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Bordeaux Oxygene Will Produce Charity Wine

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I've seen whiskeys for charity that blend the work of a variety of different distilleries but now wine from Bordeaux will get the same treatment. It sounds risky but when such a wine is in the hands of Michel Rolland, the world's most prolific wine consultant, risky gets intriguing. The charity wine will be an equal mixture of 17 wine properties that are part of the 18-member wine group Bordeaux Oxygene. The wine, which will be dubbed Oxygen, uses the 2005 vintage from member chateaux, including Clos Fourtet in St Emilion and Chateau Thieuly in the Bordeaux Superieur region. Only one property was left out, Chateau Nairac, which produces sweet white Sauternes. The wine will officially be dubbed a Vin de Table and will be sold at auctions starting in October. There will be 80 double magnums total.

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Michel Rolland Creates The Rolland Collection Wines

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Famed Bordeaux negociant Michel Rolland is striking out on his own and will no longer sell wines through the traditional system. Rolland, who has a reputation of being one of the best winemakers in the world and was feature prominently in the wine documentary, Mondovino, is teaming up with his son-in-law David Lesage, who will be managing director of the new company, called the Rolland Collection. Decanter reports that there will be ten properties total, all of which are either owned by Rolland and his wife or are part of a joint venture. There are five Bordeaux properties, two in Argentina, two in South Africa and one in Spain. There will be no minimum order for the wines.

Canadian wine writer David Lawrason met with Rolland and tasted the wines. As he reports in Toronto Life, he found the wines delicious if a bit highly priced.

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