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WITHOUT SULPHITES Château La Rose Bellevue, Monsieur et Madame Soufre Ont un Fils, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 service.commercial@chateau- larosebellevue.com Unusual Côtes to enjoy Love the depth of fruit on the attack, this is full of black pepper spice and fairly powerful overall. Feel the sinews of the and it is rippling with freshness, t makes sense for the Côtes de Castillon and Francs to the pockets of good quality, no need to wait to drink. Bordeaux, the youngest appellation in high quality gravels in Blaye and Cadillac, AMPHORA Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14.5% the Bordeaux region, to also be one of to the stunning slopes of Sainte-Foy. And its true centres of innovation. they are also one of the green centres of Château Couronneau, Volte Face, Château les Bertrands, Authentique, I This is a grouping of five sub- Bordeaux. A full 50% of in Francs Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 90 Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 appellations - Blaye, Cadillac, Francs, Côtes de Bordeaux are farming in [email protected] [email protected] Castillon and Sainte-Foy - that are all organics or biodynamics in 2019, and Sinewy chewy, characterful, with a fruit Light, unfussy and enjoyable, with found on the Right Bank of either the 25% in Castillon, way above the national character that grows over the palate. flexible tannins, a lovely example of a Garonne or the Dordogne rivers and average of 9%. The first water treatment This is a well balanced and enjoyable no-added sulphur wine, with a focus on that were brought together under an plant in Bordeaux opened in Castillon wine that is easy to recommend. fruits and an appealing freshness. umbrella name in 2009 to showcase appellation in 2002 and across all five Drink 2020-2030 Alc 15% Couette Corinne Photograph: Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% wines that are full of flavour, prioritise areas winemakers are working together authenticity and easy pleasure and that to plant hedgerows and other natural Château Pré la Lande, Terra Cotta, Château Sainte Catherine, are more than 90% independently- barriers, and to generally increase Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 90 “I started to raise amphora wine to test a new experience. Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 owned, with the family owners invariably biodiversity. [email protected] It is also up to us, winemakers, to propose new products to [email protected] living on site and taking care of all parts And beyond highlighting their Supple and frank and appealing. A great Deep, powerful, fresh and well defined of production themselves, often selling individual soils and microclimates, these example of its kind - autumnal berry fruits, customers! Terracotta is a natural and neutral material that aromatics and flavours, a clear success. direct. There are high-profile names here estates are also focusing on the soft tannins, a fresh lift through the finish, This estate is owned by Jean Merlaut, - Thienpont, Valette, de Boüard among possibilities allowed within the feels like an early drinking wine with a lot respects the purity of the fruit and the expression of the better known for Guraud Larose in St them - but the wines remain among the winemaking rules of the Côtes. It is this of personality. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% terroir. The wine becomes more complex and develops an Julien. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14% best value in Bordeaux. that has seen the rise of single variety Even with this advantage, it can be wines, taking grapes such as Cabernet incomparable silky tannin.“ Château Bellevue, Sans Soufre Ajouté, difficult for independent winemakers to Franc or Carménère, or even Cabernet Isabelle and Olivier Chéty (Château Bellevue) Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 90 stand out from the crowd in Bordeaux, Sauvignon, that are often used as part of [email protected] which is why this tasting was so a blend, and setting them centre stage. Firm but generous fruit, silky texture; fascinating. We picked categories where is also becoming increasingly Château Chatard, Les Terres Mêlées, Château Mons la Graveyre, feels full of life and beating with heart, the Côtes are leading the way in important across all the Côtes, and did Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 89 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux rustic but in the best way just not trying innovation - so in organic or biodynamic particularly well in this tasting, which [email protected] 2017 88 too hard to convince anyone. The high wine, or in using grapes selected from mainly looked at wines from the 2016, Enjoyable and full of character - dark [email protected] alcohol is not intrusive, although clearly specific plots of the vineyard for a special 2017 and 2018 vintages. spices, brambly fruits with a violet Bright, fresh with sculpted fruit. Again it contributes to the roundness of the bottling, or those using 100% of a single We looked at around 150 wines, and floral edge. This estate was bought by this feels a little rustic but that is kind of mouthfeel. