As planned on the Thursday morning we visited the vineyards of Chateau Latuc and enjoyed a very warm welcome. Unfortunately we had to limit ourselves to 3 bottles of wine since the Mazda, great car that it is, does not have a commodious boot!
After the vineyard we headed off for lunch at Le Gindreau, a Michelin starred restaurant in St Medard a Catus which we had first visited in 1977 shortly after it had opened. When it first opened it was good but very "paysanne"; since winning a Michelin star probably about 20 years ago now it has been very plush and on the number of occassions we have visited it has been very good. However, the original owner and chef has now retired and I'm afraid the food is not what is was; too fussy and too many contracting flavours. We had a good meal but both felt that it had gone downhill significantly.
After a good walk around the village we returned to Mauroux for a quiet late afternoon and evening. As we both said we could return to the Lot valley many times; its lovely.
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