Médoc: Reassuringly expensive

A quick intro to the wines of the Médoc... It not just the owners of Tarmac who have made a fortune out of gravel. Rather than excavating it, the residents of Bordeaux have found an altogether more elegant way of making it pay – by growing vines on it. Not all grape varieties are created equal. You’d be lucky to coax anything better than average plonk out of a jester like Couderc Noir. But…

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