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 15% grape variety, or unusual fermentation or the standard was extremely high Photograph: Jean-Bernard Nadeau Jean-Remi Larrat in 2008, with this the point of these - they feel unforced ageing techniques such as clay amphoras throughout. Because of the overall wine entirely aged in amphoras for 12 and unfussy and extremely appealing. Château Montfollet, Intense, rather than the more typical oak barrels, strength of the entries, there were many “We want to make this area months. A saline kick takes it up a notch Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14% Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 90 or by minimizing the use of sulphur - an more than I was not able to include, but first of all a place of life and on the finish. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13% [email protected] antibacterial agent often used in the list here gives many brilliant wines to Château Bellevue, Amphorae, Strikingly precise aromatics, good quality winemaking - to focus on vibrant fruit try. Overall an inspiring and fascinating meeting. Producing a friendly Château Pey-Bonhomme-les-Tours, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux wine with rich raspberry notes, smoky flavours. And in an area that is 97% red tasting, showcasing just a fraction of the wine from the land and what Energies, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 87 edges and fine tannins. Part of Châteaux wine (against 90% red for Bordeaux as a dynamic changes that are happening in 2016 89 [email protected] Solidaires. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% whole), we tried also some of the the Côtes right now. nature offers us is a great [email protected] There are clear tannins here, and amazing white wines that are being Amphora-aged in clay jars for 12 months, it feels like a good example of a experience for our 4 children. Les Vieux Moulins, Sans Sulfites produced. We found many powerful To find out more either visit the this feels gentle and softly fruited - in fact Côtes wine - a little rustic but unfussy, Ajoutés Damien Lorteau, personalities and styles in these Côtes de Bordeaux website Our credo? Return to the more like a natural wine, with its own energy firm structure, easy to approach. Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 90 special bottlings; numerous wines that www.bordeaux-cotes.com than many of the no-added sulphur wines HVE-certified. Vinified in cement [email protected] are well worth searching out. earth but head in the stars“ did. Raspberry and redcurrant fleshy fruits then aged for 13 months in 140l clay Dark in colour, well worked tannins The Côtes all have their own character Review and tasting notes written Anne and Jean-Rémi Larrat clear, open and ready to drink. Biodynamic amphora made in the south of France. with blackberry and chocolate notes, - from the limestone dominance of by Jane Anson (Château Chatard) certified. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13% Drink 2020-2028 Alc 15% attractive. Touch of reduction right ➢ PROMOTIONAL FEATURE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

plenty in this wine to make it worth the two, a great insight into the damson, inky colour with chocolate SINGLE VARIETAL wait. Drink 2021-2034 Alc 13.5% experimentation going on in the Côtes. notes, poised and modern with Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% personality, if a little short. Vignerons Château Ad Francos, Réserve Ad Château Dubraud, Création, de Tutiac is a name to increasingly Aeternam, Francs Côtes de Bordeaux Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 Château Cap Saint Martin, watch in Bordeaux, making good value 2014 93 [email protected] Le Cabernet d’En Face, Blaye Côtes bottles across a number of appellations. [email protected] 100% . Smooth and de Bordeaux 2017 89 Drink 2020-2025 Alc 13.5% 100% . Full of personality and rich but restrained and knows when to [email protected] incredibly spicy, with veins of black pull it back. Young and still very much in 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Black fruits, Château Bel-Air La Royère, Justin Malbec, pepper running right though the palate. primary mode, with perky dark fruits. clear spice, well defined but not Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 88 Mouthwatering finish, impressive, full of One to watch, great to see this level of overdone. Confident, acidity a little high [email protected] personality. A wine that you want to plan quality and interest coming out of Blaye. but it is easy to admire the construction 100% Malbec. Cedar dominates on the ahead for, give it time in the bottle. An Owned by ‑Alain and Céline Vidal, in this wine. