Bordeaux Tasting at Wine Watch

"...Once upon a time, I drank a little wine,  was as happy as could be..."

Get Down by Gilbert O'Sullivan

That's why we are so happy here at the Wine Watch, we're always drinking wine!! And we are starting out the New Year with one of our favorite subjects Bordeaux.

The most expensive wines in the world come from this wine growing region located in the Southwest of France. 

Some of the cheapest wines in France come from Bordeaux as well and the wines are not as far apart as you would think in terms of the proximity from Pauillac to Bordeaux Superior!

You always want to look at the best real estate in town that is close by to the real expensive stuff as you get to enjoy the view at a fraction of the cost.  The same can be said about the appellations of Bordeaux like Medoc, Lussac St. Emilion, Premier Cotes de Blaye and other lesser known regions that are right next to the better known areas like Pauillac, Pomerol and Pauillac which you will pay big money for.

Join us as we explore the last few recent releases from the world's most famous wine region.  With over 300,000 acres of vines Bordeaux is one of the largest in size.  In addition to making some of the best red wines which Bordeaux is most famous for, they also make some of the most age worthy whites and arguably the best dessert style wines in the entire world in the Sauternes region.

We will have all three of these types of wines on the table this evening with close to 30 wines available from both the left and right bank.  This will be a serious education as well as a chance to stock up on one of the most cellar worthy wines in the world.

This is a walk around tasting and is limited to 35 tasters, Wine Watch Caterings Toni Lampasone will be serving up a few small courses to accompany the tasting wines and the fee for this event is $45 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463. 

Bordeaux Tasting at Wine WatchFriday, January 10, 20147:00 PM

List of tasting Wines:

Southern Wine & Spirits:

Timberlay Bordeaux Blanc 2012

Price: $15.00       Sale $13.20          Case $153

One of the oldest Chateaus in Bordeaux, originating in 1366, Chateau Timberlay produces estate grown Bordeaux wines with an ecological and terroir driven philosophy. Their offerings combine tradition and authenticity wtih an approach that makes Bordeaux accessible. The Chateau Timberlay estate is farmed under the ecologically friendly guidelines of Terra Vitis. This includes practices such as jachere in which vineyard plots are planted with annual flowers to invigorate and enhance the soil's organic structure and attract good predators. Beehives enhance the practice, helping to pollinate the flowers and encouraging a thriving, diverse ecosystem. Grasses are grown between the vines, eliminating the need for chemical herbicides and stimulating deep rooting and healthy soils.

An elegant, fine and expressive blend of white flowers, peach and lemon.  The attack is soft. The wine is fruity, round and balanced. It is lively with a long, pleasant and very attractive end.

Fougas Maldoror Cote De Bourg 2009

Price: $33.00       Sale $29.04          Case $337

(90 points) I thought this was a sleeper of the vintage from barrel, and it is even better than I thought from bottle. Loads of black currant fruit intermixed with dusty, loamy soil notes and some subtle smoke jump from the glass of this dense ruby/purple-colored, concentrated, full-bodied wine, which has no hard edges. The texture is beguiling and the wine long and pure. This is definitely a wine to buy by the case, as it probably has 5-7 years of life ahead of it. Wine Advocate #199 Feb 2012

Cote Baleau St. Emilion 2010

Price: $39.00       Sale $34.32          Case $398

(91 Points) The wine displays lots of rich berry fruit, some licorice, cedar, underbrush, and incense. It is medium to full-bodied, up-front and forward, and quite drinkable despite the fact that it is less than three years of age. It should drink well for 12-15 years.

One of the strongest efforts from proprietor Sophie Fourcade in a number of years, the 2010 is a blend of 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon from a 33-acre vineyard that was upgraded in the 2012 new classification of the wines of St.-Emilion.  Wine Advocate #205, Feb 2013

Marquis De Terme Margaux 2010

Price: $78.00       Sale $68.64          Case $796

Château Marquis de Terme's grand vin for 2010 has a beautiful rich, deep garnet colour with hints of black and crimson.

