This section is from the book "Beverages And Their Adulteration Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural, Artificial, Fermented, Distilled, Alkaloidal And Fruit Juices", by Harvey W. Wiley. Also available from Amazon: Beverages And Their Adulteration.
This is also the property of Mr. Charmolue. This is one of the oldest and most beautiful vineyards in the Medoc. Its vines are extremely old, and many of them have escaped the ravages of the phylloxera. It is situated upon a gravely soil, with a most favorable exposure to the sun, and contains only the finest selected varieties of grapes. Its extent is 63 hectares, and it produces annually a mean of 200 tuns of delicious wine, soft and fine and of a bouquet which entitles it justly to its universal reputation.
 
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