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13% nose, this is a little sweet but it has estate to watch, Michel Rolland HVE-certified. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% charm and is easy to drink. Warm in feel, consultant. Drink 2020-2035 Alc 14% Château des Demoiselles, Réserve de rich texture, with spice and tannins that Château Monconseil, Malbec 68, Famille, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux are present but not overly intrusive. Château Cantinot, Malbec, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 2012 89 Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14.5% Cuvée Collection, Blaye Côtes de [email protected] [email protected] Bordeaux 2015 93 100% Malbec. Inky purple, with tannins 100% Merlot. Clear in its intent, firm well Château de l’Anglais, Castillon Côtes [email protected] that are to the fore, closing in on the drawn out tannins, silky smooth, although de Bordeaux 2016 88 100% Malbec. Plot selection of Malbec. finish and a little subdued right now, but the high alcohol just slightly knocks off [email protected] Really a rather lovely wine with deep clearly good quality. This needs time in the balance, gives a touch of austerity 100% Merlot. Rich and sweet ripe red spice and white pepper notes, juicy and the bottle, the cloves and tarry chocolate on the finish. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14% fruits, strawberry emphasis gives a soft high energy with a driving sense of needs to soften and open up, and the but unfussy wine, clear freshness, easy freshness. One that makes you stop and cassis fruits have to unwind. But there is Château Labrousse, Grande Cuvée, to drink. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% think. Good stuff from Yann and Florence clear potential here, and it’s a wine with Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 89 Bouscasse. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% personality. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% [email protected] Château Pilet, Alt 120 Metres, Côtes 100% Merlot. Firm dark and deep de Bordeaux 2016 88 Charivari Wines, L’Aventure Nocturne, Château La Bastane, Cuvée Malbec, flavours, good quality if a touch [email protected] Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 92 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 90 brutal right now, those tannins bite. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. The [email protected] [email protected] Ambitious, spiced blackberry notes. Cabernet comes through in its rich black Photograph: Corinne Couette Corinne Photograph: 100% Merlot. Lovely combination of well 100% Malbec. Extremely inky in colour, Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% fruits, but there is clear sweetness “I stop taking myself too seriously and I make wines that expressed, gently-brushed red and touch of reduction on the nose, not alongside, and overall things are brambly fruits, and a gentle kick of surprising as this seems both extremely Vignerons de Tutiac, Origines Six powerful and knitted together. Needs look like me: natural, spontaneous, nice, affordable and not acidity through the finish without being young and packed full of anthocyanes. Chemins, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux time, has potential although not perfect too intrusive. Good quality, easy to Has ambition and confidence, clearly, 2016 89 balance. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% complicated. My philosophy ? Carpe diem“ enjoy, soft flexible tannins, ready to go. and pulls it off. Young though, don’t rush [email protected] Valérie Eymas (Château La Rose Bellevue) From the excellent winemaker Nea in. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Plum and Page, Page Noir, Castillon Côtes de Berglund at Château Carsin. Bordeaux 2015 88 Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% Château la Gamaye, Folie Rouge, [email protected] now, clearly working hard in anaerobic Château Mayne Mazerolles, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 90 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Clean and environment as no added sulphur here. Only Blaye, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Château du Payre, L’Ancestrale, [email protected] well expressed black fruits, lacks a little It relaxes and softens in the glass, but 2018 88 Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 92 100% Malbec. Graceful and floating light and shade but there are some definitely needs a little more time overall. [email protected] [email protected] through the palate, with clear points of attractive sinewy and savoury fruits on Certainly feels full of promise, if pretty A little underpowered, this starts well, 100% Merlot. Smoky, full of power and spice. The tannins are a little drying but display. Subdued right now but opens high acidity. Drink 2021-2034 Alc 13% gathering up rose petals and brambly finesse, carefully worked tannins and it’s there is intense fruit to balance them over time in the glass. Awaiting organic hedgerow character. Soft tannins hard not to see the pleasure in the out. