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050529-209-0901.jpg Chateau Petrus, a detail of the soil mainly clay and some lime stone and sand, iron rich Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0903.jpg The newly renovated Chateau Petrus seen across its vineyards planted with Merlot vines Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0904.jpg The newly renovated Chateau Petrus seen across its vineyards planted with rows of Merlot vines Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0906.jpg The newly renovated Chateau Petrus seen across its vineyards planted with rows of Merlot vines, a rose bush in the foreground Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0907.jpg The flag pole at Chateau Petrus with the golden P and Peter keys and a tree in the
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050529-209-0911.jpg Chateau Lafleur Saint Jean seen across the vineyards Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0912.jpg A detail of the soil at Chateau La Fleur Petrus (Lafleur), more pebbles in the clay compared to Petrus across the road Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0913.jpg A detail of the soil at Chateau Lafleur (la fleur), more pebbles and less clay compared to Petrus or Lafleur Petrus across the road, and an old vine with gnarled bark Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0914.jpg A detail of the soil at Chateau Lafleur (la fleur), more pebbles and less clay compared to Petrus or Lafleur Petrus across the road, a very old vine with strangely shaped gnarled branches, Merlot Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0915.jpg Chateau Lafleur (la fleur) a view across the vineyards Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France |
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050529-209-0917.jpg A detail of the soil at Chateau Lafleur (la fleur), more pebbles and less clay compared to Petrus or Lafleur Petrus across the road, a very old vine with strangely shaped gnarled branches, Merlot Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0918.jpg A stone gate post inscribed with Chateau Gazin, vineyard in the background Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0919.jpg Chateau Gazin, its vineyard with a rose bush at the end of each row of vines and the road leading to the chateau Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0921.jpg Chateau Gazin and its vineyard Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0922.jpg Chateau Gazin and its vineyard with a detail of the soil: clay, sand a and pebbles, gravel Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France |
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050529-209-0923.jpg A detail in the vineyards of Chateau Gazin, A metal wire with old dried vine tendrils that twine and twirl Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0925.jpg The rather unassuming modest Chateau Le Bon Pasteur and vineyard, owned by famous oenologist Michel Rolland Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0926.jpg A
close-up detail of the soil at Chateau Le Bon Pasteur vineyard, owned by famous oenologist Michel Rolland Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0940.jpg Road sign saying "Vous entrez dans la commune de Pomerol" (you are entering the commune of Pomerol) Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France | 050529-209-0941.jpg Road sign saying "Vous entrez dans la commune de Pomerol" (you are entering the commune of Pomerol) and signs pointing to Chateau Gazin, Le Bon Pasteur, Franc Maillet, Thibeaud-Maillet Pomerol Bordeaux Gironde Aquitaine France |