Had a great experience drinking Opus One over Christmas eve and decided I want to get a bit more into wine. Walked around total wine looking for stuff and ended up in the bordeaux section. This was a $29 option besides $50, $80, $110+ bottles. I don't have much experience with any wine but I wanted to try something French to start this journey.
by geoantho
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Tasting notes: dark cherry, cranberry, blackberry, dark fruit. Tarty but not overly acidic, pretty balanced, it’s crisp but not dry and decently velvety as well. Maybe balanced is the word but Im learning. Color is a deep red with the edges getting a bit violet/purple even. I thought it was pretty good. Would buy again. Poured a glass and let it sit for 30 minutes before I drank it, occasional swirls. Not sure on the rules of decanting.
Bordeaux offers some good values. I have 200 bottles of Bordeaux but not this label. That one is sold out many places so it should be worth a shot. Some I have bought from Pessac are $99 (Chevalier, for example).
If you’re interested how this wine ages, if im not mistaken K&L Wines currently has the 2010 and 2005. I had the 2010 a while back and it was an amazing value at $45
21 was a tough bordeaux vintage. There were some good wines produced, but overall should be avoided. There are many excellent bordeaux at or below this price point. I would encourage you to try more, but seek out better vintages like 2020, 2019, 2018, or 2016.
This wine consistently punches way above its weight. Ages well too.
Their white wine is through the roof stellar good ! Bagged me some 2016 recently 🤭.