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% certification. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% Vignobles Carreau Sélection, 100% and a juicy finish, doesn’t quite sweet rich damson fruits. Confident, Non-Sulfité, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux hit its stride but very enjoyable. contemporary, good quality, if Château les Chaumes, L’Exubérante, Vignobles Carreau Sélection, 100% 2017 90 Drink 2020-2030 Alc 12.5% a little overdone. Heavy bottle. Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 90 Cabernet Sauvignon, Blaye Côtes de [email protected] Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% [email protected] Bordeaux 2016 88 There is a immediacy to the fruit that Château Cailleteau Bergeron, 98% Malbec, 2% Merlot. A blast of [email protected] draws you in. Fresh blueberry and Vin Sans Sulfite, Blaye Côtes de Château Les Chaumes, Malbec, sweet damson, with chocolate and 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Touch of raspberry with a chewy, easy-going Bordeaux 2018 87 Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 91 cassis notes. Same blend as the main green pepper on the edge of the dark quality to the structure and texture of [email protected] [email protected] Château les Chaumes but this is fruits, this feels both classic Bordeaux the wine. The tannins are still evident, Damson puree with raspberry spice, this 98% Malbec, 2% Merlot. Pretty tight and unoaked while the other is aged in and yet slightly wild. Savory, firm even if the edges are not as polished as actually feels pretty polished, I would not fully expressive on opening, but in barrel. The unoaked version emphasises tannins, ripe but not overly so. Fresh in some. But then that is the point - this not pick this as no-added sulphur. Full the glass it reveals deep dark fruits and the pure fruit purée when you take a blast of menthol on finish. Interesting takes a hands-off, low key approach and fruit expression, good quality, a little spice. Will soften over time in bottle, breath, but it lacks some depth and wine, will soften over next few years.

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60% Merlot, 10% Malbec, 10% Cabernet Enjoyable berry fruits here, soft on the the way, from this 30ha estate on ATYPICAL GRAPE Sauvignon, 10% , 10% Petit finish but with attractive olive paste clay-limestone and gravel soils worked Verdot. Powerful and deep in colour as notes and a juicy twist. Gentle frame by Dany and Emilie Douence. Drink VARIETY this entire flight is from Blaye, and clear but with plenty of pleasure. 10% 2020-2032 Alc 13% Château Haut Grelot, L’As de Grelot, deeply spiced herbal notes on the palate. Cabernet Franc completes the blend. Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 93 Clear ageing potential, enjoyable and Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% Les Truffards du Domaine d’Argilius, [email protected] atypical. 10% Cabernet Franc completes Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 88 60% Merlot, 40% Malbec. Clear deposit the blend. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 15% Château les Conseillans, Réserve du [email protected] on the side of the glass and lovely rich dark Pré Carré, Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 89 Touch of reduction, extremely tight colour. A real clear sweetness through the Château Reynon, Cadillac Côtes [email protected] dark fruit, tannins really closing in. palate, damson and black cherry, excellent de Bordeaux 2016 90 Real spice and attitude although the Really grows on me and this is quality. Powerful but takes its foot off the [email protected] alcohol is a little out of balance and extremely young right now, but pedal just at the very last minute so you 75% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon, gives heat on the finish. Plenty to enjoy, clearly needs time in bottle and then in get a flood of juice to finish things off. 8% . This is deep rich sweet and a reminder that Cadillac can be dark glass. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14.5% Dark chocolate and smokey tar; but also fruit plenty of tannins but fairly soft and and powerful, and far closer to Blaye in tons of fruit and firm pliable tannins. Great plush. Liquorice is clear here, and this character than Castillon or Francs. quality, from four generations of the is good - but not an unusual blend. 2% Cabernet Franc finishes the blend. Bonneau family. