Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Graves & Pessac-Leognan Wine

The Graves is the original home of red Bordeaux wine, renowned long before the marshlands to the north of the city had been drained to create the vineyards of the Medoc. Its secret is as the name suggests, the gravelly vineyards that lie in the northern part of the region which have been hived off since 1984 to form the Passac-Leognan appellation.

When to drink

Even serious wines are approachable fairly young-say from four or five years old as the tend to be lighter and more supple than Medoc reds, with a significant proportion of Merlot in the blend. The keep on going for 10,20,even 30 years after the vintage.

These wines stand out from their Medoc counterparts from the moment you encounter the rich, earthy scent redolent of tobacco. Within the blackcurrant and plum fruit and creamy layers of flavour you’ll find firm mineral nuances and an appealing core of baked earth, a robust reminder that even in its loftiest incarnations wine is a product of soil and sweat. But the Graves is also about juicy, drink-me reds, delivering upfront plummy fruit with a touch of oak spice and a dusting of that appetizing dry earthness.

• Ch.Haut Brion
• Ch. Bouscaut
• Ch. Cantelys
• Dom. de Chevalier
• Ch. de Cruzeau
• Ch. La Garde
• Ch. Haut-Gardere
• Ch. Haut-Lagrange
• Ch. Latour Martilac
• Domaine de Chevalier

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3 Passo Rosso 2021 is a robust red wine that brings together the rich characteristics of Negroamaro and the boldness of Syrah to create a well-balanced and flavorful experience.

Tasting Notes:

• Variety: Comprising both Negroamaro and Syrah, this wine showcases the strengths of both varietals.
• Appearance: A deep, intense ruby red color with purplish hues.
• Aroma: A complex bouquet of dark fruits such as blackberry and plum, with undertones of spices and a hint of licorice.
• Taste: Full-bodied and well-structured on the palate, it offers flavors of ripe blackberries, cherries, and black pepper with smooth tannins and a long, satisfying finish.
• Aging: Aged in oak barrels, adding layers of complexity with hints of vanilla and toast.
• Pairing: Pairs exceptionally well with red meat, duck, pasta, cheese, spicy food, and hearty burgers.

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Graves & Pessac-Leognan Wine

The Graves is the original home of red Bordeaux wine, renowned long before the marshlands to the north of the city had been drained to create the vineyards of the Medoc. Its secret is as the name suggests, the gravelly vineyards that lie in the northern part of the region which have been hived off since 1984 to form the Passac-Leognan appellation.

When to drink

Even serious wines are approachable fairly young-say from four or five years old as the tend to be lighter and more supple than Medoc reds, with a significant proportion of Merlot in the blend. The keep on going for 10,20,even 30 years after the vintage.

These wines stand out from their Medoc counterparts from the moment you encounter the rich, earthy scent redolent of tobacco. Within the blackcurrant and plum fruit and creamy layers of flavour you’ll find firm mineral nuances and an appealing core of baked earth, a robust reminder that even in its loftiest incarnations wine is a product of soil and sweat. But the Graves is also about juicy, drink-me reds, delivering upfront plummy fruit with a touch of oak spice and a dusting of that appetizing dry earthness.

• Ch.Haut Brion
• Ch. Bouscaut
• Ch. Cantelys
• Dom. de Chevalier
• Ch. de Cruzeau
• Ch. La Garde
• Ch. Haut-Gardere
• Ch. Haut-Lagrange
• Ch. Latour Martilac

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

St.Julien Wine

It’s all about balance a perfect balance between substance and delicacy, opulence and austerity between the necessary brashness of youth and the lean-limbed genius of maturity. St-Julien is the smallest of the Haut-Medoc communal appellations but with the greatest concentration of top-class gravelly vineyard land.

When to drink

St.Julien’s charm is in part due to softer-edged tannins than Pauillac and most wines are enjoyable from six years of age up to 10 or 15. But wait until 10 years to experience the full harmony of the blackcurrant and cedar in the best wines, which should stay at their peak for easily another decade.

A restrained cedarwood perfume and lean but mouthwatering blackcurrant fruit set St.Julien somewhere between the gravitas of Pauillac and the airier charms of Margaux. These wines are satisfyingly rich and rounded, with perhaps a dose of cherries swirled deep into the fruit perhaps a scoop of chocolate hinting at a hedonistic heart beating somewhere behind the Saville Row formality of the tannins.

• Ch. Ducru-Beaucaillou
• Ch. Gloria
• Ch. Lagrange
• Ch. Langoa Barton
• Ch. St.Pierre
• Ch. Talbot
• Ch. Connetable Talbot 2nd

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92 points Wine Enthiusiast
The second wine of this Pomerol estate, this is dominated by powerful Merlot. Richness is balanced by juicy acidity and opulent black-cherry fruits. Tannins still show, so this wine needs to age. Drink from 2023. Roger Voss

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Pomerol Wine

Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price.  Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.

Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine.  Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet.  The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.

Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.

When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours.  Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.

Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945

It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too.  Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.

• Ch. Beauregard
• Ch. Bellegrave
• Ch. Bonalgue
• Ch. Bourgneur-Vayron
• Ch. La Cabanne
• Clos du Clocher
• Clos de la Vieille Eglish
• Ch. Guillot
• Ch. Moulinet
• Ch. Plince
• Clos Rene
• Ch. de sales

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94 points Wine Enthiusiast
From a nearly three-acre vineyard, this is a dense, powerful expression of Merlot. Layers of black fruits, rich tannins and spice come together with the structure and wood aging to give a wine with considerable aging potential. Drink from 2026. Roger Voss

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Pomerol Wine

Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price.  Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.

Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine.  Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet.  The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.

Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.

When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours.  Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.

Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945

It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too.  Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.

