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/bɔɹˈdoʊ/
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NOUN
- any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
- a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the wine trade
How To Use Bordeaux In A Sentence
- a dry Bordeaux
- They will drink their wretched heartless stuff, such as they call claret, or wine of Medoc, or Bordeaux, or what not, with no more meaning than sour rennet, stirred with the pulp from the cider press, and strained through the cap of our Betty. Lorna Doone
- The city of Bordeaux exudes wealth: its enormous, elegant squares easily rival the Place de Vosges in Paris or Piazza Navona in Rome.
- Example: 1983 was a very good vintage in the appellation of Margaux but nowhere else in Bordeaux that year. Investing in Liquid Assets
- A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
- One of these, Chåteau Rauzan-Ségla, a grand cru classé winery in the Margaux region, is celebrating its 350thanniversaryby releasing its 2009 Bordeaux with a label designed and signed by Karl Lagerfeld himself. Mary Orlin: Tasting Notes on Wine and Style
- As the Archbishop of Bordeaux is in your entourage, he could officiate. HERE BE DRAGONS
- Italian restaurants restricted their list to Italian wines; French restaurant wine lists were a recital of Bordeaux, Burgundy, and Champagne.
- Undoubtedly most famous worldwide for its legendary wines, Bordeaux is the capital of the region known as Aquitaine and is a major cultural centre and a transportation hub between southern France and Spain. Decanter News
- Sara had other ideas, however, and extended a leg high into the air to flick it up before manoeuvring to execute an exquisite overhead kick that flew past Francois Dubordeaux into the bottom right corner of his goal.
