Bordeaux (wine): Facts

unlike Bordeaux and Burgundy, vineyards in Champagne are classified according to what village they are in?
when Champoux Vineyard was first planted in Washington State, the aim was to produce grapes that rivaled the First Growth Bordeaux estate Chateau Lafite?
the influence of wine critic Robert Finigan declined when he panned the 1982 Bordeaux vintage, which Robert Parker described as one of greatest of the century?
most wine regions can be categorized by climate as Mediterranean (such as Tuscany), maritime (Bordeaux) or continental (Columbia Valley)?
Canaiolo was included in the 19th-century Chianti recipe to add fruitiness and soften the tannins of Sangiovese, much like Merlot's role in Bordeaux wine blends?
Château Pape Clément, first planted in 1300 by the future Pope Clement V, is the oldest wine estate in Bordeaux?
wine writer André Jullien classified the wines of Bordeaux nearly 40 years before the official 1855 classification, including naming the exact same four First Growths?

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