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Boulb\u00e8nes<\/strong>, French term for a\u00a0soil type<\/a>\u00a0found on the right bank of the Bordeaux region<\/a>, in the Premi\u00e8res C\u00f4tes and Entre Deux Mers. Boulb\u00e8nes is a very fine, siliceous, compacted silt which\u00a0is hard to work, and a barrier for all but the most determined vine roots. Tom Stevenson<\/a> (2011, p.18) describes boulb\u00e8nes as <\/span>the ‘<\/span>Bordelais name <\/span>for a very fine siliceous soil<\/a>\u00a0that is easily compressed and hard to work. This \u201cbeaten\u201d earth covers part of the Entre-Deux-Mers plateau.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bibliography<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Stevenson (2011)\u00a0The Sotheby\u2019s Wine Encyclopedia 5th Edition <\/em>by\u00a0Tom Stevenson (Dorling Kindersley, 2011), p.18.<\/p>\n

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