TERROIR PROFILE
Bordeaux (Stadt & Négoce)
City & négoce — suburban gravel
Bordeaux itself: négoce houses on the Garonne and the last urban estates of the gravel suburbs.
Climate, site & wine
Bordeaux is not a vineyard site but the region's trading centre: since the 18th century the négociants on the Chartrons quays have marketed a large share of Bordeaux's wines.
The houses listed here, based in the city, distribute wines from across the region, so there is no distinct house style. The reference point is the gravel soils of the neighbouring Graves and Pessac-Léognan.
TERROIR PROFILE · Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Stadt & Négoce) City & négoce — suburban gravel
Bordeaux itself: négoce houses on the Garonne and the last urban estates of the gravel suburbs.
SOILS
Gravel / Sandlight, approachable
Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.
CLIMATE · Maritime
Bordeaux lies on the banks of the Garonne in western France; the climate is Atlantic. Within the city there are no vineyard sites in the strict sense.
TOPOGRAPHY · gentle
The city sits in a bend of the Garonne; the trading houses are on the quays, for example in the Chartrons. To the southwest, the gravel zones of the Graves begin in Pessac, Talence and Mérignac.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Sâmburești
Muntenia & Oltenia Hills
100% similar
- Bordeaux (Stadt & Négoce) and Sâmburești share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Stromberg-Zabergäu
Württemberg
96% similar
- Freshness (slightly): Bordeaux (Stadt & Négoce) has less freshness → gentler acidity, earlier drinking (5 vs. 6).
Wineries on this terroir
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