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Of the seven regions: Medoc, Graves, Sauternes, St.-Emi-

ilonnals, Cotes, Palus, Entre-Deux-Mers; Medoc Is the home of

Chateau Lafite, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, to speak

only of first growths; Craves, of the Chateau Haut-Brion;

Sauternes, of the Chateau Yquem (white); St.-Emiiionnais, of

the Chateau Cheval Blanc. Besides these very exceptional

products, 16 2nd growths, 14 3rd growths, 10 4th growths,

17 5th growths also belong to the classified growths. Then

come another 1359 Chateaux, Domalnes and Clos(1421 In all)

which produce the huge quantities of Bordeaux wines, red and

white, here mentioned :

Qualities

Bottles

900 Very Good . 716,625.000

901 Fair .. .. 537,750,000

902 Poor .. .. 357,750,000

903 Fairly Good 262,125,000

904 Perfect . .. 562,500,000

905 Good .. .. 536,350,000

906 Good .. .. 437,625,000

907 Uneven

686,250,000

908 Fair .. .. 405,000,000

909 Good .. .. 468,000,000

910 Disastrous .. 191,250,000

911 Good .. .. 399,936,500

912 Good .. .. 519,432,750

913 Good .. .. 412,875,000

914 Very good .. 668,137,500

915 Very poor .. 153,900,000

916 Good .. .. 381,037,500

917 Light,butgood 442,237,500

France without the Colonies produced

Qualities

Bottles

1918 Good .. .. 470,250,000

1919 Very good .. 636,975,000

1920 Very good .. 608,748,750

1921 Uneven (good) 480,500,000

1922 Light,excellent 899,087,500

1923 Good .. .. 614,250,000

1924 Very good .. 700,675,000

1925 Fair .. .. 644,734,250

1926 Good .. .. 487,497,750

1927 Fair .. .. 501,506,000

1928 Very good .. 589,727,125

1929 Remarkable . 571,715,750

Mediocre

318,688,625

Fair .. .. 478,257,750

Poor .. .. 478,455,250

Poor .. .. 421,052,750

1934 Good .. .. 855,473,125

1935 Good .. .. 527,974,800

75,143,622 hectolitres, or

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9,392,952,750 bottles of wine In 1934, against 49,690,687 hectolitres in

1933.

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