| Bordeaux Wine Noble Rot Revolution |
Noble Rot brings real stories and people, allowing them to talk in the clearest terms about Bordeaux wines. Nobel Rot shows us some of the darker side of Bordeaux wine production with characters you would normally only find in creatively scripted mystery and thriller novels.
There are points such as the 1855 classification system which has become the base when describing the “quality” of today’s grand cru. He goes into a very delicate subject and explains what happened the last time it was truly challenged. Bordeaux Wine Noble Rot Revolution tastes is amazing!
Some of William Echikson’s statements, opinions and discoveries will have many traditionalists and big wigs squirming in their corporate chairs, which only adds to a great book to read.
While it exposes many challenges being faced by Bordeaux wines and hails a growing number of “garage” operations, it brings forward a clear message of the quality of the environment which produces the very grape which make Bordeaux wine the benchmark of all. These so called garage operations challenges some of the most prestigious chateaux with their not so traditional ways to produce Bordeaux wine.
William Echikson, author of Burgundy Stars, lives in Brussels, where he is bureau chief for Dow Jones Newswires and a wine columnist for Wall Street Journal Europe
