| Grown on a chalky soil at a 500m altitude this red wine is well structured with a complex nose of ripe red berries and stewed fruits with spicy and toasted aromas . An full flavour with great fruit and lovely aromatic complexity.
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| | A rich, spicy, chocolate plum nose which follows on the palate. Lively pepper and black cherry fruit flavours with well integrated oak. |
| | Proper Barolo with classic violets and tar character. Meaty, floral, savoury and robust. Firm yet well integrated. Dry, ripe tannins. |
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| Light, easy fruit style, strawberries and cherries. A classic Beaujolais style. |
| | Great wine from a first class domaine- Organic agriculture
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Deep and Noble, show the elegance of a true Rioja. Intense aromas of 30 months in Oak, its silkiness and intense mature fruit praise your palate. Great with lamb, fish and smoked cured cheeses.
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| A pristine dark ruby red, with the classic Reserva characters of firm body and smoothly polished tannins. Smooth elegance of fruit and spice with a lovely long finish. |
| | A great rioja from the Alavesa region- 100% Tempranillo grape, aged in oak for 12 months. Classic rioja style with fruity and oaky vanilla flavours blending together
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| | Grenache/Syrah blend with meaty, plush bramble fruit aromas and full-bodied flavours.Great balance.Peppery and herbal alongside firm, structured tannins. Great with red meats and strong cheese
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| Big fruity with blackcurrant and plum aromas. Well balanced with a velvety texture. |
| | Elegant expression of fresh red fruit, such as raspberries, strawberries and plum jam aromas are mixed with soft notes of vanilla and caramel. |
| | Made from 50 year old vine and aged in French barrique, this wine has developed intense cassis fruit with peppery spice and toasty oak flavours. |
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| Aromas of forest fruit and pepper, full rounded flavours with clove, coffee and vanilla notes. |
| | Bright ruby red colours. Great aromas of prune, cherries and blueberries. Soft and rounded on the palate with sweet notes of vanilla and cinnamon. Its deep fruity and balanced structure ends with a persistent and soft finish. |
| | A fruit driven, full bodied early drinking St Emilion with broad layers of indulgent, rich cherries, mocha and a hint of spice on the finish. |
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| Intense, sweet, succulent and ripe blackcurrant fruit with a lovely freshness both on the nose and palate.Truly excellent and drinking perfectly now, but will keep- if you can!
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| | Generous fruit aroma on the nose, with a good fleshy structure, soft on the palate. Ready to drink now but will keep for a few years. |
| | Concentrated and intense with ripe aromas of red and black fruit and fine oak. Fleshy, powerful and well-balanced and quite persistent across the palate.
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| Still slightly closed on the nose but great great harmony on the palate with a great long finish
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This is a stunning showing for Xavier Borie’s estate, one of my highest scoring wines of the entire tasting and vindicating its performance in barrel. It has an incredibly intense nose of black fruits, a touch of pine cones, then dried blood and smoke, but again, brilliant definition with a sense that it is saving itself for later. Astounding definition on the palate, real depth here, ripe blackberry, earthy, a touch of briary, very controlled and refined on the finish. Great length. Majestic. Drink 2020-2040+ Rating: 97-97 Neal Martin, www.robertparker.com (Jun 2009) |
| | Ablend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc. Parker rated 95-
Jancis Robinson's revue
Dark crimson. Savory nose and beautifully balanced with nothing out of line. Restrained and not quite unfurled but utterly convincing. Everything is tucked in there. Classic 2005 – very solid and chewy – but with great fruit buried there too. Jancis Robinson
Tasted: 29-Jan-2015 |
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| Our best selling claret. Approachable blackcurrant fruit, a fine balance of tannin. Acidity and fruit in a great vintage.
The Chateau is located partly in the commune of CISSAC adjacent to Pauillac and partly on the plateau of VERTHEUIL contiguous with Saint-Estèphe.
The plantings are 58% cabernet sauvignon, 35% merlot, 5% petit verdot and 2% cabernet franc and these make up the wines to a greater or lesser extent according to the harvest.
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| | Very approachable, smooth everyday claret, very well structured and balanced,and excellent value .
Blend of about 65% merlot and 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
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A beautiful wine, once again, from this property that has been on a superb qualitative roll for several decades. Dense ruby/purple with notes of graphite, background oak, youthful crème de cassis and blackberry fruit as well as a floral underpinning, it is medium to full-bodied, textured, rich and impressive. Still in a somewhat adolescent stage, it should hit full maturity in another 2-3 years and last at least two decades. Drink 2017-2037.
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| Score: 96 |
Robert Parker, Wine Advocate (219), June 2015 |
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| | Bordeaux that represents reasonably good value in this super-expensive vintage. Deep ruby to the rim, it offers up scents of damp earth, black currants, cherries, liquorice and herbs. |
| | Black fruits and toast aromas. Big and tannic, medium purple in colour with an expressive, youthful nose of liquorice, roasted coffee, ripe plums and slight chocolate . A wine with elegant and smooth drive. Well-layered and complex with flavours being very well integrated. |
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| Coming from the same stable as Leoville las Cases in St Julien, the wine is firmly structured with firm tannins and dark fruit. Rich plum flavours are counterbalanced by solid tannins. |
| | | Ripe red fruit aroma on the nose with a good fleshy structure on the palate. Very attractive and currently drinking. |
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