Second wines, not second best
These are great wines in their own right. Not second class citizens.
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There are big lions and a small one. An echo and a prelude. There's an admiral, a Dame, men called Jacques and Antoine as well as a woman called Diane. And there are several architectural features including ramparts, a cloister, some pagodas and a red pavilion. But there are fewer than ten chateaux.
This is the world of Bordeaux's second wines.
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