48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot, 1% Carmenère. A bigger and more serious wine than stablemate d'Armailhac and with a nose of dried fruit, licquorice and cream. The palate is broad with good depth, weight and spice, tannins and oak are well managed and in kilter with the rest of the wine, a real success. Should drink well between 2012-2025. 16.1 points (out of 20)
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En Primeur wines are still in barrel at the châteaux and are sold as ‘futures’ up to two years in advance of delivery. The price includes delivery in-bond to a dedicated storage account. Before your wine arrives in the UK you will have the option to specify duty-paid delivery to an address of your choice, but you will need to pay a release fee to cover duty, VAT and handling at the prevailing rates.
- Origin:
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France
- Closure:
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Natural Cork
- Style:
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Medium-bodied reds
- Varieties:
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Carmenère
Estimated delivery: Summer 2010
Estimated release cost: £73.00
"Raw black fruits on the nose. Very sweet and velvety on the palate. A bit too sweet really for a Pauillac. Almost more like a right bank wine! Not that much real substance apart from a vaguely spicy flavour on the mid palate but the tannins are better integrated than in some wines. Smooth already. 16+ points (out of 20)."
Jancis Robinson,
www.jancisrobinson.com
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"Currants and licorice, with a floral character on the nose and palate. Medium-to-full body, good fruit and fine tannins. Balanced and pretty. 88-91 points."
James Suckling,
Wine Spectator
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