Wine and cheese and dinner
We were kind of lazy this morning - we had originally planned to head into Lezignan-Corbières to the market and then swing back around by a winery or two, but then we suddenly realized that it was only Tuesday and the market there is Wednesday morning. Unable to locate a Tuesday market as close as we liked, we ended doing some catching up on our trip journal before heading out to Château La Sabine where we were unable to buy the wine we were looking for (Juni Pérus 2002) as it hasn't been bottled yet. We tasted the 2000 vintage of the same wine and enjoyed it a lot, so we ended up with a bottle of that instead.
The weather wasn't really conducive to having an outdoor picnic, so we headed back to town and had our picnic indoors instead. The goat cheese was local, although we didn't buy directly from the producers - not quite as good as Didier's (near Lodève) we think. After lunch, we set out to find more wine and some cheese from the source. We ended up tasting (and buying) some Château Gaubert Cavayé 2003 and had a very nice chat with Corinne and Gilles Cavayé who just finished their vendange (grape harvest) four days ago. The smell of fermenting grapes was everywhere. Yum! (No luck on the goat cheese unfortunately ...)
Dinner tonight was again at Les trois grâces where we had reserved a table on the advice of the waiter last night. (Apparently it's the only restaurant in the village which is open on Tuesdays and so it tends to be rather busy.) We both had the plat du jour which was filet mignon du porc avec sauce armagnac et pruneaux; it was our best meal of the three there and that's saying something! We had a very nice after-dinner chat with a couple who live nearby occasionally (he is Flemish, she is Dutch). Unfortunately, this will be our last night eating here as they are closed both Wednesday and Thursday. We are going to try to find some cêpes in the next couple of days so we can make our own dinner on Thursday night (our waiter has made a recommendation for Wednesday, so that is taken care of!).
Another day of so-so weather (a nice 1.5 on our scale). However, the forecast would indicate that things are on the upswing.
Les trois grâces
Eglise Saint Michel in Lagrasse (14th century)
Part of the original city wall (Lagrasse)
Inside les trois grâces
The weather wasn't really conducive to having an outdoor picnic, so we headed back to town and had our picnic indoors instead. The goat cheese was local, although we didn't buy directly from the producers - not quite as good as Didier's (near Lodève) we think. After lunch, we set out to find more wine and some cheese from the source. We ended up tasting (and buying) some Château Gaubert Cavayé 2003 and had a very nice chat with Corinne and Gilles Cavayé who just finished their vendange (grape harvest) four days ago. The smell of fermenting grapes was everywhere. Yum! (No luck on the goat cheese unfortunately ...)
Dinner tonight was again at Les trois grâces where we had reserved a table on the advice of the waiter last night. (Apparently it's the only restaurant in the village which is open on Tuesdays and so it tends to be rather busy.) We both had the plat du jour which was filet mignon du porc avec sauce armagnac et pruneaux; it was our best meal of the three there and that's saying something! We had a very nice after-dinner chat with a couple who live nearby occasionally (he is Flemish, she is Dutch). Unfortunately, this will be our last night eating here as they are closed both Wednesday and Thursday. We are going to try to find some cêpes in the next couple of days so we can make our own dinner on Thursday night (our waiter has made a recommendation for Wednesday, so that is taken care of!).
Another day of so-so weather (a nice 1.5 on our scale). However, the forecast would indicate that things are on the upswing.
Les trois grâces
Eglise Saint Michel in Lagrasse (14th century)
Part of the original city wall (Lagrasse)
Inside les trois grâces
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