Bordeaux-style Red Blend

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Thieuley / Bordeaux Vanilla aromas give this wine its warm wood character. The ripe fruits that are underneath are full of red berries, touches of spice and acidity. This is a full-bodied wine, likely to be ready from 2017.

Country: France / Trois Moulins Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Lacaussade Saint-Martin / Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Jacques Chardat, who also owns Labrousse, has a wine that has the potential to be a ripe and juicy. Fine tannins and plenty of acidity will let it develop well. Drink from 2019.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château la Bretonnière / Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Stephane Heurlier makes a generous yet structured wine that’s full of fruit. It has plenty of spice and black currant layered with a touch of chocolate and coffee. Let the wine mature and drink from 2019.

Country: France / Prélude du Château Haut-Pezat Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Haut-Pezat / Saint-Émilion This is a fruity wine with contrasting wood-aging spice and high toastiness. It is still young with the acidity still prominent, so the two elements should blend well over the next few years to give a ripe, fruity […]

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château de Tabuteau / Lussac Saint-Émilion Owned by the same family since 1850, this estate has produced a ripe Merlot-dominated wine. It is densely structured and full of black-currant fruits. The crisp fruitiness of the year shows strongly. Drink from 2018.

Country: US / BDX Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend California Winery: Clautiere / Paso Robles Lots of ripe, sweet blackberry, raspberry and cherry fruit flavors in this soft, tannic Bordeaux blend, based on Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s dry, but high alcohol glycerine, combined with the fruity extract, make it taste almost like Port. Drink now.

Country: US / 76 West Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend New York Winery: Lamoreaux Landing / Finger Lakes Sweet with the aroma of ripe, red plum preserves and a touch of green herbs, this is a lovely blend of Cab Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon with hints of toasted oak. Soft and lush with a cherry […]

Country: France / Fleur de Roc Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Cheval Quancard / Saint-Émilion Tannins and structure bring out the character of the 2010 vintage in this open, generally soft wine. It is already attractive, drinkable and fresh. Black currants dominate the natural fruitiness. Drink now.

Country: France / Chai de Bordes Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Cheval Quancard / Bordeaux A branded Bordeaux, this shows the structure of the vintage while also being accessible and ready to drink now. It is dominated by Merlot which gives ripe berry fruits and a full, soft structure. Drink now and until 2018. […]

Country: France / L’Orangerie de Carignan Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Carignan / Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux Dark and weighty, this is a dense wine, very firm in its tannins as well as bringing out rich blackberry fruits. The wood shows through strongly, while there is a pepper edge from the high alcohol.

Country: France / Kosher Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Barons Edmund Benjamin de Rothschild / Haut-Médoc Hints of fresh mint leaves highlight the brooding black currant and dark fruit aromas. The balance of Cabernet and Merlot has been successfully achieved, as the wine is beautifully structured with a firm backbone of ample tannins and […]

Country: US / Apex Gist Ranch Estate Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend California Winery: Lexington / Santa Cruz Mountains This top-tier blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Cabernet Franc and 8% Merlot shows lots of black rocks at first on the nose, and then black plum, lavender, cigar box and rose petals emerge with patience. It […]