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Why does bordeaux last longer?
Charles Mathis, Tennessee: Why do the wines of Bordeaux generally age longer than wines from other regions of the world? I would suspect this question was only including wines made from primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and the "Bordeaux blends" (left bank). However, there are also wines from Bordeaux's right bank with a large percentage of Merlot or Cabernet Franc which also seem to have longer lives than wines from other regions of the world. I thought heritage, soil, and age of vines would be high on the list, but that seems too easy a deduction. I did read in the Oxford Companion to Wine , that pH was also responsible, but I...
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