The nose is elegant and complex with good length, characterized by notes of small black fruit and cherries, underpinned by spicy, roasted aromas, with a hint of vanilla on the finish.  On the palate, the wine is generous and full-bodied, with lots of freshness and silky, dense tannins; notes of pepper, tobacco and spices add complexity to the fruit.  A very fine, well-balanced, powerful wine that will develop over a long period, with well-preserved notes of blackberries.  The subtle length ends with a slightly tart sensation on notes of blackcurrant.  Decant at least two hours before serving during the first five years, or keep in the cellar where this wine will continue to evolve for many more years.

Rollan de By Medoc 2010

Price: $34.50       Sale $30.36          Case $352

(90 Points) Solid, with a core of raspberry and steeped blackberry fruit inlaid with anise, apple wood and wood spice notes, all backed by a well-integrated graphite edge on the finish. Drink now through 2020. 27,000 cases made. –JM Wine Spectator, Issue: Mar 31, 2013

Echo de Lynch Bages Pauillac 2010

Price: $74.25       Sale $65.34          Case $758

Representing 25 to 40% of the harvest depending on the vintages, “Echo” is chiefly made from the property’s youngest vines. Its final blend often differs from that of Lynch-Bages by a slightly higher proportion of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. It is characterised by its soft tannins, a light and smooth oakiness, a silky texture in the mouth and a nice complexity.

Chateau Suduiraut Sauternes 2010

Price: $72.00       Sale $63.36          Case $735

(94-96 Points) The Chateau Suduiraut has a comparatively rich, botrytized bouquet with dried honey, pineapple and a touch of Seville orange marmalade, with exquisite definition and focus. The palate is well-balanced, with a viscous texture and a good level of botrytis, demonstrating fine minerality and tautness. Dried mango, quince and spice all interlace the focused finish, which is long in the mouth. Tasted against its peers, this has a higher level of intensity and focus. A superb follow-up to the sensational 2009. 

Vine Craft

2010 Chateau De Marsan Cadillac

Price: $15.75       Sale $13.86          Case $161 Quantity in Stock: 80

Mostly Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Franc, classic Bordeaux bouquet with light tobacco and coffee notes to the currant and plum like fruit, some fresh earth here also.  Nice richness on the tongue with a good hand of juicy currant and plum fruit, fresh and bright with that spice and coffee toffee notes through the finish.  Finish 35+        Very Good +

2009 Chateau Moulin de Cabanieu Medoc

Price: $16.75       Sale: $14.74        Case $171.00 Quantity in Stock: 22

This is a 60 /40 cabernet Merlot blend from the northern part of the Medoc, notes of dark tobacco spice to the black currant, cassis and plum like fruit, peppercorn and dark earth notes on the nose.  A good amount of dark currant berry fruit on the tongue with ripe round tannins and a nice hand of dark spice and earth rounding out the finish.  Finish 35+                Very Good

2010 Chateau Tauzinat L'Hermitage St. Emilion Grand Cru

Price: $30.00       Sale $26.40          Case $306

A good amount of herbs and fresh earth on the nose with red currant and plum fruit, eucalyptus and tobacco spice, nice complexity here.  Firm tannins on the tongue with balanced acidity and a good amount of red berry fruit, this wine is still a bit on the young side but has all the right stuff, just needs a bit of time in the decanter, nice tobacco spice and earthy notes through the finish.  Finish 40+ Very Good +

2009 Chateau Marzy Pomerol

Price: $27.50       Sale $24.20          Case $281

Rich decadent red cherry and plum fruit on the nose with hints of sweet herbs and lightly toasted oak spice, light smoky notes and fresh clay like mineral nuance.  Plump and juicy on the tongue with lots of red berry and plum fruit smooth silky tannins and lovely freshness echoing the fresh earth, herbs and smoky notes from the nose through the finish.  Finish 40+  Excellent

Stacole

Graville Lacoste Graves Blanc 2012

Price: $20.00       Sale $17.60          Case $204

The Graville-Lacoste property produces a Graves Blanc, known primarily for its stony soil composition and fresh minerality. This wine and the Bordeaux Blanc of Château Ducasse are very different from others from their appellations: Hervé blends a high proportion of Sémillon (60%) and a splash of Muscadelle (5%) with Sauvignon Blanc (35%), creating a rich, full, aromatic mid-palate to complement the clean finish. These are the perfect go-to whites that pair well with anything from fish to poultry, picnic fare to Indian curries.

