Chateau Croix Mouton Bordeaux Superieur 20 Mille 2005

Merlot from Bordeaux, France

90 Wine
Spectator

Sold Out - was $29.99

OFFER 10% off your 6+ bottle order

Ships Tue, Apr 30

You saved this 1/25/24

Limit Reached

You saved this 1/25/24

Chateau Croix Mouton Bordeaux Superieur 20 Mille 2005 Front Label

Product Details

Varietal

Merlot

Region

Bordeaux, France

Producer

Chateau Croix Mouton

Vintage

2005

Size

750ML

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

20 Mille is produced from a 1.4-hectare section of the Croix Mouton vineyard. The chateau takes its name from the fact it's planted 20,000 vines per hectare. Produced from 100% Merlot, this round textured wine shows aromas of accented, dark jammy fruit, licorice, and chocolate. 50% of the wine is aged in the cigar shaped barrels.

Professional Ratings

90 Wine Spectator
Full and very chewy, showing smoky berry and vanilla bean character, with coffee. Almost bitter, but beautiful. Lacks a bit midpalate, but there's impressive tannin structure. This is the first year of this tiny production. Best after 2010. 350 cases made.

Chateau Croix Mouton

View all products

Previously known as Chateau Mouton, Croix Mouton has a long history in the Bordeaux region. The property was written about in the 1881 Ferret edition, next to many well-known Bordeaux wine producers of the time. However, the estate has a much longer history dating back to the ancient Romans who planted vines on the property. The Gallo-Romains remains found in its soil are proof of an ancient Bordeaux wine producing past.

View all products

Bordeaux Red Wine

View all products

In most of France, wines are named by their place of origin and not by the type of grape (with the exception of Alsace). Just like a red Burgundy is by law, always made of Pinot noir, a red Bordeaux is a blended wine composed mainly of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Depending on the laws of the village from which the grapes come, the conditions of the vintage and decisions of the winemaker, the blend can be further supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and in rare cases, Carmenere. So popular and repeated has this mix of grape varieties become worldwide, that the term, Bordeaux Blend, refers to a wine blended in this style, regardless of origin.

WWH20MILLE_2005 Item# 113857