ST ESTÈPHE The fourth chapter in This is wine: its storied place and taste.
“Fruit of the earth, work of human hands, blessed be God forever” FRANCE – BORDEAUX – LEFT BANK – HAUT MEDOC – ST ESTÈPHE
SAINT ESTÈPHE IN CHRISTMAS
St Estèphe is the largest appellation and on paper has some of the least classified chateaux, only five 1855 Classifications of the major Medoc regions, but in terms of quality and appreciation, it holds its own with the best. Perhaps what best describes the region is not what it gives us just in terms of wine, but the courage and ambitious flair in winemaking that some winegrowers are bestowed with to compete with more enshrined chateaux, writes Kris Bonavita. This page: Tour Pey-Berland, Bordeaux - Saint-André Cathedral's original 12th century tower was insufficiently squat to support the weight of the tenor bell and in 1440 a dedicated free-standing tower was built next to the cathedral. Photograph Clement Roy. 43
