Médoc
Americannoun
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a wine-growing region in Gironde, in SW France.
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a red Bordeaux wine produced there.
noun
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a district of SW France, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary: famous vineyards
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a fine red wine from this district
Example Sentences
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Owen: The 2020 Cotes de Blaye comes from a French region located just across the Gironde from the Médoc.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
The communications executive, who relocated to Belgium from Chicago during the pandemic, met friends in Valencia, Spain, last year to run the marathon and has plans to run the Marathon du Médoc in September.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022
It is situated in St.-Estèphe, one of the four leading communes in the Médoc.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
Big-ticket labels like these have turned Médoc into arguably the most famous wine-producing area in the world.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017
Clodomir brought forth some Bordeaux, which, though unrecorded among the renowned vintages of Médoc, gave evidence by its choice and delicate aroma of the high nobility of its origin.
From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole
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