Usually I hark on about the Plaimont Co-opertive as a shining example of this style of wine but I wanted to show you that it's not just them that are achieving great things.Those of you who enjoy a drop of Armagnac will have heard of Château du Tariquet before and the grapes usually reserved for brandy production bring great crispness to the table wines. It used to be quite hard to control this acidity, hence the brandy production, but by embracing technology the vilification of these wines is now producing fantastically versatile wine.
Bordeaux
Nowhere in the world has inspired more praise, imitation and confusion than the wine-growing region of Bordeaux. To some it is sacrosanct, to others impenetrable, but all must acknowledge its fundamental importance