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HISTORY : TWO PRESTIGIOUS
GODFATHERS
Who really baptised so
divinely well this Moulis en Medoc wine?
Was it Lord Byron, the English poet on his
way to Spain? Or was it the Frenchman
Baudelaire on holiday with his friend
Odilon Redon, one of the chateau's
neighbours, and illustrator of "Spleen et
Ideal"?
Whichever, it can safely be said that the
true merit may be awarded to the earth of
Moulis itself; if they had been anywhere
else maybe these two men would have drunk
a glass of good wine, and carried on with
their journey. Few vineyards have earned
such an inspired and well-born name.
Luckily Mme Castaing, the first owner, had
the good sense to listen to one of these
two famous poets. Due to a joint
possession, she inherited some of the best
plots of land on the crest of Grand
Poujeaux. Unfortunately it was too late
for the classification of 1855, but in
1932 a new classification brought her wine
up to the grade of Grand Cru Exceptionnel
with only five other Chateaux.
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