Probably the most anticipated day of the trip is today, Monday. Chateau Margaux is considered by pretty much everyone who loves wine to be at the top of the list when it comes to fine wines - many vintages sell for upwards of a thousand dollars a bottle. Throughout her life, Margaux has had to contend with Americans who don't know how to pronounce her name. The poor girl has watched her sisters locate personalized items in gift shops on many occasions, while she has never found a key chain or anything else with her name on it. Yes, she was named after the wine. Not a far-fetched notion when you consider names like Moonbeam or Scooter......especially when I think back on David and Jacqueline's life and their love of all things delicious. A dog named Pesto (yup) and a cat named Tanquerey have all been "members" of their family, over the years. And hey, let's face it, Margaux is a pretty and spectacular name.
At the top of our list, when we were planning activities for the trip, was a visit to Chateau Margaux. Finally, Margaux would have her day. Here's Margaux:
When we were driving up to Chateau Margaux, we passed through the small town of Margaux, and it was awesome because there was a chocolatier named Margaux, a spa and golfcourse named Margaux, and when we got to the actual Chateau it was amazing, my name was everywhere inside!!!!!! After parking the car, we went inside to the office where almost everywhere you looked the was a picture of Chateau Margaux or the wine's label. When we were taking the tour, we got to go into the cellars where on every handmade new oak barrel was the Chateau Margaux logo with the year that the wine was made on it. The even more amazing thing is that the room we were in held 1,000 barrels which is about 300,000 bottles of wine.
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Totally jealous. My 2 ultimate wine moments were with a Margaux and a well aged Heitz Martha's. Beam me to France Scotty.
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