I am really just terrible about updating my blog at the moment. I spend so much time job searching that there really isnt that much fun stuff going on to chat about.

This past weekend we went to the Medoc with some friends of ours to do some wine tasting for the open houses in the Medoc region. Overall a really good experience.

Saturday we started things off with Chateau Clement Pichon.


Then we went to Chateau Desmirail. Where they had a bunch of old classic cars, including a citroen traction 11B, not belonging to the chateau. A car club had volunteered to drive people from this chateau to another one nearby as a fun outing. So I got to ride to the next place after our tour.

 Instead of having a pathway above the tanks they had cut into the floor above the wooden tanks to allow for easier access. In the second cellar they had the "normal" walkways above.

After we went to chateau Julia, a garage wine. Her vines are directly neighboring to those of Lynch Bages. She has 0.6 hectars of vines, which is basically six rows of vines, a very small production. A very nice wine. 

After chateau Julia we went to Lynch Bages, in the city of Bages, which is adorable. The tour was very crowded. 

By far the best wine of the weekend. A complex wine with a very strong fruit, but yet spicy. You could smell cinnamon, liquorice, and vanilla without it overpowering the fruit. Very balanced overall, not to tannic. 

We finished off saturday at chateau Chantelys. Where they had opened as a bar à vin that night and were serving a large selection of different years. They had 1996, 2001, 2006, 2009. 

On sunday we stopped at chateau Chasse Spleen on our way back to Bordeaux. 

 Jérémie trying to scare Emma's two year old by dancing around with her.

And that was all for that weekend. Much love Sarah