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Côtes de Castillon

Name of the appellation Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux valid until 2008; see there.

In 1989, an area called Côtes de Castillon in the east of the Bordeaux region was declared an appellation for red wines. The name was given by the town of Castillon-la-Bataille on the Dordogne, where in 1453 the decisive battle took place in which, after 300 years of English rule with countless battles, the historic province of Aquitaine finally fell to France. The area is framed by Saint-Émilion to the west and the Dordogne...

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