Les Légendes Bordeaux, France

DOMAINES BARONS DE ROTHSCHILD (LAFITE) LES LÉGENDES BORDEAUX, FRANCE The Rothschild family has been producing wine in Bordeaux since 1868. For six generations, they got to Légende know this beautiful landscape and understand the unique traits of the vines from each appellation. Three decades ago, the family was inspired to create a new wine series. Their motivation was simple – to ensure • Pauillac • Saint-Émilion • Médoc •Entre- Deux-Mers wine lovers everywhere could dive into Bordeaux and Bordeaux taste the originality of each appellation. AND SO, THE LES LÉGENDES RANGE WAS BORN. The production of Les Légendes wines is supervised by oenologist, Diane Flamand. Each wine has its own DIANE FLAMAND story that transports consumers to Bordeaux, highlighting the unique WINEMAKER charm of that appellation: Bordeaux Rouge, Bordeaux Blanc, Médoc, Pauillac Saint-Émilion and Pauillac. Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) has Saint Émilion made excellence in wine-making practices the basis of its development. Médoc Bordeaux Rouge Les Légendes wines follow the same approach: passion, discipline, Bordeaux Blanc humility, excellence and harmony. • Les Légendes offers consumers a journey through the different terroirs and tastes of the heralded Bordeaux region through the eyes of one of the region’s most prestigious producers: DBR (Lafite). • Easy entry wines that illustrate everyday elegance, the distinguishing characteristics of each Bordeaux terroir. Wines best enjoyed with food and offering a good balance between acidity and alcohol. • The Les Légendes range has greatly benefited from oenologist Diane Flamand’s ambition to create long-term partnerships with growers around each appellation. TaubFamilySelections.com @TaubFamilySelections @TaubFamilySelections @TaubFamilySelections @TFSelections LES LÉGENDES LES LÉGENDES 90 PAUILLAC POINTS Pauillac, France 2015 WINE ENTHUSIAST 12/18 • 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot BEST OF YEAR • Embodies Lafite tradition and the prestigious terroir of Pauillac to create a robust & elegant wine 90 POINTS • Partly sourced from our family vineyards, 2015 the notorious Chateau Lafite and Chateau WINE & SPIRITS Duhart-Milon 6/18 • Pauillac’s landscape is almost white in color, all due to the light colored pebbles that cover the gravelly soil • 40% of the final blend is aged for 12 months in barrels crafted at DBR Lafite’s cooperage • Subtle and elegant notes of dried fruit (figs), black pepper and cocoa powder. A powerful, structured wine, with well integrated tannins and a long aromatic black pepper, licorice finish LES LÉGENDES A “BEST OF LES LÉGENDES 90 YEAR 2018” POINTS SAINT-EMILION 2016 VINTAGE MÉDOC Saint-Emilion, France WINE ENTHUSIAST Médoc, France 2016 12/18 DECANTER • 90% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc • 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10/20 • Generations of local knowledge have taught our 10% Petit Verdot grape growers that the key to creating sensational • The Médoc peninsula takes its name from the latin ‘In Saint-Émilion wine lives underground. The limestone medio Aquae’, meaning in the middle of the waters. rich soil on the Right Bank is ideal for growing the It’s this unique situation between Gironde Estuary Merlot grape. It’s secrets like these that produce the and the Atlantic that ensures the slow ripening of the voluptuous wines that Saint-Émilion is famed for cabernet sauvignon, the king of grapes, which gives • 40% of the final blend is aged in partly new oak barrels our Médoc its extraordinary taste. for 12 months • Terroir is alluvial subsoils rich in minerals and well- • Lovely, expressive, seductive nose, dominated by notes exposed gravelly hilltops of red fruit (blackcurrants, raspberries) and subtle • 40% of the final blend is aged in barrels for 8 months toasted notes • Expressive & elegant, with intense aromas mingling sweet spices, red fruit and liquorice LES LÉGENDES LES LÉGENDES BORDEAUX ROUGE BORDEAUX BLANC Bordeaux, France Bordeaux, France • 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot • 85% Sauvignon Blanc, 15% Sémillon • The appellation embodies the famed Bordeaux • From Entre-Deux-Mers, one of the largest appellations trademark for harmonious elegance and aromatic in Bordeaux that produces 90% of Bordeaux dry white complexity wines • 60% of the final blend is aged in barrels • Harvesting before sunrise keeps grapes cold and • Intense aromas of red berries (blackberry, Morello preserves their delicate aromas leading to a lively & cherry) with toasty and vanilla notes. Full and aromatic wine well-intense grated tannins, and a good fruit and • Refined & aromatic, combining citrus notes (grapefruit, licorice finish lime) with aromas of exotic fruit (passion fruit) • On the palate, fresh, lively and seductive, very aromatic; Exotic notes on the finish.

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