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Château Peybonhomme-les Tours Le Blanc Bonhomme 2016

Château Peybonhomme-les Tours Le Blanc Bonhomme 2016

A blend of 50% Sauvignon blanc and 50% Semillon grown in clay-limestone soils, with 40% fermented in new barrels with the balance fermented and aged in concrete. It’s the color of goldenrod and emits prodigious waves of pungent musk melon, persimmon, and grilled pineapple along with a whiff of smoky nut oil and wet stone. In […]

Château Peybrun Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2015

Château Peybrun Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux

A blend of 80% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Cabernet Franc. The 2015 vintage of Château Peybrun is generously framed in aromas of black cherries, black currants, aged leather, forest floor, menthol, and violets. It shows a degree of concentration on the palate without heaviness, with polished tannins that subside into a mineral and […]

Château de Cérons Graves Blanc 2013

Château de Cérons Graves Blanc 2013

The color of summer goldenrod, the 2013 Château de Cérons Bordeaux Blanc is a precise blend of 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 40% Sémillon, and 10% Sauvignon Gris grown in mixed gravel and clay soil. Bruised pear and yellow apple are rendered more complex by crushed herbs, apple blossom, quince paste, and smoky minerality. It’s quite linear […]

Château de Ribebon Bordeaux Supérieur 2015

Château de Ribebon Bordeaux Supérieur 2015

Poised and polished, Château de Ribebon is a blend of 60% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon from old vines ranging in age from 60 to 100 years—all grown on a gravelly outcrop overlooking the Dordogne River. Aromas of plums, black currants, sweet tobacco, and menthol waft from the glass. Pillowy tannins […]

Château Le Doyenné Côtes de Bordeaux 2016

Château Le Doyenné Côtes de Bordeaux 2016

Delicious for its price point, the 2016 Château Le Doyenné is composed of 85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Cabernet Franc. As it evolves in the glass lifted aromas of menthol, incense, and violets swirl around darker notes of blackberry and dusky plums. It’s medium-bodied with grippy tannins at the mid-palate, and a limber […]

Château Poitevin Médoc 2015

Château Poitevin Médoc 2015

From Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot vines planted near the Gironde estuary, seated in purely alluvial soils—Girondine gravel and clay subsoil—the 2015 Château Poitevin drinks better on the second day, and offers up a puissant bouquet of black currant, Damson plum, earth, aged saddle leather, dark chocolate syrup, and sweet tobacco. Aged 14 months […]

Château de la Coste Margaux 2013

Château de la Coste Margaux

A poised and polished blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, Château de la Coste is the second wine of Château Paveil de Luze—here the Merlot shines through with abundant aromas of black cherries, plums, red currants, sweet tobacco, and dried herbs followed by classic Margaux florality—dried violets, a crowning top note. 2013 was a wet topsy-turvey vintage, […]

Château de Cosse (Château Rieussec) Sauternes 2015

Château de Cosse (Château Rieussec) Sauternes 2015

The color of dried goldenrod, Château du Cosse is a blend of 91% Sémillon, 5% Sauvignon, and 4% Muscadelle. This superb second label of Château Rieussec offers up sumptuously honeyed aromatics followed by apricot, yellow peach, well-ripened mango, and a pinch of nutmeg. Full-bodied and nicely balanced, in the mouth fleshy fruit and densely-packed flavors […]

Château la Rame Sainte-Croix-du-Mont 2015

Château la Rame Château La Caussade Sainte-Croix-du-Mont 2015

Crafted from 100% Sémillon grown in clay-limestone soil studded with fossilized oysters, the 2015 Château la Rame Sainte-Croix-du-Mont unfurls to reveal layered aromas of dried mango, pineapple, and acacia honey. It’s a luscious wine, with concentration and vibrant acidity that lends focus and lift to the palate, followed by a pleasant tide of pink grapefruit […]

Château Dauphiné Rondillon Loupiac 2011

Château Dauphiné Rondillon Loupiac 2011

From the Loupiacais countryside, this golden-glinting blend of 80% Semillon, 20% Sauvignon Blanc opens with subtle earthiness—blooming forest mushroom that blows off to reveal apricot, tangerine, nougatine, sultana, and warm spice. In the mouth glorious, glycerolly-unctuousness and shimmering depth on the palate, punctuated by bright acidity. Kumquat, almond paste, and baking spice emerge on the […]

CHRISTINE HAVENS
McMinnville, OR

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