Château Coufran
Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend
Haut-Médoc, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Left bank blend with 85% Merlot, this is a great value bordeaux that has dried fruit, plum, and spice.
Left bank blend with 85% Merlot, this is a great value bordeaux that has dried fruit, plum, and spice.
Nov 25th, 2023
K&L notes, At the very top of the Haut-Médoc, embedded in a sea of gravel just next to the Gironde River north of St-Estèphe, sits the anomaly of the Left Bank: Château Coufran, the "Pomerol of the Médoc," so-called for its high propensity of Merlot vines in a region where Cabernet reigns supreme. While practically all of its Left Bank neighbors are making structured and powerful clarets, Coufran continues to make softer, silkier, classically tailored Right-Bank-style wines. Owned by the Miailhe family since 1924, the wine has been prized by those in the know for its early approachability and fantastic value, which is part of the reason it’s been a staple of K&L’s Bordeaux department for decades. Not only does the wine historically drink well at a younger age, it evolves beautifully over a five to ten year period. The 2009 is currently in a gorgeous spot only eight years after the vintage, showing secondary development and complexity beyond the primary fruit of its youth
K&L notes, At the very top of the Haut-Médoc, embedded in a sea of gravel just next to the Gironde River north of St-Estèphe, sits the anomaly of the Left Bank: Château Coufran, the "Pomerol of the Médoc," so-called for its high propensity of Merlot vines in a region where Cabernet reigns supreme. While practically all of its Left Bank neighbors are making structured and powerful clarets, Coufran continues to make softer, silkier, classically tailored Right-Bank-style wines. Owned by the Miailhe family since 1924, the wine has been prized by those in the know for its early approachability and fantastic value, which is part of the reason it’s been a staple of K&L’s Bordeaux department for decades. Not only does the wine historically drink well at a younger age, it evolves beautifully over a five to ten year period. The 2009 is currently in a gorgeous spot only eight years after the vintage, showing secondary development and complexity beyond the primary fruit of its youth
Nov 22nd, 2022
Dark fruit, chocolate, coffee. Smooth tannins.
Dark fruit, chocolate, coffee. Smooth tannins.
Dec 9th, 2020
Oh this is a funky one. Super barnyardy. Love it!
Oh this is a funky one. Super barnyardy. Love it!
Jan 27th, 2019
Merlot heavy (85%). Despite not being my preference, it was excellent. Silky and chocolatey
Merlot heavy (85%). Despite not being my preference, it was excellent. Silky and chocolatey
Nov 5th, 2017
Nice color. Nose is closed up. Excellent chalky, mouth-filling tannins. Should continue to evolve.
Nice color. Nose is closed up. Excellent chalky, mouth-filling tannins. Should continue to evolve.
Feb 23rd, 2016