1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

llaut Brion.

7

rated

several

divided

classes,

into

Claret

is

The

chief vine

excellence.

according

their

to

Graves, Palus, and

of Mddoc,

those

are

tracts

producing

a

vineyard

each

particular

Blanche,

that of Medoc yielding the

peculiar sort of vine ;

Chateau Margaux,

Lafitte,

vintage

of

glorious

Latour, and others, such as

Larose, St.

Ldoville,

Branne Mouton, and other

St. Estephe,

Julien,

celebrated red wines. The famous Haut Brion is produced from the vine tract of Le Graves, which also produces the white wine known as Vin-de-

The wines of the flat and fertile Palus are full-bodied, rough and hard, when

Chxtve.

deep-coloured,

new, but they improve much by keeping. Being well adapted for long voyages, they are known as cargo wines. The Blanches, or dry white wine dis- trict, gives us the wines known as Sauterne, Barsac, Among the choice white wines produced in now getting into great favour in this country, and commands high prices. The generality of the wines of Bordeaux, through containing little alcohol, will stand and keep well. They are greatly improved by a sea voyage indeed it often happens that wines of a lower growth will become so much improved as to almost &c. this district the most famous is Chateau cZ’ Tquem. This celebrated wine is