Belles Graves Lalande de Pomerol 2009

Price: $37.50       Sale $33.00          Case $383

Situated in Lalande de Pomerol, just north of Pomerol, Belles-Graves produces Merlot-dominated wines with a lush, velvety texture and very fine tannins. The vineyards average forty years of age and are planted on slopes that descend to the east, south and west of the estate. Though they sit just across a small river from some of the famous estates of Pomerol, their greatness comes from their own terroir of varied clay and gravel where flint, quartz, and mica offer distinct mineral components to each parcel. Yields are kept low, the maceration is long, and the wines are never filtered. The final blend consists of 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. The finesse and subtlety that characterize this wine are matched by its complexity and depth. In Bordeaux’s sea of oft-criticized, overly expensive, and even over-rated wines, it is refreshing to find a domaine, a château, whose wine is far from banal and whose price point feels comfortable.

Saint Glinglin St. Emilion Grand Cru 2011

Price: $36.00       Sale $31.68          Case $368

Winery Notes:  We LOVE Saint-Émilion. It is a very special place indeed and we find the asymmetry of the wines produced there to be among the sexiest things going. It’s also a very fancy place and wines can become outrageously expensive and oftentimes outrageously overblown.   These are, thankfully, both symptoms of humanity and not a function of nature. Our goal here is to make classy, heady, perfumed and elegant wines that are a bit more earthbound in both expression and price. We do this via work with Cabernet Franc and Merlot grown on gravel-over-limestone soils vinified in cement tanks but aged in predominantly older French oak. See, the grapes are in love with their surroundings and they already have a lot to say; they just need a place to bloom, not a ton of additional flavor.

Chateau Le Conseiller Bordeaux Superieur 2010

Price: $22.00       Sale $19.36          Case $225

(91 Points) Another wine from Jean-Philippe Janoueix, this essentially generic Bordeaux is dominated by lots of Merlot, given its mocha, espresso, sweet black cherry and plum notes. It has gorgeous texture, terrific purity, and a full-bodied, hedonistic, fleshy appeal. This is a sleeper of the vintage and a great value, best drunk in its first 7-8 years of life.  Wine Advocate #205, Feb 2013

Domaine Lapalu Patache d'Aux Medoc 2011

Price: $23.00       Sale $20.24          Case $235

The Chevaliers d’Aux (descendants of the Comtes d’Armagnac) were the first owners of this Estate in Bégadan in 1632. Seized as a state property in the Year IV of the French Revolution, this estate was then turned  into a relay for stagecoaches, better known in the Medoc under the name “Patache”.

Classified as a Cru Bourgeois in 1932, this estate has been owned by the Lapalu family in 1964. Powerful and concentrated, the wines of Patache d’Aux present a remarkable ability for ageing. It is always amazing to notice the aromatic freshness and the solid structure of certain vintages after 10 or 15 years.

Chateau Beau-Site St. Estephe 2011 

Price: $43.00       Sale $37.84          Case $439

Château Beau Site is a well-established St. Estèphe château that was originally classified as a Cru Bourgeois supérieur in 1932. It was acquired by the Castéja family, who also own Château Batailley, and Château Trotte Vieille, in 1955. Since 1966 Beau Site has been classified as a Cru Grand Bourgeois Exceptionnel.  Château Beau Site is located outside the village of St. Corbian, which is at the northern extreme of the St.Estèphe appellation. There are nearly 100 hectares of vines with a high average age of 35 years. The wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. It is vinified traditionally and is then matured in oak casks (50% new) for 12-15 months.  Beau Site is a classic St. Estèphe, displaying good levels of ripe black and red fruits, as well as firm and meaty tannins. A traditionalist's claret.

Chateau Hortevie St. Julien 2010

Price: $43.50       Sale $38.28          Case $444

(88 Points) "This St.-Julien is actually made at Ducru Beaucaillou and is designed to offer exuberant cassis fruit with an unmistakable northern Medoc personality. The dense ruby/purple 2009 is delicious, with low acidity and lots of cassis, Christmas fruitcake and spice box. The wine is medium to full-bodied, has no hard edges, and is an attractive, velvety wine to drink over the next 7-8 years. A sleeper of the vintage." The Wine Advocate

Tirecul La Graviere "Cuvee Andrea" 2003

Price: $39.00       Sale $34.32          Case $398

A 30-year aging curve is possible for the 2003 Chateau. Composed of 55% Semillon and 45% Muscadelle aged nearly 30 months in French oak, it reveals a dark amber color along with a blockbuster bouquet of toffee, maple syrup, roasted hazelnuts, creme brulee, toasted pineapple and assorted honeyed citrus. Terrific acidity balances out the nearly 120 grams per liter of residual sugar. Possessing superb richness, intensity and length, this is an absolute steal that, as mentioned above, will age at least three decades.

