AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN WINE. 171 



Gay-Lussac* (Payen's statements are omitted 

 here) : 



Vol. per cent. 



Chateau-Haut-Brion 9 



Chateau-Destournel 9 



Brannes-Mouton ...... 9 



Lalagune ....... 9*3 



Therme-Cantenac ...... 9'1 



Phelan . * 9'2 



Good Burgundy 11 



Angers (coteaux) ...... 12 



Vins de poids (from the South) . . .13 



Common Wine 9'8 



White Wine (from la Vendee) . 8'8 



Wachenheim (Rhine) 1T9 



Forst 11-5 



Shervilles (lower Ehine) . . . .11 



Westhoffen 10 



Bomme, white 12'2 



Saint-Piere-du-Mont II' 5 



Molsheim 9'2 



Bosheim 8'6 



Barr 6'9 



Ergersheim ....... 6 



According to Malland,t French wines have the fol- 

 lowing alcoholic contents : 



per cent. 



Bourgogne (red) 7*7 



Macon (red) 7*7 



(white) 7-1 



Blois (red) 7'3 



Vouvray (white) 9'7 



Entre deux mers (white) . . . . 9'0 



Cher (red) 8'0 



St. Macaire (Gironde) (red) 8'3 



Joue (red) . 8'0 



Anjou (white) lO'O 



* Pelouze et Fremy, torn. iii. p. 436. 



t Journ. de Chim. Med. Juin 1842, p. 326. 



