Château du Retout

Cru Bourgeois Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend

8.833 ratings
8.93 pro ratings
Haut-Médoc, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

8.9

Pours a dense purple hue. Brooding and structured but with generous black fruit, spice, and vanilla, with a lively finish.

Pours a dense purple hue. Brooding and structured but with generous black fruit, spice, and vanilla, with a lively finish.

2 people found it helpfulMar 31st, 2013
Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

8.6

One of my favorite cru-bourgeois. there is thorough vineyard management at this estate. Vines are 30 years old on avg, and only organic fertilizers are used. 12 months in about 30% new oak. 84% cab 16% merlot. The result is a brooding wine, certainly not elegant, and perhaps murky. But with ripe black fruit and no excess of new oak, and well textured. worth seeing how this will age in the next year or two.

One of my favorite cru-bourgeois. there is thorough vineyard management at this estate. Vines are 30 years old on avg, and only organic fertilizers are used. 12 months in about 30% new oak. 84% cab 16% merlot. The result is a brooding wine, certainly not elegant, and perhaps murky. But with ripe black fruit and no excess of new oak, and well textured. worth seeing how this will age in the next year or two.

Sep 2nd, 2013
David Denham

Amazing value.

Amazing value.

Jun 29th, 2013
Joe Gillies

Significantly better than a year and half ago...maybe that was just an off bottle(?).
Anyway, this bottle is singing. Beautiful black cherry, cigar box, and earthy notes.
This has a solid decade plus of life ahead of it if properly cellared.

Significantly better than a year and half ago...maybe that was just an off bottle(?).
Anyway, this bottle is singing. Beautiful black cherry, cigar box, and earthy notes.
This has a solid decade plus of life ahead of it if properly cellared.

Feb 12th, 2019
Joe Gillies

Drank for 7yr anniversary

Green veggie aromas. More on the palate possibly past it's prime? The fruit is less than stellar.

Drank for 7yr anniversary

Green veggie aromas. More on the palate possibly past it's prime? The fruit is less than stellar.

Nov 19th, 2017
Dario Tolone

smoth and animalic. great price-quality lecel!

smoth and animalic. great price-quality lecel!

Feb 24th, 2016
Robert Rothfield

Still improving...great qpr

Still improving...great qpr

Nov 13th, 2015
Roy Arias

This bottle, not in the best shape.

This bottle, not in the best shape.

Jun 3rd, 2015
Robert Rothfield

Glad to have a bunch....may get even better

Glad to have a bunch....may get even better

Apr 25th, 2015
Joe Marrone

Opened on 1/3/15 w Mike.

Opened on 1/3/15 w Mike.

Feb 1st, 2015