The 3-year-old La Cape may be the most exciting restaurant in Bordeaux. Chef Nicolas Magie, 30, is creating pure magic, and you are advised to reserve two weeks in advance for dinner in the 14-table, 50-seat dining room, which is run by Magie’s wife, Marianne, and able waiter-cum-sommelier Cédric Fuster.
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Restaurant La Cape
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012La Grand’Vigne
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
La Grand’Vigne is the crown jewel of Les Sources de Caudalie, a hotel and spa opened in June 1999 by Daniel and Florence Cathiard on the grounds of their Pessac-Léognan estate, Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte. Managed by daughter Alice Cathiard and her fiancé, Jérôme Tourbier, it may now offer the finest dining experience in Bordeaux.
The elegant 45-seat restaurant, a Michelin one-star, is both sober and opulent. Bay windows open to a patio and a pond where swans glide against a pastoral backdrop of gently sloping vineyards hemmed by woods.
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