'satellites' within the larger Saint-Emilion appellation in the 'right bank' Libournais district of Bordeaux. The Lavie stream runs along the southwestern boundary of Lussac-Saint-Emilion, neatly separating it from Montagne-Saint-Emilion. To the southeast is the other satellite of Puisseguin-Saint-Emilion.To the east is the Cotes de Francs appellation. Beyond this, its northern limits border the wider Bordeaux AOP appellation which stretches all the way to the department's boundary with the Charente-Maritime.
Red wine is wine made from dark-coloured grape varieties. The color of red differs based on the grapes variety or varieties used.Interestingly, black grapes yield a juice that is greenish-white. The actual red color comes from anthocyan pigments (also called anthocyanins) from the skin of the grape (exceptions are the relatively uncommon teinturier varieties, which produce a red colored juice). Most of the production centers around the extraction of color and flavor from the grape skin.