Menu

Selection of Cheese:  Beemster Gouda, Reggiano Parmesan, Manchego

Kobe Beef Sliders with Greyere cheese and Truffle Mushroom aioli

Duck Confit Spring Rolls with Asian five spice and sweet and sour plum dipping Sauce

Salmon Tartar with mango and avocado

Wines available for sale from Bordeaux in the under $100 per bottle category that are currently in stock.

There are a lot of great wines from the world's most famous wine growing region that are still very reasonably priced and for the sake of this e-mail that means under $100 per bottle.  Here is a list of everything that we have in the store in that price category.

2010 Chateau Chantegrive Blanc Graves

Price: $28.50       Your Price: $25.08 Quantity in Stock: 2

A blend of 50 % Sauvignon and 50 % Sémillon. Very pale yellow robe, very fresh nose with subtle acacia flower, honeysuckle and white peach aromas.

2003 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc Pessac Leognan

Price: $92.50       Your Price: $81.40 Quantity in Stock: 11

2001 Chateau Gloria St Julien

Price: $62.50       Your Price: $55.00 Quantity in Stock: 12

(88 Points) This elegant, tasty, medium to full-bodied cru bourgeois possesses aromas of cedar wood, black currants, licorice, and a hint of tapenade. With a soft, lovely texture, it will drink well for 7-10 years.Wine Advocate #153, Jun 2004

2003 Chateau D'Armailhac Pauillac

List Price: $85.00               Your Price: $74.80 Quantity in Stock: 2

The dense ruby/purple-colored 2003 is surprisingly fresh and crisp, displaying no signs of the vintage’s extreme heat. This full-bodied, powerful, rich, backward, dense, tannic effort reveals notes of Chinese black tea, creme de cassis, licorice, and melted chocolate. Give it 4-5 years of cellaring, and drink it over the next two decades.

2003 Chateau Barde Haut St. Emilion

Price: $48.00       Your Price: $42.24 Quantity in Stock: 9

(90 Points) Wonderful aromas of ripe strawberry and raspberry follow through to a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a very fruity finish. Yummy. Hard not to drink now. Best after 2008. 3,955 cases made. –JS  Wine Spectator, Issue: Mar 31, 2006

Chateau Jean De Gue Lalande de Pomerol 2003

Price: $39.00       Your Price: $34.32 Quantity in Stock: 4

2004 Chateau Abelyce Saint Emilion

Price: $28.75       Your Price: $25.30 Quantity in Stock: 7

The wine has an intense color and a powerful, highly aromatic bouquet of dark berries, cherries and cocoa-flavored wood. Full-bodied and pleasant, with a lovely structure and well-extracted tannins, persistent but not too sharp. A very harmonious wine for laying down.  The 2004 vintage was awarded a gold medal at the 2007 International Wine Challenge and a star in the 2008 Hachette Guide.

2004 Chateau Gloria St. Julien

Price: $65.00       Your Price: $57.20 Quantity in Stock: 15

(89 Points) This stunningly rich sleeper of the vintage reveals oodles of herb-tinged black currant and cherry fruit, medium to full body, silky tannin, and low acidity. Gloriously fruity, soft, and classic in its aromatic and flavor dimensions, it can be enjoyed over the next decade. Wine Advocate #171, Jun 2007

2005 Chateau Certan Marzelle Pomerol

Price: $90.00       Your Price: $79.20 Quantity in Stock: 3

(89 Points) Offers blackberry, milk chocolate and sweet tobacco. Medium- to full-bodied, with medium tannins and a berry, cedar and chocolate aftertaste. Should mature quickly. Best after 2011. 1,830 cases made. –JS Wines Spectator Issue: Web Only - 2008

