Winemaker Notes
Very nice and deep purple color. Black and red fruits with a delicate hint of coffee and liquorice on the nose. This wine is rather tight but tannins are fine and delicate. The structure of this wine is balanced by its nice harmony. Even if this wine has a nice aging potential and is still young, it will likely be appreciated soon…!
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This is a complex wine that's dry at the heart and powered with dark tannins. Slowly the juicy fruit shows through on the mid palate, yielding a wine that offers the potential of solid fruits and excellent acidity.
Barrel Sample: 91-93 Points -
Wine Spectator
Fleshy and compact, offering dark plum and black currant paste flavors lined with briar, ganache and roasted tobacco leaf. Shows solid grip and depth.
Barrel Sample: 88-91 -
James Suckling
A polished and complex red with spice, berry and chocolate character. Full body, velvety tannins and a long and intense finish. Better in 2017.
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.
One of the six appellations of the Haut-Medoc, Moulis has a rolling landscape with considerable soil variations. With its mix of gravel, clay and limestone, Moulis offers some of the more enticingly perfumed Bordeaux Blends of the Left Bank.