Production in a normal year is around 5.5 million hectolitres, while Bordeaux’s sales are around 4m hl.
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By common consensus, this year’s en primeur campaign in Bordeaux was another lethargic one. Uninspiring in quality, high in price and short in volume, it helped neither buyers nor sellers – though it did, as en primeur always does, at least get people talking about the region’s wine for a couple of months every year.
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