We’ll be following up our Right Bank Bordeaux with some Cabernet-based wines from the Left Bank. 4 - 8pm this Friday $12.
Château de Cranne Bordeaux Blanc 2022 $19 This is based on the Sauvignon Gris grape variety that, today, is rarely even heard of in Bordeaux, although it was commonly grown generations ago. Sauvignon Gris is more about elegance and floral fruit aromas. The vines are planted in clay, gravel and chalk-based soils. The Lacoste family is in its 7th generation of winemaking in hills of Bordeaux. Bright straw yellow color. Notes of candied apricot, almond and white flowers. Rich and well balanced wine that gives a perfect mouthfeel.
Château Lacoste-Garzac 2020 Rouge $13 This is a shop favorite so I thought it would be fun to add. Enjoy notes of black currants, flowers, cedar, cigar wrapper and cassis as they play together to enlighten your senses. Full-bodied, round, concentrated, lush, sweet, juicy cassis, blackberries, ripe tannins, with an elegant finish marked by the purity in the fruit used to craft this beautiful wine. Smooth and easy from start to finish.
A family estate since 1789 and bought in 1942 by Jean Darriet, a 6th generation winemaker, Château La Maroutine has been gradually restructured. Now the 8th generation is beginning to leave their imprint. Château La Maroutine Graves Rouge $14 Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are blended into this cuvee opened on intense notes of ripe fruits, violet and leaf rolling beetle. The mouth is seducing with his intense and greedy texture with almond, hazelnuts notes, fine tension and smooth tannins.
Château Capdet Listrac-Medoc $19 This former Puy de Menjon estate became Château Capdet in the early 20th century, and is an archetypal, traditional Listrac wine: strongly colored, fruity, revealing fresh tannins, a dense texture and long finish, to which it adds great ageing potential.
It also significantly bears the mark given to wines by Cabernet Sauvignon grown on the gravelly hilltops of Fonréaud.
Château Côtes Blaignan Médoc $21 Since 1870, the Francisco family has produced consistently high-quality wine at Château Côtes de Blaignan, in one of the world’s most famous red wine regions – the Medoc Peninsula and appellation. The estate is situated 60 km north of Bordeaux in the district of Ordonnac. The wine has a deep color and a very fruity nose, with pronounced notes of blackcurrants and black cherries, accompanied by a hint of spice. The palate is full-bodied, revealing good structure and silky tannins.
Château de Cranne Bordeaux Rouge 2019 $22 A deep purplish red color with flashes of plum, revealing an impressive density and depth. A finely textured nose with aromas of jammy wild fruit blackcurrant, whortleberry and blackberry), with a Mediterranean density. The amplitude of the tannins is simply astonishing.
Château Poitevin Médoc 2016 $24 Indulge your senses with the captivating aromas of blackberry, tobacco, and honey, as the intense nose of Chateau Poitevin Medoc envelops you in its complexity. Revel in the silky, round mouthfeel, complemented by velvety tannins and a perfect balance of acidity. Savor the finesse and power of this supple, fleshy wine that lingers on your palate with elegance and grace.
La Commanderie St Estephe 2019 $36 The vineyard of this estate is primarily situated on the highest ridge of Saint-Estèphe (between the vineyards of Cos d'Estournel and Chateau Lafite Rothschild), gently sloping towards the Gironde river, providing excellent exposure. This Cru Bourgeois was acquired in 1957 by Mr. Gabriel Meffre and has been managed by his son Claude since 1996, who also owns Château Plantey in Pauillac. The nose is fruity and offers power, a fine concentration. It reveals notes of cassis, wild strawberry, small notes of spices, cuben pepper, cloves, fleshy raspberry associated with fine hints of violet and liquorice. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a juicy/Acidulous frame, a good definition, suavity as well as a juicy/ripe fruit and a very fine tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy/ripe raspberry, crushed small red berries, small notes of juicy blackberry associated with touches of violet, a racy minerality as well as hints of camphor, clove, very fine hints of nutmeg and ripe almond. Tannins are very discreetly marked.