Bordeaux 2015 – AOC Bordeaux and Côtes

Things are really happening on the eastern fringes of St-Émilion in the Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. The likes of Ch d’Aigulhe run from Canon La Gaffelière, Domaine de l’Aurage under the same ownership as Ch Tertre Roteboeuf (whose elegant St-Émilion drawing room is shown here), Ch Cap de Faugères next to Ch Faugères, Clos Lunelles (once Clos Les Lunelles) run from Ch Pavie and Ch Joanin-Bécot from Ch Beau-Séjour Bécot have increasingly demonstrated over the years, particularly the hotter years, that the cooler, later-ripening terrain of Castillon can produce some...