Left Bank

10/19

Unusual day...we slept in and had breakfast a little later than usual then we had a talk about the day ahead since we would get in late and not be able to have the usual afternoon talk. In addition, we were given all the information we would need for disembarkation 2 days later.  Our ship was docked at Pauillac and after a late breakfast, we had an early lunch then we boarded buses to visit the Medoc appellation. We drove through miles and miles of vineyards and saw many big name Chateaux.

Vineyard and winery of Mouton-Rothschild

Chateau Margaux

Pretty but don't remember name

Chateau Cos D'Estournel

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild

We stopped at Chateau Margeaux just to see the outside and take some pictures.
Then made a stop at Chateau Prieure-Lichine for a tour and tasting. It was a very modernized winery with all concrete aging vats that are used before moving the new wine to oak barrels and many modern approaches to wine making.

The wines we tasted were quite young and not terribly good, likely because they were so young.
After our tour and tasting we proceeded to Chateau Kirwan where we had a very elegant dinner with some excellent Chateau Kirwan wines.

We were surprised to find all the staff from the ship in addition to all the tableware from the ship being used on the table.
There was a gorgeous sunset while we had dinner.