IBordeaux Ngowona mmandla wewayini udume kakhulu eFrance, uvelisa phantse isinye kwisithathu sewayini esemgangathweni yaseFrance. Kwaye zilungile kangangokuba awudingi simo seBordeaux sokubeka ezona zibalaseleyo.
Ezinye zazo zikho kwindalo iphela: iMargaux, Yquem, Pétrus, Cheval Blanc, Haut Brion kunye nezinye ezonwabisayo kubathandi bakaThixo Bacchus abonwabela ukhenketho lokutyelela kwezi zidiliya zidumileyo eBordeaux apho kukho malunga neenqaba ezingama-7.000 XNUMX zamaxesha amandulo. .
IBordeaux, ikomkhulu le-Aquitaine, sisixeko esikufuphi nonxweme lweAtlantiki, kumazantsi mpuma eFrance, ummandla wewayini wawo ugubungela phantse lonke isebe laseGironde.
I-Bordeaux iwayini inikwe igama kwisixeko esikhulu sommandla. Nangona kunjalo, umkhenkethi akazukufumana izidiliya esixekweni ngokwaso ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba aye eBordeaux ukuzifumana.
Ngale ndlela, ummandla wewayini waseBordeaux ulula ngeekhilomitha ezingama-60 ujikeleze isixeko kwelona chweba likhulu eYurophu kwimilambo emithathu (iGironde, Garonne, Dordogne) edala imeko efanelekileyo yewayini.
Yongezwe kule yimozulu elungileyo eBordeaux; ithambile ngobusika obufutshane kunye nenqanaba eliphezulu lokufuma okuveliswe kukusondela koLwandlekazi lweAtlantic.
Malunga nemvelaphi ye wayini kulo mmandla, kufuneka yaziwe ukuba ilinywe iminyaka engamawaka amabini. Kungenzeka ukuba, izidiliya ezikhula apho zabuyela emva ngaphambi kokufika kwamaRoma ngo-56 BC.
Kodwa ngokungafaniyo neminye imimandla yewayini yaseFrance, iwayini yaseBordeaux yaphuhliswa ngabarhwebi. Kwezinye iindawo zaseFrance, iwayini yayiphantsi kwegunya leemonki.
Ekuqaleni kwewaka lesibini leminyaka, ummandla waseBordeaux wawuphantsi kolawulo lwamaNgesi apho amakhulu eenqanawa ezazithwele imiphanda ka "Claret" zisiya eNgilane. I- "Claret" yayiyayini ebomvu ebomvu eyayithandwa kakhulu sisiNgesi.
Kwinkulungwane ye-14, isiqingatha semveliso yewayini sasithunyelwa ngenqanawa ikakhulu eNgilane. Ngexesha lenkulungwane ye-17 neye-18, abarhwebi abasuka eNgilane, Holland, naseJamani babelawula uninzi lweewayini ezaziveliswa kwingingqi yaseBordeaux.
Ngo-1855, aba barhwebi benza udidi lokwahlula ezona wayini zintle zaseBordeaux. Ukwahlulahlula kusekho kwaye kwaziwa ngokuba ziiGrands Crus Classes (Ukukhula Okukhulu).
Ekupheleni kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, uBaron de Rothschild wayengumdidiyeli wokuqala ukucofa iwayini zakhe phambi kokuba bonke abenzi bewayini benze njalo. Ngoku, iimveliso ezinje ngeMouton Cadet kunye neMalesan ziya zithandwa ngakumbi.