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CLARETS. The wine we call " Claret " is, or should be, the exclusive produce of the Dfepartenient of the Gironde. The vineyards of the Gironde may be divided into six principal categories, namely : 1. Medoc. a strip of land some fifty miles long by six miles wide, lying on the south bank of the River Gironde. This district produces the "cele brated wines of Chat. Margaux, Chat. Lafite, Chat. Latour, etc. 2. Graves. A small district lying just outside Bordeaux extending some twenty kilometres to the west of that city. This district is chiefly renowned in England for its white wines, but it is not so generally known that it produces a much larger quantity of red wines, such as, for instance, the celebrated Chat. Haut Brion. 3. Sauternes and Barsac. A small district south of the Graves, on the south bank of the River Gironde. This district owes its fame entirely to its fine white wines, the most celebrated of which is Chat. Y'Quem. 4. Entre-deux-mers. a district comprised between the River Dordogne on the north, and the River Gironde on the south, lying in the Departe- ment of the Gironde. Produces sound, useful wines. 5. St. Emilion and Pomerol. A hilly district north of the River Dordogne in the Arrondissement

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