We headed over the Graves, particularly a sub area of the appellation called Pessac-Léognan. The first place we visited was absolutely immaculate called Château Haut Bailly. A very pristine and beautiful property on the top of one of the hills that always gets a breeze or wind. The owner from Buffalo, New York occasionally stays there and you can tell is investing heavily for improvements.
The other place we visited here was Château Smith-Haut Lafitte.
We stayed adjacent to this on the vineyard property at Les Sources de Caudalie which Jill will probably write about. This was the first place we visited that has a full time barrel maker.
They make most but not all of their own barrels. They have multiple barrel rooms and one of them is 107 meters long – just enormous. This place was gorgeous.We also visited Sauternes in the Graves appellation. That is such a special place that it'll get its own post sometime soon.
