Wine - 7 received ideas about Bordeaux wine

Here are 7 preconceived ideas about wine from Bordeaux at large and across.

The Bordeaux vineyards belong to foreigners.
Contrary to what the Bordeauxers thought, who for years kept saying that the middle empire (the yellow peril) had bought out the largest vineyards, but they only found that 2% to 3% of the castles were in their possession. Some Chinese bought vineyards and finally left them to abandonment.

Second position: the Belgians a little more than 70 estates (have counted a little more than 6000 Belgian winegrowers present in the region) The Belgian invasion to start:) They invest a lot in the appellations Bergerac and Cahors, Gaillac (have spoken of 72%).

Third position: The Americans, Dutch, British and Russian buy a lot of estates because of the reputation of the vineyards.

The price per hectare of vines is exorbitant.
Well NO, contrary to popular belief, the price per hectare is falling (according to the region, of course). Buying a hectare in Saint-Emilion is not the same as buying in between the two seas) To give you a price order:

1 hectare in Saint-Emilion costs approximately 230 000 €.
1 hectare in Pessac - léognan costs 450 000 €.
1 hectare in Pomerol costs 1.2 million euros
1 hectare in Pauillac is close to 2 million euros.
Prepare the steems:)

The majority of the wines are aged in oak barrels.
When you know the price of an oak barrel and how much you need, you realize that marketing has taken over. An oak barrel costs between 600 € and 800 €. Imagine that a small producer does not necessarily have the financial means to follow. Ah! marketing when you hold us, you let us down no more.

There are stone castles throughout the Bordeaux vineyards.
Yet another image that many people have of the Bordeaux wine-growing region. Well, these forgeries. 40% of the winegrowers are cooperators and do not necessarily run on gold or steem. (still to be done)

Phytosanitary products are king, but not that much.
But first, the definition of plant protection products (plant protection products are, together with fertilizers, the two main sources of pollution of surface and ground water by the agricultural sector). Who would have believed it. Insecticide, herbicide, fungicide. But this does not represent all wine professionals. And fortunately, by the way. Many winegrowers have chosen an organic method.

Bordeaux wines tend to be too expensive.
Buying a wine in a winery and buying a wine in a restaurant are wondering why so much difference on the same wine. Have you ever wanted to buy a Bordeaux wine from a wine merchant in your country and tell yourself: how these dear ones. Well, don't be mistaken these only because of the media spot of the great wines that do this. Whereas these great wines account for no more than 5% to 6% of sales. Unbelievable.

Harvesting is done by hand.
If they told you this about the Bordeaux vineyards, don't say anything and let it be said. Another so-called connoisseur who knows almost nothing. At 75% the harvests are done by machine (less expensive). Did you know that?

At least you've learned something. Do you have any comments to make?