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% freshness, this 100% Cabernet Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% ORGANIC/ PARCEL Sauvignon has a good sense of BIODYNAMIC Château Puygueraud, Cuvée George, Château Terre Blanque, Les Cailloux, personality and forward motion, hard Château de Ricaud, Grand Vin, Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 93 Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 SELECTION to argue with its intent. Unusual squat Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 88 Château Cru Godard, Francs Côtes de [email protected] [email protected] Château du Grand Barrail, bottle shape as with the 100% Malbec [email protected] Bordeaux 2018 92 50% Malbec, 30% Cabernet Franc, 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot. La Révélation, Blaye Côtes de Cantinot. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% Cedar on the nose with a smoky finish, [email protected] 20% Merlot. Full of poise and drama, Confident and carefully extracted. Bordeaux 2016 91 powerful flashy style with a silky texture. There is some resistance to the tannins, a tightrope of power and finesse, really Unusual to have this amount of Cabernet [email protected] Domaine des Graves d’Ardonneau, A little overpowering but with impact. feels like you have to work for it, wait a impressive with complexity and depth, Sauvignon in a Blaye blend for sure and Powerful and concentrated on the nose, Grand Vin, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Good stuff from Vignobles Dourthe. little for things to open up. Damson and and a really interesting blend of grapes. these wines challenge what the Côtes a touch of reduction but more smoking 2016 90 Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14.5% black cherry fruits, clear spice notes, HVE-certified. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% can do. Black cherry, spiced damson, gun than burnt tyre, and it adds a whiff [email protected] good precision, ambitious without olive paste, enjoyable lift on finish. of smoke that I really enjoy. This has Powerful dark ruby colour, not quite inky Château La Rame, Grand Vin, being swaggering, with a juicy finish. Vignobles Arbo, Arbo Malbec, Francs Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% personality and poise, and it’s a good but getting there. Really like this, silky Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 88 5% Malbec completes the blend from Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 92 wine. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% sooth with clear chocolate notes. [email protected] this 10ha estate owned by Franck and [email protected] Château Magdeleine Bouhou, Grand Enjoyable, there is heat from the Tight, tart, tannins are bristling and Carine Richard. Organic since 2010. 90% Malbec, 10% Merlot. Well-handled, Vin, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 90 Château les Guyonnets, Lion D’or, alcohol but it is sweet kirsch cherry and bright, and absolutely close in on Drink 2021-2036 Alc 14% where high alcohol notes seem enrobed by [email protected] Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 it works. Enjoyable and with personality. the end of play. The black cherry is the power of the black cherry and damson 90% Merlot, 10% Malbec. Savoury swirl [email protected] Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14% enjoyable and builds up through Château les Mangons, Chant Secret, fruit. This will take its time to come around of black cherry and cut herbs; clear spice One of the pure inky deep colour ones the mid palate. Will soften over Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 92 but is good quality and worth the wait. HVE- with a powerful punch through the attack, some liquorice on the nose and attack, Château du Cros, Coteaux de Lou, the next few years in bottle - [email protected] certified, ISO 14001. Aged in stainless steel good length and tannins that are smooth tar and smoke following up, and heat on Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 90 you might want to carafe it for now. Deep ruby in colour, evident extraction, but still manages to feel seductively and elongated, lots to enjoy, feels alive and the tongue. Once you acclimatise to all of [email protected] Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% ambitious, a little overly swaggering textured. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% enjoyable. Getting far less unusual to have that this is a juicy rich and concentrated Well held together if a little more subdued but with cocoa powder, liquorice and 10% Malbec in wines from the Côtes, but wine, with notes of olive paste an really than some, classic and well presented. Château le Camplat, Prestige, black chocolate to fill out the brambly Château Carsin, Cuvée Noire, we’ll allow it. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14% rather lovely. Will take its time to fully Packed full of tannins but with a softness Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 88 fruits. Potential for ageing. Biodynamic Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 soften. