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Because of warmer summers,
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Plus chauds
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France's most prestigious clarets have been getting stronger.
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Rouges de Bordeaux
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And sounds the alarm of arising temperatures,
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En hausse
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He replicated Bordeaux's future weather conditions
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Conditions météorologiques
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And for the French iconic wine, an ever warming climate doesn't bode well.
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Ne présage rien de bon
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Though we come from the freshness and the elegance to the jammy,
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Fruité
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cooked,
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Cuit
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overripe fruit.
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Trop mûr
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The Bordeaux of the future has a very different taste.
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Goût
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The whole industry: fourteen thousand wine growers,
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Vignerons
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Which is particularly vulnerable to hotter temperatures.
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Plus chaudes
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The wine grower Philippe Bardet is already bracing for what's to come,
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Se prépare déjà
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"Now we've understood that in hot areas, where grapes ripen prematurely,
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Mûrissent
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Well, we ought to plant more Cabernet sauvignon
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Devons
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instead of Merlot."
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à la place de
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