- Listrac-Médoc
Listrac-Médoc is a commune in the
Gironde department inAquitaine in southwesternFrance .Wine
Lying 15 km northwest of the city of
Bordeaux , the village is best known as one of the six appellations of the great wine-growing regionsMédoc . In a region where a mere 20 metres 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 appellations. Nonetheless it is home to manycanvineyard s whose blends ofmerlot ,cabernet sauvignon andcabernet franc age over a period of several decades.Châteaux include
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Fourcas Hosten
*Fourcas Dupre
*Lestage
*Domaine de Maucaillou
*Mayne Lalande
*Veyrin ee also
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French wine
*Bordeaux wine
*Plan Bordeaux
*Communes of the Gironde department References
"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."
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