{"id":900,"date":"2008-05-06T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T15:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/archives\/2008\/05\/lamb-and-claret-in-pauillac.html"},"modified":"2022-05-14T18:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:44:44","slug":"lamb-and-claret-in-pauillac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/lamb-and-claret-in-pauillac\/","title":{"rendered":"Pauillac Lamb Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Pauillac'sPauillac Lamb Festival: Pauillac<\/strong> (33 Gironde, Nouvelle Aquitaine<\/em>) celebrates a wonderful pairing – Spring Lamb and claret – well the wines of the commune of Pauillac AC – a small village and port in the Medoc which also has the distinction of hosting 3 of the 5 “first growths” in the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines – Chateaux Lafite<\/strong>, Latour<\/strong> and Mouton-Rothschild<\/strong>! I somehow doubt if the celebrations will include liberal samples of these elixirs!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event takes place on 5 June 2022<\/strong><\/mark> and includes a banquet, sheep dog demos, “meet the sheep”, sheep shearing, a Spring market, boat trips, an art exhibition and a chance to buy a beret!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamb is a specialty of the area, as there are marshy areas near the river which are totally unsuitable for vines, but excellent for rearing saltmarsh lamb. It makes Pauillac quite a contradiction and rather more lively than much of the Medoc – especially as there is the incongruity of an industrial port and oil terminal juxtaposed with some of the most valuable and celebrated vineyards on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pauillac is about 50km north of Bordeaux on the banks of the Garonne. Pauillac AOC consists of 3,000 acres of vineyards in the Haut-M\u00e9doc between the villages of Saint-Julien<\/strong> to the south and Saint-Est\u00e8phe<\/strong> to the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more info see https:\/\/agneaudepauillac.jimdofree.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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