Lou, French wines, mostly the famous Bordeaux wines, were for decades using grape must from Sicily to give a higher gradation to their wines, that is higher alcohol. Because of Sicily’s soil and temperature, Sicilian must is high in alcohol, Bordeaux wines needed a -burst, and Sicilian grapes provided it. Now that the Sicilian wineries have mastered the art of producing and marketing their wines, I believe that Bordeaux gets its must somewhere else.
Lou, French wines, mostly the famous Bordeaux wines, were for decades using grape must from Sicily to give a higher gradation to their wines, that is higher alcohol. Because of Sicily’s soil and temperature, Sicilian must is high in alcohol, Bordeaux wines needed a -burst, and Sicilian grapes provided it. Now that the Sicilian wineries have mastered the art of producing and marketing their wines, I believe that Bordeaux gets its must somewhere else.