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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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