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Bordeaux 2011 – Bordeaux and Côtes

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80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Dark and not terribly expressive...
52 ha now, producing about 170,000 bottles. 80% Merlot, 20%...

Mostly Merlot. Ripe, red fruited, a little bloody. It's fresh...

Next to Roc de Cambes but not all the vines are in Bourg. Bright...

70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc.
Dark...

Dark cherry crimson with black core. Ripe fruit on the nose but...

Eight hectares in Ste-Colombe with similar soil to Pavie Decesse...

Deep cherry crimson. Very ripe fruit-cake aroma. Then much...
70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep...
100% Merlot. Intense colour of elderberry juice. Dark savoury...
83% Merlot (harvested 13-14, 21 and 29 September), 17% Cabernet...

Some of the vines are in the Fronsac appellation and some in...

Vineyard encépagement: 75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. Dark...
Deep crimson. Sweet, slightly dusty cherry. Ripe and juicy...
Merlot. Rich deep black cherry colour. Perfumed red fruit – very...
75% Merlot (harvested 20-23 September), 25% Cabernet Franc (24...
Sweet and chocolatey on the nose. Vanilla and violets. Like a...

Vineyard encépagement: 84% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet...

Freshly crushed blackcurrants and plums – explosive fruit –...
80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc. Fermented in French oak (30% new...
100% Merlot. 40% new oak. Deep cherry red. Sweet and freshly...
Vineyard encépagement: 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 15%...
Vineyard encépagement: 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10%...
The wine of the vineyard manager. Pretty dry and a bit lean...
Vineyard encépagement: 95% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. Black core...

 

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