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% to them that is really enjoyable and [email protected] estate since 2000. Drink 2020-2034 [email protected] Château Peyredoulle, Blaye Côtes nicely integrated with the brambly black Dark ruby in colour, not hugely Alc 13.5% 69% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc, 5% Malbec, de Bordeaux 2016 89 Château Petit Boyer, Unique Terroir fruits. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13% expressive on the nose and this is 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, [email protected] Premium, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux struggling to come through on the Château Moulin des Blais, Blaye Côtes 3% Carménère. This has personality and 73% Merlot, 20% Petit Verdot, 7% Malbec. 2016 91 Château Haut-Rian, Selection palate right now also. In the glass it de Bordeaux 2018 92 zip and is doing its best to express a purpose Gentle white spice, rich texture that is [email protected] Parcellaire Saint-Seurin, Cadillac relaxes and opens up, and what you [email protected] and a sense of direction. No overly sinewy and muscular, adding interest A ton of personality here, touches of Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 89 get are cut herbs, white pepper spice, Good depth to the brambly fruits here worked or polished, it feels vibrant and through the palate. Good quality. sweet cola flavour, with spice and rich [email protected] savoury and more on the mineral notes in both colour and on the palate. A fun with fresh redcurrant and raspberry Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% sweet damson. Powerful kick, hardly Tight tannic structure, deep fruit than the fruit, acidity a touch high on lovely clarity of purpose and real juice fruits and a twist of grilled rosemary. A typical flavours of Bordeaux but smooth flavours with well constructed tannins the finish. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14% though the palate, one of my favourites blend of all six red grape varieties allowed in Vignerons de Tutiac, L’Un dans l’Autre, tannins, sexy feel with swagger and and attractive spice notes. The colour is of the tasting, great quality with layers, Bordeaux. 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 89 good freshness. Enjoyable. Terra Vitis, not as deep as the flavours suggest and Château Peneau, La Dame de Haute- spice, minerality, soft well-ripened fruit Sauvignon, 3% Carménère complete the [email protected] HVE-certfied. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% will improve further with a few more Sage, Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 88 and a mouthwatering finish. A 12ha mix. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13.5% 40% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, years. Drink 2021-2032 Alc 13.5% [email protected] estate from winemaker Guillaume 20% Petit Verdot. Juicy but savoury, streak Château Cantinot, Collection, Well expressed, nicely extracted, rich Guérin who spent time working in Château Montfollet, Icône, of leathery taste underneath the fruit, makes Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 90 Château les Conseillans, Cadillac and spicy and silky, and full of life. A New Zealand before taking over from Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 it enjoyable and with personality. But not [email protected] Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 89 touch high acidity makes the finish a his parents at this property in 2013. [email protected] unusual varieties. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% Carefully extracted with power and [email protected] little abrupt but it’s good quality along Drink 2021-2034 Alc 13% ➢ PROMOTIONAL FEATURE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

Clos Puy Arnaud, Les Acacias, works, because although the flavour are enjoyable with soft tannins. Run by to release the 2010, also tasted and Château Tour d’Horable, Castillon Absolutely bursting with flavour, green Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 92 closed right now they are deep and Olivier and Emmanuel Chéty, brothers enjoyed although not organic at that Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 88 citrus, rosemary, lemon, great quality. [email protected] concentrated and open up slowly but who first converted to organics in 2011. point). This 2014 has dark berry fruits [email protected] Drink 2020-2025 Alc 13% Inky deep damson colour and on the surely. Take your time, and enjoy this Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14.5% and is medium bodied, packed with firm Winemaker Pierre Faytout has made a nose plenty of ambition. The fruit is held unusual 100% Malbec from the Sabaté tannins that will easily take another few perky, enjoyable wine with fairly high Château Les Charmes Godard, together with high acidity and firm family, who have been at the helm of this Château Les Tours de Peyrat Vieilles years in bottle. Aged in 400l barrels, acidity but manages to translate that into Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 tannins, a touch of rusticity but brambles property for over 50 years. Organic Vignes 2016, Blaye Côtes de 50% new, for 16 months before being a mouthwatering finish with well defined [email protected] and rich blackberry bring a sense of since 2012. Drink 2019-2034 Alc 13% Bordeaux 2016 90 kept in bottle at the estate to develop red fruits. