October 28 St-Emilion

IMG 3652 We went out for a walk... IMG 3658 Vineyard colors IMG 3659 IMG 3660 fog and mist, not unlike Napa
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IMG 3667 20171028 113650 we passed the Grotte de Fernand 20171028 113657 cut into the limestone cliffedge 20171028 113721 one imagines a busy place a century ago
20171028 113737 outside the mist persists IMG 3668 inside IMG 3670 galleries cut into the rock IMG 3671
IMG 3672 St-Hippolyte sous brouillard IMG 3674 IMG 3675 The tasting room for the Chateau associated with the grottes IMG 3676 on our way
IMG 3677 rural structures, maybe stables IMG 3678 IMG 3679 bottle racks IMG 3680 returning to St-Emilion on top of the plateau
IMG 3681 vineyard art IMG 3682 patterns IMG 3683 colors IMG 3686
20171028 125821 pastorale IMG 3687 20171028 130606 20171028 130706
IMG 3689 Taken with NightCap IMG 3690 we drank this at our lunch on 8 October IMG 3691 entering St-Emilion IMG 3693 Cloister of one of the five orders of monks that moved in to St-Emilion
IMG 3695 Escher-esque tower IMG 3696 IMG 3697 000's of € sitting in the window IMG 3699 Another guided tour, this one to a winery
IMG 3700 IMG 3702 IMG 3703 barrels are used only three times IMG 3705 an EU micro-climate project
IMG 3706 IMG 3707 IMG 3708 Wow, look at that! Chateau Perey! IMG 3709 we rode clunky bikes to it
IMG 3710 two domains right next to each other 20171028 171429 le marc... 20171028 171531 coming out of this press (10% remains to be extracted) Tour-Perey voilà
IMG 3712 we spoke with a couple who were managing the winery IMG 3713 the tower itself IMG 3714 14th century IMG 3715 a big family name in this region, along the Dordogne
20171028 184936 pork chop with instant mashed potatoes