sentences:  Historians date the first vineyards from the 2nd century AD, when the Romans planted the first “Vitis Biturica”.The appellation has a range of gravel, alluvium, clay and limestone soils.The wine from Côtes-de-Bourg is mostly red made from a combination of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc grapes.