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13% More muscular and carefully pleasure. Lovely to see a 100% Cabernet [email protected] further complexity. An interesting constructed than the other whites in the Franc wine also, showcasing what this Château les Aubiers, Blaye Côtes de Medium bodied and packed with dark initiative that you see rarely in Bordeaux, Château la Braulterie de Peyraud, line up, this has impact and needs time variety can bring. Expect the aromatics Bordeaux 2017 91 fruit, with a notable tannic weight and and speaks of the care that brother Cuvée Prestige, Blaye Côtes de to unfurl. Attractive white flower and to deepen even further with a few more [email protected] chewy structure that suggests it will take and sister Laetitia and Arthur Mauriac Bordeaux 2017 87 rosemary spices comes through after years in bottle. Drink 2020-2035 Alc 13.5% Dark purple in colour, appealing nose of a while to soften up. Clear potential take over their wine. Drink 2022-2034 [email protected] five minutes in the glass. AREA-certified. polished black fruits, touches of cedar. here, a good wine from a 15ha estate Alc 14.5% A sweet almost powdery edge to the fruit Drink 2020-2027 Alc 13% Clos Puy Arnaud, Cuvée Bistrot, The tannins are evident and there is even that is part of the Chateaux Solidaires here. From clay-gravel soils, well rounded Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 91 a touch of heat through the alcohol, informal grouping of estates across Bourg Château Rochers de Joanin, tannins, notes of roses, unfussy rusticity Château Haut Colombier, [email protected] although not intrusively so. A good wine, and Blaye. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14.5% Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 89 alongside rich autumnal fruits and a dark Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 89 You are immediately taken to Castillon with impact and poise, walls and floors, [email protected] spice that slowly steals up on you through [email protected] with this wine, with that distinctive cheery ambitious without being overpowering. Château Brethous, Cuvée Classique, Medium bodied, soft red fruits, fairly the palate. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% Deep and rich flavours, grabs you and quality that is so enjoyable in the 5% Cabernet Franc finishes the blend. Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 89 high acidity but nicely balanced by a keeps you interested, Still fresh, with appellation. Bright, uplifting, good quality, Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13% [email protected] dancing minerality through the palate. acidity that reaches through the glass but easy to enjoy. It has vibrancy and is Despite being unoaked, this is a well Plenty of character and distinction, light WHITES keeps things mouthwatering rather than bursting out of the glass with ruby violet Prélude No 16 du Grand Moulin, structured wine with powerful fruits and and perky, enjoyable, no need to wait. tart. Organic. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 14.5% colours and redcurrant and cherry flavours. Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 a tannic bite on the finish that closes in Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14% Château Puyanché, Francs Côtes Medium bodied, unfussy and enjoyable, [email protected] around you, a physical wine that needs de Bordeaux 2018 92 Château Lacaussade Saint-Martin, extremely impressive in a challenging Jean-François Réaut is winemaker at this some time in bottle to soften. Good Le Prévot du Château Grand Place, [email protected] Trois Moulins, Blaye Côtes de vintage. Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13% excellent property, making a wine that is potential. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 14% Francs Côtes de Bordeaux 2015 89 This is an excellent wine, full of pleasure Bordeaux 2018 89 full of personality. Dark in colour, aromatics [email protected] and rich white fleshy fruit with an utterly [email protected] Château Brethous, Cuvée Prestige, of black cherry, bilberries and blackberry, Château Haut Bigord, Blackberry and black cherry here, has a mouthwatering finish. HVE, ISO 14001. Unusual to have such a high amount of Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux 2016 91 bramble edges giving juice and the right Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 89 sense of vibrancy and clarity of delivery. