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white wines. The soil differs from that of 

 the Graves district, which it adjoins ; it is a 

 mixture of clay and gravel partly, and clay 

 and chalk. 



The sunny Vineyards of Y'quem, at 

 Sauternes, produce a naturally sweet wine, 

 quite unique, and of unsurpassed excellence. 



4. ENTRE-DEUX-MERS. This district is 

 between the Garonne and the Dordogne 

 and produces a great deal of good red and 

 white wines. 



5. C6xES. The Cdtes wines are those 

 grown on the hills in several parts of the 

 Gironde Departement, and vary therefore 

 greatly in quantity and quality. By far 

 the finest Cotes wines are those of the St. 

 Emilion district on the right bank of the 

 Dordogne. This is quite the most attrac- 

 tive district of the Gironde as it is undulat- 

 ing and abounds in beautiful landscape 

 whilst the old ruins of St. Emilion itself 



