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Map of the Gironde estuary. The Médoc (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Gascon: Medòc) is a region of France, well known as a wine growing region, located in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, northwest of Bordeaux.
Médoc (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an AOC for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of southwestern France, on the Left Bank of the Gironde estuary that covers the northern section of the viticultural strip along the Médoc peninsula.
For most of its history, the Haut-Médoc was a vast region of salt marshes used for animal grazing rather than viticulture.In the 17th century, Dutch merchants began an ambitious drainage project to convert the marshland into a usable vineyard area.
AOC Saint-Estephe appears in yellow on the map in the region of Medoc. Saint-Estèphe (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿ɛstɛf]) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for red wine in the Bordeaux region, located in the Médoc subregion.
Lying 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bordeaux, the village is best known as one of the six appellations of the great wine-growing regions of the Médoc.In a region where a mere 20 metres (70 ft) can be the difference between a great wine and an average one, its distance from the beneficial effect of the Garonne means that its wines are not as highly rated as those of the other ...
As well as Margaux itself, the appellation includes the villages of Cantenac, Arsac, Soussans and Labarde. [2] It is on the left bank of the Gironde.It is the southernmost appellation in the Médoc (the haut in Haut-Médoc refers to the fact that it lies upstream), not far north of Bordeaux itself. [3]
Moulis-en-Médoc is a commune in the wine-producing area of Médoc.The commune produces wine with a great reputation which benefits from the appellation of Moulis, one of the six communal appellations of the Haut-Médoc vineyards.
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