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Definition of Medoc
1. Noun. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
Definition of Medoc
1. Proper noun. A grape-growing region in the south of France. ¹
2. Noun. A bottle of Médoc AOC wine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Medoc
Literary usage of Medoc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bordeaux Its Wines, and the Claret Country by C Cocks (1846)
"The Abbaye de Verteuil is one of the fine old monuments of the department.
LOWER Medoc. The communes beyond St. Seurin de ..."
2. Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees in M.DCCC.XXX. by Henry David Inglis (1831)
"Classification of the Wines of Bourdeaux—Produce—Qualities of Grapes—First
Growths—Medoc and its Wines— Chateau-Margaux, Lafitte, Latour, Huut-Brion—Produce ..."
3. Switzerland, the South of France, and the Pyrenees by Henry David Inglis (1840)
"The grapes last mentioned are all more agreeable to the palate than those which
produce the wines of Medoc. In no other part of France, has the cultivation ..."
4. The American Stud Book by Sanders Dewees Bruce (1889)
"... Stevenson by Medoc. ... ,4d dam Betsey Stevenson by Medoc. •2d dam Nancy Jordan
bv imported Jordan. ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... position there is anxiously coveted by the nations that are able to aspire to
political preponderance in Europe. Medoc. See BORDEAUX WINKS. MEDUSA. ..."