Winemaker Notes
A deep and brilliant garnet color with elegant ruby nuances. The nose is complex, both spicy and floral with aromas of cherry jam and licorice. The palate is well-balanced and persistent with notes of morello cherries and cocoa.
Blend: 99% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Sappy, agile and lively on the palate, this has nicely concentrated fruit with austere edges giving depth but also a sense of tension and linearity. Graphite and the mineral/saline aspects are quite dominant and provide a nice counterbalance to the ripe fruits. A wet stone texture and flavour lingers on the finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
Offering ripe tannins and juicy acidity, this wine has a solid structure along with perfumed black fruits. The wine will age well. Drink from 2025.
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.