2003 Chateau Haut Condissas Medoc

Price: $70.75       Your Price: $62.26 Quantity in Stock: 1

Wonderful bouquet of aromas on the nose with a full compliment of black currant fresh plowed earth and espresso and coco notes, toasty oak spice. Smooth and polished on the tongue with ripe round tannins and lovely silky texture on the tongue with ripe forward fruit, really showing nicely with good freshness on the finish and a long complex finish. Finish 40+ Excellent +

2004 Chateau Clos De Sarpe

Price: $56.00       Your Price: $49.28 Quantity in Stock: 11

Château Clos de Sarpe has always produced genuine Saint-Emilion wine, natural, straightforward, sincere, concentrated, tannic, complete and solid - an expression of the unerring truth of the land and the flexible truth of time. In the cellars, long and fiercely natural vinification results in pure authenticity. The chateau creates two wines: Chateau Clos de Sarpe and Charles de Sarpe, the estate’s second wine. The late harvest is done by hand. The estate's two grape varieties are collected on different days depending on grape ripeness and the age of the vines.

2004 Chateau Talbot St. Julien

Price: $67.50       Your Price: $57.38 Quantity in Stock: 12

(89 Points) Shows blackberry, with some meat and smoke character. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a chocolate, berry and light vanilla aftertaste. Balanced. Best after 2008. 29,165 cases made. –JS Wine Spectator, Issue: Mar 31, 2007

2005 Chateau Des Carabins Margaux

Price: $29.75       Your Price: $26.18 Quantity in Stock: 16

Light earth sweet tobacco and cherry pie like fruit on the nose light barnyard notes. A good amount of cherry berry fruti on the tongue with layers of spice and good balanced acidity an excellent value! Finish 40 Very Good

2005 Chateau Clos L'Eglise Cotes de Castillon

Price: $33.75       Your Price: $29.70 Quantity in Stock: 2

(89 Points) One of the least expensive wines produced by Gerard Perse, the 2005 Clos l’Eglise (70% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc) exhibits notes of sweet cranberries, jammy black cherries and strawberries, crushed rocks, and flowers. With a dense purple color, medium body, loads of fruit, and a soft, round mouthfeel and finish, it can be enjoyed over the next 5-6 years. Wine Advocate # 178, Aug 2008

2005 Chateau Haut Condissas Medoc

Price: $75.00       Your Price: $66.00 Quantity in Stock: 15

(90 points) This serious Medoc estate employs Dr. Alain Raynaud as a consultant, and the 2005 performs well above its pedigree. A dark ruby/purple hue is followed by a sweet bouquet of licorice, roasted herbs, and blackberries. Medium to full-bodied with silky tannins, impressive concentration, and a broad, expansive style, it should drink well for 12-15 years. Wine Advocate # 176 Apr 2008

2006 Chateau Belair Saint Emilion

Price: $64.50       Your Price: $56.76 Quantity in Stock: 20

(88 Points) Light jam and coffee aromas follow through to a full body, with soft, fruit-covered tannins and a berry and chocolate aftertaste. Best after 2013. 2,080 cases made. –JS Wine Spectator Issue: Web Only - 2009

2006 Chateau Belgrave Haut Medoc

Price: $36.00       Your Price: $30.60 Quantity in Stock: 9

(87 points)  A concoction of red and black currants intermixed with some cedar, seaweed, herbs, and lots of spice offers up an alluring set of aromatics. This well-made, medium-bodied wine has good concentration and light to moderate tannins in a pure, balanced style. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.  Wine Advocate #181 Feb 2009

2006 Chateau La Tour Carnet Haut Medoc

Price: $35.25       Your Price: $31.02 Quantity in Stock: 2

(91 Points) A fabulous sleeper of the vintage, this estate, which has made a succession of brilliant wines under the administration of Bordeaux’s visionary Bernard Magrez, has turned out another terrific effort. A blend of 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this wine exhibits a sensational smorgasbord of aromas ranging from red and black fruits to toasty oak to licorice, high quality cigar tobacco, and spice box. Flavorful and full-bodied, with rich fruit, moderate but sweet tannin, and a long, pure finish, this is a dazzling effort in 2006 that should hit its adolescent stage in about 4-5 years and last for two decades. Excellent value. Wine Advocate # 181, Feb 2009

