Winemaker Notes
Blend: 50% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
There is a good balance here between the ripe blackberry fruits and the solid tannins. This wine shows new wood and a touch of green flavor.
Barrel Sample: 89-91 Points -
Wine Spectator
Nice cut, with a plum pit note running through the blackberry, sweet tapenade and maduro tobacco notes. Bright fruit lingers on the finish.
Barrel Sample: 88-91 Points -
James Suckling
A soft red with plum, mineral and warm stone character. Medium to full body, with round tannins and a delicious finish. Attractive texture.
Barrel Sample: 89-90 Points
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
Famous for both its red and white wines, Graves is a large region, extending 30 miles southeast of the city of Bordeaux, along the left bank of the Garonne River. Red wine producing vineyards cover well over three times as much area as the whites. In the late 1980s, the French created the separate appellation of Pessac-Léognan within the northern confines of Graves. It includes all of its most famous properties, and the southern suburbs of the city Bordeaux itself. In French "graves" is a term used to indicate gravelly soils.