The property's second wine was created in 1985 following the takeover by the Suntory group. It comes from vines that are on average 30 years old today and planted on fine gravel soils for Cabernet Sauvignon and clay for some Merlots. It is the subject of the same care as for Grand Vin, with a search for maturity and concentration in the vineyard, plot...
Château Lalande-Borie was almost entirely created in 1970, with the purchase from a Troisième Cru Classé, of a 30 hectare parcel of land in the Saint-Julien appellation. With a slightly pronounced relief, allowing excellent drainage, the soil is composed of large, deep gravel. The name `` Lalande-Borie '' is taken from the cadastral name of the plot and...
Il est indéniable que Talbot est l’un des crus les plus célèbres du Médoc. Entre les mains de la même famille depuis un siècle, ce domaine de plus de cent hectares produit des vins reconnus pour la qualité régulière de ses millésimes. « Talbot incarne pour beaucoup l’idéal de Saint Julien, généreusement bouqueté, très stable et sûr au vieillissement »...
In this mythical vintage, the invigorator has played very appropriately, using the assets that were offered to him. He thus obtained a wine without heaviness, harmonious and elegant, all in volume and roundness without denying complexity and delicacy. It is a swarm of sensations magnifying the terroir which emerges in all its nobility.
Château Beychevelle has 250 hectares of land, about 90 of which are planted with vines. The vineyard is planted with the Médoc’s four traditional grape varieties: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.
Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance...
Château Beychevelle has 250 hectares of land, about 90 of which are planted with vines. The vineyard is planted with the Médoc’s four traditional grape varieties: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.
Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance...
Château Beychevelle has 250 hectares of land, about 90 of which are planted with vines. The vineyard is planted with the Médoc’s four traditional grape varieties: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.
Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance...
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou is a 75 hectare wine estate, located in Saint-Julien-Beychevelle in Gironde. In AOC Saint-Julien, it is classified second grand cru in the 18551 classification. In 2011, La Revue du vin de France qualifies it as "super second"
Both in the vineyard and in the cellar, Les Forts de Latour is aged with the same care as the Grand Vin. The only notable difference, apart from its origin, is the proportion of new barrels - between 50 and 60% - used for its aging. The blend of Forts de Latour can vary from year to year, but there is a higher proportion of the Merlot grape (25 to 30%)...
A new vat room with small containers of 40 and 60 hectoliters will extend the selection work started in the vineyard. Precision viticulture is carried out, among other things, through an approach to the vigor of the vine. The 2011 blend is very strongly marked by Cabernet Sauvignon (64%). James Molesworth wrote in the Wine Spectator in 2015: “This is...
Resulting from successive and rigorous selections carried out at each stage of production, in the vineyard as well as in the cellar, this Grand Vin de Cabernet Sauvignon is typical of the “Saint-Estèphe” appellation: structured, tannic, but with all the finesse and flavor. elegance of a Grand Cru Classé. As it ages, it develops a delicate and complex...
"With their smoky and spicy bouquet, the red wines are of admirable quality and a very characteristic mellowness. The wine is at the same time concentrated, fine and harmonious, presenting an aromatic palette as wide as it is precise. The depth and the length on the palate is exceptional. Quality of the terroir, sustained efforts and dynamism have borne...
Château Beychevelle has 250 hectares of land, about 90 of which are planted with vines. The vineyard is planted with the Médoc’s four traditional grape varieties: 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.
Ever since it was first produced, and down through the various vintages, Château Beychevelle has reflected the elegance...
The red Château Carbonnieux has been a great classic of the Bordeaux region for centuries. Highly demanding in terms of quality, it is the sweet answer to a beautiful blend of grape varieties from this region. Both modern and traditional, the vinification of red wines is carried out with a slow and gentle extraction in order to preserve their roundness...
The harvest is manual. After selecting the cuvées from the best vines (average age over 30 years) and blending, the maturing of around twenty months is carried out in oak barrels (60% new barrels). The fining is carried out with fresh egg white with "candle" racking. The wines are very classically Saint-Julien, combining elegance, depth and power....
Very deep, almost black color with brilliant reflections. The nose, racy and complex, offers a wide range of aromas. Thus, the aromas of blueberry, blackcurrant and blond tobacco mingle with subtle aromas of cedar and spices. The palate immediately reveals all its density and finesse. The ripe fruit, very present, blends in perfectly with noble and...
The nose is very intense and, at the same time, very precise. Great complexity dominated by notes of smoke, tobacco and roasted coffee beans. But the fruit is also present, red and fresh like the berries of currants or cherries just picked. On the palate, the wine is broad from the start. The tannins are supple and round. The aromatic persistence is...
In recent years, Haut-Batailley, under the ownership of François-Xavier Borie, has regularly enhanced the vintage. 2011 has a charming fruit attack in a beautiful structure of tannins with a nice freshness. Its purity shines through and, although classic, it is very attractive.
2nd Wine from Château Talbot in Saint-Julien. It reveals notes of red cherry, white pepper and mint which give it a gourmet and fresh side. Woody nuances come together with this beautiful aromatic palette. Connétable Talbot 2016 offers an ample and silky attack associated with a certain flexibility throughout the mouth. It characterizes this delicate...
Château Haut-Brion’s vineyard is located in the commune of Pessac, just a few miles southwest of Bordeaux’s city center. It belongs to the Pessac-Léognan appellation, to the north of the Graves wine-growing region. Château Haut-Brion is the only wine to be both First Growth from the 1855 classification and Classified Growth of the Graves.
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