Bordeaux Vino Country, Saint Emilion, Paulliac, Cognac, France
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| Chateau (Winery) - Medoc Wine Region, France |
Bordeaux Wine Country, Saint Emilion, Paulliac, & Cognac, France (5/8-10/2013) – Visiting i of the finest vino regions inward the the world was fun in addition to a peachy locomote experience.
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| Fish & Duck Lunch - Margaux, Medoc Wine Region, France |
The vast Bordeaux vino country features quaint villages with flowers everywhere, really overnice restaurants, well-preserved medieval villages, solid reason roads with vineyards, in addition to friendly people (see photos). The wines of Bordeaux are total trunk made of wonderful blends of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, in addition to Cabernet Sauvignon grape varieties. With over 5,000 chateaux (wineries) inward 57 vino appellations to pick out from, it’s a vino lovers dream.
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| Chateau Pichon Longueville - Pauillac, Medoc Wine Region, France |
As the working capital missive of the alphabet of the region, the city of Bordeauxis both the commercial in addition to cultural oculus of southwest France. Bordeaux is also inward the middle of i of the peachy vino regions of the the world - Medoc to the northwest, Sauternes lies to the south, in addition to Pomerol in addition to St-Emilion to the east.
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| Famous Chateau Lafite Rothchild, Pauillac, Medoc Wine Region, France |
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| Country Wine Road - Medoc Wine Region, France |
We drove the Medoc vino route (D2) northwest of Bordeaux through towns of Pauillac, Margaux, in addition to others made famous from the wines produced there. Just due north of Paullac, Letilte Rothchild has beautiful grounds you lot should non immature lady (see photos). We visited during France’s Victoire 1945 national holiday. Everything was pretty much unopen but nosotros all the same had a peachy time. We all the same tasted wines at a vino store in addition to industrial plant life a overnice eatery to relish to a greater extent than peachy French nutrient (see photo).
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| Street - Saint Emilion, France |
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| Saint Emilion, France |
A definite must is a see to beautiful Saint Emilion, located almost 25 miles from Bordeaux, with its well-preserved medieval streets in addition to buildings. Wandering through its cobblestone streets (some rather steep) is similar walking into the past. There are wonderful views from the upper landing exterior the church building (see photos).
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| Staying Dry - Saint Emilion, France |
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| Saint Emilion, France |
Saint Emilion was named afterward the monk Emilion, who settled at that spot inward the eighth century. Monks next him started the commercial vino production inward the area. Saint Emilion is i of the principal cerise vino areas of Bordeaux. Merlot in addition to Cabernet Franc are the primary grape varieties used with some modest amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon also beingness used past times some chateaux (wineries).
Saint Emilion Travel tip... The Tourist Office inward the oculus of Saint Emilion offers costless maps, a guide book, in addition to data on vino tasting tours.
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| Map - Bordeaux Old Town & Wine Region - France |
Travel tips when visiting Bordeaux region... The lack of populace transportation to most of the chateaux (wineries) way that it is best to explore the portion inward your ain motorcar or sign upwards for tours that tin last arranged inward the tourist purpose inward Bordeaux. Make for sure you lot direct maintain proficient directions due north out of Bordeaux to the Medoc D2 vino route – it is slowly to acquire lost. If you lot ask data or a hotel reservation, driblet past times the friendly Tourist Center inward Bordeaux. They were really helpful to us.
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| Hotel Chateau Pomys - Medoc Wine Region, France |
You tin work Bordeaux city every bit a base of operations to explore the famous vino regions that surroundings it. Hotels, called Chambres d’hôtel inward the vino regions, although really quaint, are to a greater extent than expensive in addition to at that spot is non much to exercise at night. To relieve coin on hotels in addition to parking-hassles, nosotros recommend staying inward the La Bastide expanse across the river from Bordeaux’s sometime town with easy-to-find costless parking. You tin walk to the sometime town inward almost twenty minutes or accept a boat or tram ride to the sometime town.
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| Pat Thinks Bigger is Better - Medoc Wine Region, France |
Wayne likes the Cognac spirit in addition to wanted to acquire to a greater extent than almost it. On our way to the Loire Valley due north of Bordeaux, nosotros visited the town of Cognac. Cognac’s sometime town medieval quarter (Vieux Cognac) runs from the Tours Saint-Jacques, amongst the river, upwards to the Saint-Léger church. Situated on narrow cobbled streets, it contains buildings built betwixt the 15th in addition to 18th centuries.
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| Cognoc at Hennessey Dating Back to 1873 - Cognac, France |
About the spirit Cognac... The town of Cognac gives its advert to i of the world's best-known types of brandy. Cognac must last made inward for sure areas or in addition to then the town of Cognac in addition to last made according to strictly defined regulations.
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| Love French Food - Saint Emilion, France |
Cognac’s uniqueness comes from the fact that it is double distilled inward copper pot stills. This procedure tin last viewed inward i of the many Cognac houses all having visitor centers. In Cognac are Hennessy, Otard, Martell, Remy Martin, in addition to Camus. East of Cognac inward Jarnac is habitation to Courvoisier. We did the tour of Hennessy in addition to were glad nosotros did. The tour is good done, informative, in addition to includes a brusque boat ride (see photos). Hennessy stores over 300,000 barrels, some dating dorsum over 100 years.
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| Wine Tasting at La Cave D'Ulysse - Medoc Wine Region, France |
All Cognac is produced past times a blending of dissimilar grapes. The best Cognacs are unremarkably made solely using Petite in addition to Grande Champagne grapes. Different qualities of Cognac are produced including VS (Very Special) aged for every bit to the lowest degree two years; VSOP (Very Superior) for at to the lowest degree iv years, in addition to XO (eXtra Old) at to the lowest degree vi years (in 2016, 10 years) but on average for upwards of twenty years. English linguistic communication terms are all the same used because inward the early on days of Cognac production it was the British in addition to Irish Gaelic who were the principal consumers in addition to also became some of the principal producers of Cognac, using techniques acquired from the distillation of whisky).
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| Bordeaux Wines, France |
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