Wine style
Médoc
This card covers red Médoc: dry Bordeaux blends, usually based on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with blackcurrant, plum and moderate to firm tannin. Oak and bottle age can add cedar and savory notes.
Where it is
Map data: INAO (Licence Ouverte 2.0); Natural Earth
At a glance
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, sometimes Cabernet Franc or Petit Verdot
- Where
- Northern Médoc, left bank of the Gironde
- In the glass
- Blackcurrant
- Cedar (oak-aged examples)
- Moderate to firm tannin