Côtes de Blaye, Côtes De Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Dusty gravel and black cherry on the nose. Medium-full bodied with tart cherry, plum, gravel, baking spices, and a tannic leather finish. A slightly acidic start ends with a smooth finish.
Dusty gravel and black cherry on the nose. Medium-full bodied with tart cherry, plum, gravel, baking spices, and a tannic leather finish. A slightly acidic start ends with a smooth finish.
1 person found it helpfulSep 30th, 2023
Superb Bordeaux. Layers of cassis and red fruit. Subtle tannins. Jumping out of the bottle. I Decanted but that didn’t even seem to be necessary. Total steal. I am going to try to get a case ASAP. Decanters 97 points are a bit high but I get it.
Superb Bordeaux. Layers of cassis and red fruit. Subtle tannins. Jumping out of the bottle. I Decanted but that didn’t even seem to be necessary. Total steal. I am going to try to get a case ASAP. Decanters 97 points are a bit high but I get it.
1 person found it helpfulDec 12th, 2021Medium bodied and smooth mouth feel with bold dark fruit flavors. The tannins are subtle.
Medium bodied and smooth mouth feel with bold dark fruit flavors. The tannins are subtle.
Jun 9th, 2022
Nose: pepper, wet leaves, alcohol, cheap-wine-perfumy-grapiness. Mmm. I am skeptical. Taste: about the same. The watery, wet leaves character comes through more - the (black) pepper also. Pretty thin. Cherry. I’d call this generically not-quite-good red wine. 82-83. Whoever gave this a score of 97 (as proclaimed on the label) was criminally insane. EDIT: some of the comments on here sound like a patently different wine, so maybe I got a bad bottle. I’ll try to get another one and compare.
Nose: pepper, wet leaves, alcohol, cheap-wine-perfumy-grapiness. Mmm. I am skeptical. Taste: about the same. The watery, wet leaves character comes through more - the (black) pepper also. Pretty thin. Cherry. I’d call this generically not-quite-good red wine. 82-83. Whoever gave this a score of 97 (as proclaimed on the label) was criminally insane. EDIT: some of the comments on here sound like a patently different wine, so maybe I got a bad bottle. I’ll try to get another one and compare.
May 7th, 2022
Deep earthy taste, dark ripe fruit. Needed to decant for longer than half hour. With arm roast
Deep earthy taste, dark ripe fruit. Needed to decant for longer than half hour. With arm roast
Mar 27th, 2022Blackberry, lavender, vanilla, fairly tannic.
Blackberry, lavender, vanilla, fairly tannic.
Jan 8th, 2022
Delicious, wonderful fruit, smooth with balanced tannins. Sprung for 18 bottles.
Delicious, wonderful fruit, smooth with balanced tannins. Sprung for 18 bottles.
Dec 18th, 2021
Very balanced nice fruit notes cherry somewhere in there...
For the price a great bottle.
Very balanced nice fruit notes cherry somewhere in there...
For the price a great bottle.
