Day 4: Lunch and a Vineyard Tour

Sunday, April 14 started with a wonderful lunch prepared by Julien. Megan and Julien’s friend, Isabelle, joined us. Isabelle is a high school English teacher at a private Catholic school. She just returned from taking her students on a trip to London. We started with oysters and duck pate and then had a beautiful salad with smoked duck, a plate of cheeses and of course wine.

We followed our lunch with a trip to Chateau la Croix, a vineyard in Langon. The owner Cedric Espagnet showed us around. He explained the vineyard had been in his family for over 80 years. Originally it was a farm where they raised cows, pigs, vegetables and tobacco. He showed us the vines some of which are over 50 years old. They recently had a cold spell and he showed us how some of the leaves had been damaged. He explained about grafting and when you needed to replace a vine it was 2 euro. Then it would take two years to produce fruit.

**Cedric showed Scott how the vines grow.**

**Cedric talking to Scott about how the vines grow.**

**The beautiful hills of Bordeaux in the background.**

We then went inside to see how the wine is bottled, how the labels go and and of course to taste some of the wine.

**Scott explaining how he can make the labels and how they are attached in the US.**

**Cedric deciding if the wine is good under Julien’s watchful eye!**

**We all had a good time. Isabelle, Julien, Mary and Scott.**

**2014 Chateau La Croix Graves. We tasted it and it was very good. We are having some sent home to enjoy.**

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Hey Mary! I love your blog and it was a pleasure to get to know you yesterday and to share all the good things in Auros and Langon. Have a fantastic stay in our region!

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