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MIXED DRINKS.
products of particular growths and of specified years.
Th^ principal vines here used are the Cabernets, the
Merlot and theMalbec for red wines, and the Semillon,
the Sauvignon and the Mnscatelle for the white wines.
The 'Medoc wines possessing snch great variety of
qualities have necessarily been divided into payson,
artisan, bonrgeois and fine growths,the last mentioned
being subdivided into five categories and are known as
"classed growths." Thus: Chateau Lafitte, etc., etc.
Second growths.Chateau Mouton-Rothschild; Gi'uaud-
Larose, St. Julien, etc.; Cos d' Estournel, St. Bstephe;
Chateau Mont-Rose, etc. Third growths.Chateau Kir-
win, Cantenac; La Grange, St. Julian. And so on in
fourth and fifth growths including scores of names that
brevity ofspace forbids mentioning. This classification
is the result of years of observation and study from the
eighteenth century,the present form being inaugurated
by a convention of brokers in 1855.
Row a word about Sauterne, which is so much
prized in America as a breakfast wine. The name
stands for certain white wines produced in the depart
ment of Gironde,Prance. It is the special name of a
wine made at Sauterne, a village on the left bank of
the Gironde,some distance above Bordeaux. Then it
is a general name for the white wines of similar char-