Day 2 is The Medoc Region
After a wonderful breakfast of croissants, fruits and coffee, we boarded our bus at 8AM. Today we concentrated on the wines of the Northern section of the Left Bank of the Gironde River. This 40 mile-long peninsula, between the river and the Atlantic, which is home to such famed wine producing districts as Pauillac, Margaux and St. Julien.
In the bus, Ronald explained the wine-making process. In between the jokes and valuable info, he also explained how my newest favorite dessert, caneles, was created. Our first stop was Chateau Mouton Rothschild.
We visited the vat rooms (with their custom oak tanks with glass strips though which they can view the progress of the fermentation), a couple barrel rooms, the reserve room (vast, with vintages to die for). We also toured the museum (sorry, no photos allowed!) which featured Rothschild’s private art collection.
Next stop – Prieuré Lichine
We were scheduled to have our lunch here, little did we know that we were in for SUCH A TREAT.
Chateau Lascombes was next on the list.
For dinner, we were booked to dine at La Tupina. It is a renowned restaurant in downtown Bordeaux. It is Michelin-rate and recommended, therefore deserves its own review. Click on the link for the separate piece.
These are all the wines we had for this day. It IS amazing, isn’t it?
- Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2012, 1e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Pauillac
- Le Blanc de Chateau Prieuré-Lichine 2016, AOC Bordeaux
- Château Prieuré-Lichine 2009, 4e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux
- Château Prieuré-Lichine 2006 (Served from Magnum!), 4e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux
- Château Prieuré-Lichine 2002 (Served from double Magnum!), 4e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux
- Chevalier de Lascombes 2013, (second wine of Château Lascombes, 2e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux)
- Château Lascombes 2012, 2e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Margaux
- Chateau Scylla 2017, AOC Entre deux Mers
- Nr 5 de Sigalas Rabaud 2017, by Chateau Sigalas Rabaud, 1e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Sauternes
- Chateau de Dauphine 2011, AOC Fronsac
- Chateau Talbot 1982, 4e Grand Cru Classé, AOC Saint Julien