Bordeaux

Bonjour!

rosé wine from the Malesan group of wines

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Last Saturday, the hubz and I went on a wine tasting trip at the Biennial Wine Festival in Bordeaux( France). Wines from the surrounding vineyards of Bordeaux and from Aquitine are being offered for tasting. You only have to pay a certain amount and they´ll give you a stub with discounts on the participating restaurants/bars and you also get to sample 13 different wines from any of the participating wine producers. As an added bonus, the stub comes with a commemorative wine glass to place your wine. ;) This year they also invited Quebec as part of the exhibition but we weren´t able to go inside their tent. I didn´t get to taste a lot of wines because it was so hot and I´m dehydrated but here are some wines that I was able to taste:

a. rosé wine ( slightly sweet and great tasting), rouge( is a bit bland to my palate) wine (from the Malesan brand)

b.excellent rouge wine(2007) from the wineries of  Saint  Emilion, Médoc and the brand Cordier(Prestige)

c. sweet and dry blanc wine from Loupiac (very sweet and it has this slightly bitter aftertaste common in dry whites)

d. the rogue Bordeaux Superieur is too strong for my liking

Anyway, so there I was tasting different kinds of wines in the 37 C heat,  not the perfect weather to do some wine tasting  activity, no? Worse, I wore black thinking that I might get some wine spilled on my top and so prevention is better than nothing. hahaha! I think it´s best to do this at night time when the temperature´s much cooler. ;)

The hubz and I are planning to stay here one weekend when it´s not too hot and visit some vineyards and wineries. What I love about Bordeaux wines is that they have this smooth taste and they´re not too strong but the hubz insist that La Rioja wines are still the best for their rich color and full bodied flavor. What can I say, he´s Spanish and he lives in a wine producing province. lol! ;)

So how did your weekend go, dears? ;)

À bientôt,

Che