Delicious Bordeaux — a year ago
Wow, flavor bomb 💥 intense and complex. Tobacco, mocha, cedar, graphite, and dirt around a nice core of sweet and charred dark fruit, cassis, plum, and blackberry. Soft, round, and long. Yum!
Drank really well after a splash decant, faded a tad after a few hours. — 4 years ago
Chateau Tour Saint Joseph Cru Bourgeois Haut Médoc 2012, Bordeaux, France
It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!
Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Beautiful nose of black currants, plums, rhubarb, cooked cherries, light wood, spices, dark chocolates, black pepper and licorice.
Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cherries, oak, spices, chocolates, tobacco leaf, coffee, licorice, peppercorn, earth and herbs.
Short finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cranberries.
This 13 year old Merlot based blend from Bordeaux is still drinking nicely, although will not last long. Easy drinking and complex.
Good right out of the bottle, and better after 30 minutes of airtime. I really enjoyed the nose once it opened up.
A good food wine that paired nicely with the charcuterie board.
A blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc.
12.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$25 (current vintage). — 17 hours ago
2007 vintage. A 100% Tannat made by a Bordeaux producer (Philippe Courrian also owns Chateau La Tour Haut Caussan) in the Languedoc ( Corbières). Sounds interesting, and it is very good indeed. A little bit animal-like at first, give it some time to breathe in order to discover a panoply of dried herbs, spices and dried black fruits. Rustic, powerful and tannic, still very much alive. Long dry finish. Might not be for everyone, but it has a lot of personality. Try with a wild boar stew. Abv. 14%. Production about 2000 bottles. — 5 years ago
Zeer lekkere wijn, mooie afdronk, niet bombastisch of explosief.
29,90 euro — 6 months ago
Excelente #France 2016 🤌🏽 cab, Merlot, Cab Franc — 4 years ago
Stefan Dolhain
2022 vintage. Medium-bodied, already some evolution to the colour. A little smokiness on the nose. This is ready to drink already, with juicy red fruit and soft tannin. Nice smokey length. Another terrific Bordeaux value. — 18 days ago