2006 Chateau Malmaison Moulis

Price: $22.50       Your Price: $19.80 Quantity in Stock: 6

(90 Points) Blackberry and raspberry jam aromas follow through to a full body, with very soft tannins and pretty berry and currant character. This is seamless and well done for the vintage. Best after 2012. 8,330 cases made. -JS Wine Spectator Issue: Mar 31, 2009 Top 100: 2009, Rank: 84 Designation: Smart Buys

2009 Clos Magne Figeac St Emilion 

Price: $21.00       Your Price: $17.85 Quantity in Stock: 2

2009 Chateau Lalande Borie St Julien

Price: $37.50       Your Price: $31.88 Quantity in Stock: 6

(90 Points) This is stylish, with perfumy black tea and smoldering charcoal aromas followed by lightly mulled plum, fig and blackberry fruit. An echo of juniper shows on the mineral-edged finish. Drink now through 2024. –JM  Wine Spectator, Issue: Mar 31, 2013

2009 Chateau Les Grands Chenes Medoc

Price: $20.75       Your Price: $17.64 Quantity in Stock: 6

(90 points) One of the cru bourgeois estates in the empire of Bernard Magrez, this may possibly be the best wine Les Grands Chenes has yet made. From old vines (average age 45) in the very northern part of the Medoc, the final blend of 51% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc hit 14% natural alcohol. The wine displays loads of espresso roast, black chocolate, creme de cassis, forest floor and tobacco leaf in a full-bodied, opulent, and flamboyant style. Dense, rich and deep in fruit, it exhibits the plush, silky tannins that are a signature of Michel Rolland, the overall consultant for all of the Magrez estates. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Wine Advocate #199 Feb 2012 Reviewer: Robert Parker

2009 Chateau Quinault L'Enclos St Emilion

Price: $64.50       Your Price: $54.83 Quantity in Stock: 11

(92 Points) This is very distinctive, with live-wire acidity running through the core of damson plum, linzer torte and blackberry fruit that's framed by a mouthwatering roasted apple wood note. The long and driven finish has a piercing iron edge and a smoldering tobacco note that adds to the dramatic profile. Best from 2015 through 2025. 4,205 cases made. –JM Wine Spectator Issue: Mar 31, 2012

2010 Chateau Barde Haut St. Emilion

Price: $60.00       Your Price: $51.00 Quantity in Stock: 10

(92 Points) Loads of blueberry, black cherry and dusty, loamy soil notes as well as hints of herbs, licorice and incense jump from the glass of this well-endowed, supple wine. Tannins are sweet and the acidity sufficient to give delineation to the wine. Full-bodied and impressively endowed, it should drink well over the next 10-15 years.  The 2010 Barde-Haut is a delicious, seductive style of St.-Emilion made from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Proprietress Helene Garcin-Leveque purchased the estate in 2000 and has been pushing quality ever since.  Wine Advocate #205, Feb 2013

2010 Chateau Guillou Montagne St Emilion 

Price: $22.25       Your Price: $19.58 Quantity in Stock: 5

2010 Chateau Puynard Cotes de Blaye 

Price: $15.00       Your Price: $13.20 Quantity in Stock: 12

2010 Chateau Goulee Medoc

Price: $47.25       Your Price: $40.16 Quantity in Stock: 12

(90 Points)  A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot, this wine displays an opaque ruby/purple color and notes of damp earth, forest floor, white chocolate, sweet black currants and spice box. The wine is round, full-bodied and luscious, with 14.7% natural alcohol. Although meant for early consumption, it should easily last up to a decade or more.  Goulee’s 2010 is another sleeper of the vintage from Michel Reybier, the proprietor of Cos d’Estournel.  Wine Advocate #205, Feb 2013

2010 Chateau Tauzinat L'Hermitage St. Emilion Grand Cru

Price: $30.00       Your Price: $25.50 Quantity in Stock: 8

A good amount of herbs and fresh earth on the nose with red currant and plum fruit, eucalyptus and tobacco spice, nice complexity here.  Firm tannins on the tongue with balanced acidity and a good amount of red berry fruit, this wine is still a bit on the young side but has all the right stuff, just needs a bit of time in the decanter, nice tobacco spice and earthy notes through the finish.  Finish 40+ Very Good +