Ep 354: A New Look At Bordeaux's Médoc -- with Château La Cardonne's Magali Guyon

<p>Magali Guyon has been the technical director/ winemaker of <a href= "https://chateaulacardonne.com/chateau-la-cardonne/">Château La Cardonne</a> in the Médoc of Bordeaux for more than 20 years. Having worked in Bordeaux for some of the biggest names – she is the former winemaker at Château Lynch-Bages – she represents the best of the best in Bordeaux. <a href= "https://chateaulacardonne.com/chateau-la-cardonne/">Château La Cardonne</a> was recently awarded the prestigious Cru Bourgeois Supérieur title as well. <a href= "https://chateaulacardonne.com/chateau-la-cardonne/"><img class= "alignnone size-medium wp-image-16783 aligncenter" style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://www.winefornormalpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MagaliIG-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p> <p>In this show, we take a different look at the Médoc (the prestigious Left Bank of Bordeaux) and approach it as a proposition of growing and terroir – not of pretty chateaux and expensive wines. Magali helps us reframe the discussion of Bordeaux to show us that the true essence of Bordeaux is the vineyard and the land.</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are the show notes/discussion topics:</p> <ul> <li>The location, size, and the major water, soil, climate, and other influences in the Médoc<a href= "https://www.medoc-bordeaux.com/en/medoc-chateaux/chateau-la-cardonne-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-16786 aligncenter" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://www.winefornormalpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Medoc-226x300.png" alt="" width="226" height="300" /></a></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-size: 8pt;">Map from</span> <a href= "https://www.medoc-bordeaux.com/en/medoc-chateaux/chateau-la-cardonne-2/"> <span style="font-size: 8pt;">Vins du Médoc</span></a></em></p> <ul> <li>The soils and the differences between the various types of gravel, the clay-limestone, and the limestone bedrock that could be particularly suited