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
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Little by little, Bordeaux’s sprawl has reached into the rolling hills of some of France’s most celebrated vineyards — Médoc to the north, Entre-Deux-Mers to the east, Pessac-Léognan to the south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
On the left bank, stretching from the Atlantic tip down toward the city of Bordeaux, are the vineyards of the Médoc.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
As the news of his landing in the Médoc spread, men rushed to arms and raised the old battle-cries of the English in Aquitaine.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Edward Harrison Barker
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