• Ch. Beauregard
• Ch. Bellegrave
• Ch. Bonalgue
• Ch. Bourgneur-Vayron
• Ch. La Cabanne
• Clos du Clocher
• Clos de la Vieille Eglish
• Ch. Guillot
• Ch. Moulinet
• Ch. Plince
• Clos Rene
• Ch. de sales

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92 points Wine Enthiusiast
This mainly Merlot blend is richly structured and still developing. It is still young, with tannins up front. But it has the weight and the density of the black fruits to develop into a well-balanced wine. Drink from 2022. — Roger Voss

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Pomerol Wine

Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price.  Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.

Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine.  Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet.  The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.

Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.

When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours.  Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.

Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945

It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too.  Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.

• Ch. Beauregard
• Ch. Bellegrave
• Ch. Bonalgue
• Ch. Bourgneur-Vayron
• Ch. La Cabanne
• Clos du Clocher
• Clos de la Vieille Eglish
• Ch. Guillot
• Ch. Moulinet
• Ch. Plince
• Clos Rene
• Ch. de sales

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93 points VertdeVin
The nose is fruity, gourmand and offers generosity, freshness as well as a fine concentration and precision. It reveals notes of juicy blackberry, small bright black fruits, small notes of juicy blueberry associated with touches of crushed strawberry, Sichuan pepper, a racy minerality/incense, cocoa as well as fine hints of flowers and a discreet hint of vanilla. The palate is fruity, slightly tight and offers minerality, a beautiful freshness, a good definition, gourmandize as well as tension, a small concentration, precision, a bright/fresh fruit, a fine straightness, energy and a fine grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/fleshy blackberry, pulpy/acidulous cassis, small notes of fresh/acidulous blueberry associated with touches of small juicy/ripe red berries, violet, dark chocolate as well as fine hints of camphir, crushed almond, toasted, a subtle hint of hazelnut and incense. A very discreet hint of toasted/caramelized oak and bitterness of the cocoa on the finish/persistence. Good length. A wine finely tight right now but will open with time. A precise, fresh wine offering a beautiful fruit.

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Pomerol Wine

Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price.  Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.

Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine.  Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet.  The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.

Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.

When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours.  Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.

Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945

It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too.  Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.

• Ch. Beauregard
• Ch. Bellegrave
• Ch. Bonalgue
• Ch. Bourgneur-Vayron
• Ch. La Cabanne
• Clos du Clocher
• Clos de la Vieille Eglish
• Ch. Guillot
• Ch. Moulinet
• Ch. Plince
• Clos Rene
• Ch. de sales

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93 points James Suckling
Aromas of mulberries, dark plums, strawberries, sandalwood, dark chocolate, tea leaf and tile. Full-bodied with firm, tight tannins. Dark and focused with attractive black-fruit and mineral character. Firm finish. 90% merlot and 10% cabernet franc. Drink from 2026.

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Grape Variety

Bordeaux Blend

A Bordeaux Blend is a blended red wine that contains only those varieties that are authorized for use in the red wines of the Bordeaux region of France.  Bordeaux is the most famous and highly coveted wine blend in the world. Like many wines with a long history, there’s a lot to learn, so we’re here to just cover the basics.

• Red Bordeaux blend is primarily composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc, with smaller portions of Malbec and Petit Verdot.
• White Bordeaux blend is primarily made of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, with a splash of Muscadelle in the mix

While there are both red and white Bordeauxs, the name Bordeaux is primarily associated with the red wine blend. Red Bordeaux is a red wine that is always made from blending Cabernet Sauvignon wine and Merlot wine together, though the proportion of each depends on the location of the winery that made the wine.

• Left bank blends : tend to be higher in tannins, alcohol and acidity. They are powerful, rich wines that are said to age a bit better than wines from the Right Bank.
• Right bank blends : tend to be softer, less tannic and lower in alcohol and acidity. Because Merlot is the dominant grape, they are much more juicy and usually ready to be drunk much earlier than Left Bank Bordeauxs, and they’re often less expensive.

Pomerol Wine

Tiny Pomerol is possibly the most famous of all Bordeaux’s appellations and it’s hedonistic wines command a high price.  Merlot dominates the vineyard to the virtual exclusion of other varieties relishing Pomerol’s special clay soils to produce superb inimitable wines.

Cabernet Sauvignon, whose wine has to live through a tannic youth. In Pomerol it is Merlot secondary in the Medoc, that is the leading vine.  Great growths have about 70-80% Merlot with perhaps 20% Cabernet Franc known here as Bouchet.  The greatest Pomerol, Petrus is almost exclusively Merlot growing in almost pure clay – with astonishing results.

Even the best Pomerol has produced all it’s perfume and achieved it’s dazzling finesse within a dozen years or so and many are already attractive at five years old.

When to drink – You can enjoy the headlong rush of fruit when the wine is very young – the tannins tend to be supple enough not to spoil the party – but it’s worth holding on for five years, ten for a top bottle before abandoning yourself to the carnival whirl of flavours.  Only really special wines stay the course beyond 15 years.

Best Vintages of Pomerol : 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1985, 1982, 1975, 1970, 1964, 1961, 1959, 1955, 1953, 1952, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947 and 1945

It’s richer than any dry red wine has a right to be sometimes buttery, sometimes creamy with honeyed spices too.  Often the fruit is plummy but there’s blackcurrant in there too along with raisins, chocolate, roasted nuts and the disturbing perfume of truffles with mint to freshen it up.

• Ch. Beauregard
• Ch. Bellegrave
• Ch. Bonalgue
• Ch. Bourgneur-Vayron
• Ch. La Cabanne
• Clos du Clocher
• Clos de la Vieille Eglish
• Ch. Guillot
• Ch. Moulinet
• Ch. Plince
• Clos Rene
• Ch. de sales

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