BORDEAUX
As you probably know Brian and I both enjoy a glass of ‘Red’ on occasion, so we naturally head next to Bordeaux.
We pass through vineyards as far as the eye can see and see names only seen before on wine labels in the locked cabinets at the wine store. Château Margaux, Châteaux Mouton-Rothschild, Latour and of course Châteaux Lafite-Rothschild, all in the most beautiful grounds and with cellers containing vintage bottles that date back to 1797.
Not all of the 1000’s of vineyards that are in this area were open, luckily, but we did manage to visit a few, sample and purchase a selection of vintages that we enjoyed. One older viticulteur, Monsieur Pelon, took a bit of a liking to us, and as it was a fairly quiet day took the time to tell about his vineyard, which had been in his family since 1646. With and annual production is 90 Bordeaux tonneaux of wine, he has obtained numerous medals as a reward for it’s quality, which rank it among the most appreciated of the Haut-Médoc Crus Bourgeois.
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