Bordeaux Blends Public Tasting

The tastings will be presented by Waterford Estate's Kevin Arnold

Please join WINE magazine and Waterford Wine Estate’s Kevin Arnold for an informative, seated wine tasting of the top scoring wines from this year's Bordeaux-style Red Blends category tasting.

Wines included in the line-up:

• La Bri Affinity 2006
• Môreson Magia 2007
• Manley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
• Rebus Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
• Chamonix Reserve Troika 2007
• Saronsberg Seismic 2006
• Zorgvliet Richelle 2006
• Waterford Estate CWG Auction Reserve 2005
• Morgenster Lourens River Valley 2006
• De Toren Fusion V 2007

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  The six varieties are:  Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carmenere. 

Wines that are Bordeaux Blends are usually of good to excellent quality and may be the best wine that a winery produces.

A typical Bordeaux Blend will have either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot as the primary grape but the other grapes will make up from 15% to 50% of the blend. Very few Bordeaux Blends use all six of the allowed grape varieties. The use of three or four varieties is much more common.

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