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 13.5% Semillon and it is clearly richer and [email protected] kind of rusticity, enjoyable and packs a [email protected] A good wine with polish from a clearly rounder than the others in the white Right from the first nose you get a blast punch. Organic. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 13% Dark loganberry in colour, deep spice warm year. Drink 2020-2030 Alc 13.5% Château Haut-Canteloup, Prestige, lineup. Works well, herbal kick that lifts of menthol that holds through the and rich black good fruit on the palate. Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 92 the rich citrus notes, and enjoyable slate palate. Ambitious with tar and black Château Haut-Colombier, Blaye Côtes Brooding and wound up with big tannins Château Beynat, Castillon Côtes de [email protected] texture through the finish to give fruits elbowing the fruits a little out of de Bordeaux 2016 90 and concentrated fruits, it needs time to Bordeaux 2016 88 Juicy and mouthwatering, lots of green minerality. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 13% the way at this stage, suggesting a touch [email protected] relax. Touch of heat through the mid [email protected] apple and cut grass Sauvignon signature of reduction that will settle. The whole Dark ruby red, medium bodied with palate, this is an ambitious wine. No Dark cherry red colour, good depth to without being overdone. Slate texture Château les Aubiers, Blaye Côtes de thing is confident drawn out along the cherry overtones, sweet fruit and plenty added sulphur, organic since 2013. the fruit although the tannins are pretty adds minerality through the finish and Bordeaux 2018 89 palate, great quality. Drink 2020-2032 of freshness and ripeness. This is a wine Drink 2021-2034 Alc 13% tight and this needs a little more time to clear grip. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 14% [email protected] Alc 14.5% for early and easy consumption, open up and soften. Owned by Alain Enjoyable, balanced and direct, with Château Haut-Rian, Les Vignes de Tourenne, certified organic since 2011 Château de Claribès, Sainte-Foy fresh white flower quality. Juicy white Château de Claribès, Marpeau, Coulous, Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux and now converting to biodynamics. Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 pear flesh though the mid palate. Drink Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 91 2018 89 Drink 2021-2032 Alc 14% [email protected] 2020-2025 Alc 12% [email protected] [email protected] Beautifully bright and fresh aromatics, Juicy, with a sense of forward motion Clear sweetness to the raspberry and Château Fontbaude, Selection Vieilles clear floral and crisp green notes, pear Château La Tour de Chollet, but also of restraint. Very nicely black cherry fruits, with warmth and Vignes, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux and juicy grapefruit, heading high in Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 89 balanced, slightly chewy tannins easy appeal. Soft tannins, well brushed 2016 88 acidity but this is star bright and full of [email protected] balanced by acidity and dark fruits, with gently expressed spice, menthol [email protected] flavour. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 14.5% Starts out extremely fresh and full of ambitious but not trying too hard, blash on finish. Good stuff from the Medium bodied, sweet summery fruits, bright summery pear and apricot fruits this is good. 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Dietrich family for this unoaked wine cedar and strawberry, unfussy and easy Château Le Camplat, Prestige, on the nose, not quite as full fruited on Carménère completes the blend. aged in stainless steel. Organic. to drink. Drink 2020-2032 Alc 14% Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 the palate, but this is a savoury white wine Drink 2020-2034 Alc 14% Drink 2020-2034 Alc 13.5% [email protected] with appeal. Drink 2020-2025 Alc 13% Château Pré la lande, Cuvée Diane, Château Fontbaude, M de Fontbaude, Château La Levrette, CIL, Sainte-Foy Côtes de Bordeaux 2017 88 Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2018 91 Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux 2014 89 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] A juicy expression, with a rustic unfussy Extremely deep in colour with an inky This is the first vintage where Château charm and some well defined blackberry damson hue. Pretty subdued on the nose La Levrette was fully organic, but is not fruits with brambles, coffee bean and at first, although opens up to pepper, yet on sale as the estate keeps its wines rose overtones. 80% new oak ageing in black cherry and bilberry. Overall this back until ready to drink (they are about 300l barrels. 2021-2032 13.5% Photograph: Yann Todeschini Château La Brande Drink Alc www.bordeaux-cotes.com