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Côtes de Blaye

See under Blaye - Côtes de Bordeaux; see there

The appellation of the same name (also Blayais) in the Bordeaux region is located on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, opposite the Médoc to the west. Viticulture here can be traced back to Roman times. The area is also famous for the Par-Non-Pair caves with prehistoric rock paintings, which are considered as important as those at Lascaux (in south-west France). The vineyards cover around 6,500 hectares of vines on mainly clay-limestone and clay-gravel soils with ferruginous sandstone in the subsoil.

In 2009, the umbrella appellation Côtes de Bordeaux was created, the red wines are now produced under...

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