No tolls for us!
Today we passed many Chateaux. Some grand and magnificent, some just Chateau in the wine sense. Just like we passed vines that were old and gnarly, middle of the road and ones that were just planted.
Today's ride was undulating, through the small villages and lanes into Libourne, quite a large city for lunch. But still the Office de Tourisme was closed for a couple of hours for lunch.
On to St Emilion. This is the area of significant Chateaux. We went through Pomerol, the most expensive wine real-estate in the world. The grapes still looked like grapes to me!
The harvest was on in a number of places and grapes were to be found spilt on the side of the road.
St Emilion is a beautiful place, heritage listed in 1999. We will spend tomorrow night here as well, though in a different hotel - it's all we could get.
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