| Page Views: 3,158 Last Visit to Saint-Émilion: July, 2009 | Wine city par excellence by Mique - last update: Jul 28, 2009 |
When we drove up to St-Emilion it was luckily a very clear day. Cold, yes but dry and with a blue sky. So when we saw St-Emilion lying in the distance it became of great importance to find a good place to park and take pictures. After a few almosts we finally got St-Emilion good in view. |
|  | Off course Saint Emilion is very well known because of all the wine. Apparently there are 1000 wine-chateaux in the Saint Emilion region. 37 are qualified as very good. And 16 are in the top class. Of those 16, there are 2 chateaux that are the best-of -the -best. Although all 1000 chateaux produce very good quality wine. |
But St-Emilion is not only a wine-town. It is also a medieval town with cobble-stoned passageways, town-gates and very small streets. And many, many places to visit. I know we missed quite a few. We were too busy wine-tasting..
In April 2004 i was here again. And even this time i haven't managed to see all i wanted to see. I so have to go back again to do the underground tour of the Monolith church and the hermit's cave....
And again, July 2009, I have to say i didn't visit the church. You can only visit with a group and the tour had just left. With a 1,5 year-old, waiting 2 hours especially during his sleeping time just wasn't an option..... I did see something new though: the most expensive wine-list. A Petrus of 1947 (if my memory serves me well) is sold for 4700 Euro excluding tax! | | | 2 towers dominating the town |
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| Pros: | "great place for wine-tasting, fantastic entourage" | | Cons: | "i guess it can be very crowded in the summer period" | | In A Nutshell: | "An absolute great town to visit" |
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aussirose Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:40 UTC
Love the pix through the arches. I don't believe in spitting the wine out. Don't see the sense in wasting any haha :o) Can't wait to go!! Cheers Ann :o) | lorgnierl Mon Oct 10, 2005 13:36 UTC
nice city, next time contact me | Tripack Sun Aug 14, 2005 23:52 UTC
Oh a tasteful page! I must add St Emilion in my worldwide wine tasting tour ;-) Never been there but some locals (wine) are waiting in my cellar for a visit ;-) Cheers from the Swiss Vineyards! | thinking Thu Oct 21, 2004 21:45 UTC
I really enjoyed reading your pages. All the best. |
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