Winemaker Notes
A beautiful ruby purple color with hints of raspberry. The nose reveals a powerful and flattering aroma of red fruits, pretty floral notes, and spicy sweet mint. On the palate, it is fleshy, round, supple, and fruity with ripe tannins and a long, fresh finish.
Blend: 85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Chateau Haut Peyruguet is on point as a Bordeaux AOC. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers aromas and flavors of red currants, black currants, and dried mint. Try it with a rosemary and garlic-infused roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: July 5, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
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James Suckling
Aromas of blackberries, black plums, tobacco leaves and walnuts. It’s medium- to full-bodied with firm, gently grainy tannins. Linear and balanced. 85% merlot and 15% cabernet sauvignon. Better in 2025.
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.