Winemaker Notes
Blend: 61% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Ripe, but very pure and focused, with a delightful beam of cassis and cherry preserves. Subtle tobacco and licorice notes emerge on the finish.
Barrel Sample: 89-92 -
James Suckling
Blackcurrants, wet leaves, cloves, black tea and olives on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins. Tight, savory finish. Better from 2023.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Reynon sings of warm blueberries, blackberry coulis and black raspberries with touches of garrigue and lavender. Medium to full-boded, it has a firm, grainy texture and lovely freshness supporting the muscular fruit, finishing perfumed.
Barrel Sample: 89-91
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.