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To the third class belong the following vineyards : 



Issan 43 hectares, 50 to 70 tuns per annum. 



Dcsmirail 14 " 30 " 40 " " 



Pliilippc-Dubignon 13 " 15 " 20 " " 



Beau-Caillon 35 " 100 " 120 " " 



Fruitier 38 " 60 " 70 " " 



Ganot 16 " 20 " 25 " " 



Giscourt 45 " 80 " 100 " " 



Kirwan 24 " 35 " 40 " " 



Lagrange 122 " 120 " 150 " " 



Langod-Barton 70 " 100 " 120 " " 



Pouget et Chavaille 11 " 25 " 30 " " " 



Lacotonie ct Malcscot 50 " 70 " " 



In the fourth class are reckoned 



Talbot 69 hectares, 70 to 80 tuns per annum . 



Bevcherelle 40 " 100 " 120 " » 



Calon-Lcstapis 55 " 120 " 160 " " 



Garnet 52 " 100 " 120 " " 



Casteja, or Milon 30 " 60" 70 " " 



Dubignon 12 " 15 " " 



Duluc,aine 60 " 80 " 90 " " 



Verrieres 8 " 10 " 15 " " 



Eochet 22 " 30 " 40 " " 



LaLagune 36 " 40 " 50 " " 



Solberg 30 " 25 " 30 " »" " 



Pages au Prieure 11 " 25" 30 " " " 



Palmer 85 " 50 " 60 " " 



St.PieiTe] 9 '' r ^^ " 70 " " 



Lastly, the fifth class contains, among others, 



Batailly 34 hectares, 60 to 80 tuns per annum. 



DeBedout 17 " 50 " 55 " " " 



Canet-Poutet 67 " 100 " 120 " " " 



Cantemerle 91 " 120 " 130 " " 



Jurine 40 " 100 " 120 " " " 



Ducasse 33 " 80 " 90 " " " 



Le Grand Puy 52 " 50 " 60 '• " 



Montpelouss-Casteja 14 " 25 " 30 " " 



The prices of all these wines vary, of course, according to the 

 years and the demand. They arrived at their maximum in 1844, 

 when Lafitte was sold at 4500 francs the tun, Haut-Brion at 8000, 

 Mouton at 2500, Lagrange at 1900, Kirwan at 1850, Giscourt at 

 1800, Langod-Barton at 1600. In ordinary years the second 

 quality wines are sold at from 1200 francs to 1400 francs the tun ; 

 the third quality at from 800 to 1000 ; the fourth for only little 

 less ; and the fifth, on an average, at 600 to 700. The first qual- 

 ity of Chateau Margaux have been contracted for nine years at 

 the price of 2100 francs per tun, but the princely Chateau Lafitte 

 generally sells at a much higher rate. Of the inferior wines, the 

 better class {Bourgeois superieurs) are worth 400 to 500 francs a 

 tun ; the second class {Bourgeois ordinaires\ 350 to 400 ; and the 

 third {Paysa7is), 300 to 325 francs. 



The best customers for the Medoc wines are the English, the 



