Tag Archives: Medoc

The Oakroom at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky

Posted on April 27, 2013 by thewineraconteur

While I am still thinking of the forthcoming hallowed race that will soon occur in Louisville, I am remembering a time that we had dinner with our relatives at the Seelbach Hotel.  It is a grand hotel that first opened … Continue reading →

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Vincenzo’s in Louisville, Kentucky

Posted on April 25, 2013 by thewineraconteur

This is a great restaurant that we have eaten at, a couple of times, while we are down visiting.  The owner is very civic minded and is a big supporter of community efforts.  Vincenzo’s is a very elegant restaurant in … Continue reading →

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Chateau Croizet-Bages

Posted on July 26, 2012 by thewineraconteur

This was a classified Bordeaux wine that I found in a nightclub when I was in college, and I would periodically keep reordering it.  It was so good and it was affordable even at my wages.   I would take a … Continue reading →

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Saint-Julien

Posted on July 18, 2012 by thewineraconteur

We come to the final entry on the great Communes of the Medoc, in the Bordeaux region. Saint-Julien has eleven classified chateaus in the confines of its borders.   These wines are known for their softness and suppleness.   They are also … Continue reading →

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Saint-Estephe

Posted on July 17, 2012 by thewineraconteur

The third of the great Communes of the Medoc (I am doing this alphabetically) is Saint-Estephe.  This Commune is the furthest away from Bordeaux in the Medoc.  It is also the largest wine-producing Commune in the Medoc.  The consensus of … Continue reading →

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Pauillac

Posted on July 16, 2012 by thewineraconteur

The most famous of the Communes of the Medoc; having three out of five of the Premiers Crus of the 1855 Classification of the Medoc.  In 1973 Chateau Mouton- Rothschild was moved from the top of the Second Growths up … Continue reading →

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Margaux

Posted on July 15, 2012 by thewineraconteur

Margaux is one of the famed Communes of the Haute Medoc.  It is on the Commune level that Bordeaux is famous.  Within in these Communes are the famous Chateaus that are associated with Bordeaux. In 1855 there was a Classification … Continue reading →

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Haut-Medoc

Posted on July 14, 2012 by thewineraconteur

The upper levels of the terrain of Medoc, Haute- Medoc are where the majesty of Bordeaux wines is located.  The four great communes of Bordeaux are located in the Haute- Medoc (Pauillac, St. Estephe, St. Julien, and Margaux) and I … Continue reading →

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Medoc

Posted on July 13, 2012 by thewineraconteur

This is the section that most people think of as Bordeaux.  This area extends about sixty miles from the city of Bordeaux.  It has only been about two hundred years of wine production for the Medoc.  Bordeaux wines were originally … Continue reading →

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