Chateau de France 2014
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Pairs well with any grilled meats.
Blend: 59% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon
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This dark and brooding wine is packed with dense tannins and a black plum-skin flavor that's hovering behind the density. The wine has power and fine concentration, yielding a complex, solid wine with aging ability. Barrel Sample: 94-96
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James Suckling
Lots of hot-stone and currant aromas follow through to a medium to full body, firm and chewy tannins and a fresh finish. Minerally. Better in 2020.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2014 Château de France gets the prize for being one of the best values of the vintage. The wine shows lively and persistent red fruit flavors. Bright and sassy on the palate, it shows excellent freshness in the finish. Serve now with lightly-seasoned lamb chops. (Tasted: January 27, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
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Chateau de France boasts all three of the territorial conditions needed to create a "Grand Vin": the soil, the sub-soil and the slopes. Its 40 hectares of vineyards, 36 of which are planted with red grapes, spread out over the most elevated plateau of Léognan.
The Chateau de France currently grows 4 hectares of white grapes. Bernard Thomassin redevelopped this forgotten vineyard in 1985, planting it with Sauvignon and Sémillon grapes, thereby reclaiming the tradition of the land for producing both red and white wines