{"title":"Chateau Falfas","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat’s the difference between traditional Bordeaux and natural Bordeaux? Tasting the firm, classically contoured wines of Château Falfas — which seem to harken back to a time when Robert Parker was but a twinkle in his father’s eye — the answer seems to be “sometimes, there’s no difference at all.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat’s because Falfas makes splendid, old-school wines with low-intervention methods. They use a vertical wooden basket press, for instance, and avoid adding any SO2 before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe estate was also one of the very first in Bordeaux to be certified biodynamic, way back in 1988. Owner and co-founder Véronique Cochran is the daughter of the late François Bouchet, founder of a pioneering biodynamic consultant who guided, among others, DRC, Leflaive, Leroy, Huet, and Roches Neuves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFalfas is located in the relatively obscure Côtes de Bourg, a right-bank AOC that faces Margaux on the other side of the Gironde estuary. Bourg’s climate, regulated by clay-limestone soils and proximity to water, is less extreme than most parts of Bordeaux, so we might be seeing this region gain prominence with global warming.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/chateau-falfas.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}