Tour de Bordeaux - Friday PM - Cordeillan Bages Dinner

Restaurant Cordeillan Bages on the Lynch Bages estate is a Michelin 2 Star restaurant. Previously run by the renowned Thierry Marx, it has since been taken over by Jean-Luc Rocha (a Meilleur Ouvrier de France award winner) who was the second in command prior to Marx's departure.  The building is a wonderful 18th century Mansion that is both a restaurant and a hotel. The Hotel is part of the Relais and Chateau group.  The dinner was, in my humble opinion, the best and most inventive of the of the trip.

Le Menu

The course including the soft boiled egg was truly extraordinary.

Patricia with Jean-Luc Rocha

Following dinner we all got a tour of the restaurant's wine cellar.  Many familiar names were present. But, not surprisingly, no Napa wines.  We will have to talk to them about that.

The wines served were a Chateau Villa Bel Air 2010 Bordeaux Blanc, a Chateau Ormes de Pez 2003 from an estate owned by the Cazes family in Saint Estephe and a 1996 Chateau Lynch Bages.  All were very nice and paired well with the meal. 

This was a wonderful experience and a stop everyone taking a trip to Bordeaux should make.  Easily qualifies as a Michelin 2 Star experience.

Off to bed.  We visit Lynch Bages and the City of Bordeaux tomorrow.