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Fines.
of
the
hill
on
whose
slopes
are
planted
the
vines
which
yield
the
choicest
quality.
Red
Hermitage
is
highly
regarded
for
its
fall
body,
dark
purple
colour,
exquisite
perfume
and
flavour
;
but
its
bril-
liant
colour
sensibly
fades
after
it
has
been
kept
twenty
years.
There
are
five
classes
of
Hermitage
wine
(as
the
production
of
all
the
immediate
dis-
trict
is
named)
;
the
best,
or
Ermitage
paille,
is
very
choice
and
expensive.
Cote
Rdti
is
a
generous
red
clear
wine,
with
a
slight
bitter
taste,
and
violet
bouquet.
Gauphine
is
sound,
useful
wine,
grown
in
the
Hdrault.
Roussillon,
on
the
borders
of
the
Mediterranean,
produces
some
of
the
deepest-coloured
and
fullest-
bodied
of
French
wines.
One
of
them,
Mcisdeu
(which
is
the
name
for
God’s
field
or
vineyard),
is
a
full-bodied,
bright,
red
wine,
with
a
bouquet
not
unlike
Claret,
yet
partaking
of
a
Port
character
;
in
fact,
so
much
like
Port,
that
a
good
deal of
it
is
sold
and
used
in
England
as
Port.
It
was
the
red
wines
of
Roussillon
which
formed
the
basis
of
the
famous
Bristol
Ports, so
well
known
in
the
last
century.
In
proximity
to
Masdeu,
come
the
rich,
luscious
wines
Frontignac,
Rivesaltes,
Lunel,
and
many