|
Grands Vins: The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines | 
 enlarge | Author: Clive Coates M. W.
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
List Price: $65.00
Buy Used: $8.99
You Save: $56.01 (86%)
New (16) Used (14) from $8.99
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 432773
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7 x 2.3
ISBN: 0520202201
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.22094471
EAN: 9780520202207
ASIN: 0520202201
Publication Date: June 7, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Heavy HC, no DJ, U. of California 1995. Tight, square, clean, unmarked. Boards rubbed a bit, lettering a bit faded. Ships w/Delivery Confirmation.
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
By far France's largest fine-wine region, Bordeaux is also arguably its greatest, and perhaps the greatest in the world. Grands Vins is the most comprehensive survey of these wines ever published. Following an introduction detailing the history, the geography, the grape varieties, and other regional wine-making idiosyncrasies, Clive Coates--who is reputed to know more about the estates and their wines than the owners themselves--profiles the leading chateaux and assesses their top red and white wines. He discusses the respective qualities, taste characteristics and merits of just about every fine Bordeaux wine made in the last thirty years and more, listing its state of maturity and optimum drinking periods in succinct and accessible form.
Since the publication of Clive Coates's Claret in 1982, the Bordeaux region has seen many changes. There has been a run of bumper, successful red-wine harvests unparalleled in recent times. Perfectionist control of the viticultural process is now commonplace not just at the top of the hierarchy but right down to cru bourgeois level, and the vineyards planted following the great February 1956 frost have reached full maturity, producing a quality and consistency that Bordeaux has until now never enjoyed. Moreover, a revival in the fortunes of Sauternes and a revolution in the techniques of dry-white wine making means that the quality of these wines matches that of the reds. For the historian, too, there is far more documentation available about the illustrious pasts of many Bordeaux chateaux than a decade ago; many estates have initiated long-overdue research into their archives, and scarce nineteenth-century books have been reprinted in facsimile.
Essential reading for anyone who has cellared or intends to buy Bordeaux wines, Grands Vins is a lucid voyage through the histories of the leading estates, a convivial encounter with their personalities, a fascinating lesson in contemporary wine-making techniques, and above all a celebration of preeminent wines.
|
| Customer Reviews:
For SERIOUS collectors of Bordeaux February 12, 1997
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This thorough if narrowly focused study by a major British wine critic covers the ground with thoroughness and dedicated skill. Not for beginners, it's a requirement if you're getting seriously into collecting Bordeaux
Top quality reference March 10, 2003
Michael Casey (Atlanta, GA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This top quality reference, now getting a bit dated, provides one of the most thorough and detailed examinations of the Bordeaux region ever written. Though not as exciting to read as Markham's "1855" it is much more informative than Parker's "Bordeaux." Any serious collection of wine histories should include this book. I am hopeful that a newer edition will be arriving soon.
|
|
|
|
| |
