Brave & Maiden Estate

Harlan Estate

The Maiden Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

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Inky in color with a short purple rim.

Full-bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Showing blackberries, cooked cherries, dried fruits, cedar, vanilla, Mediterranean spices, tobacco leaf, light earth, herbs, chocolates and black pepper.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy cherries.

This 15 year old still feels young, but drinking beautifully now. Nicely balanced and powerful, yet elegant.

Needed 5 hours to open up properly, but was good right out of the bottle too.

Rich and extracted. Fruit forward with nice complexity. Showing a great experience at this point.

A great sipping wine that will also pair nicely with a big piece of steak.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$300.
— 7 days ago

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Nice.
Jose Lorenzo

Jose Lorenzo

Beautiful

Mt. Brave

Mt. Veeder Red Blend 2015

Beautiful mountain Cabernet - approachable but better in a few years — 7 months ago

Testalonga

Chenin Blanc Stay Brave 2021

A fantastic orange wine. Unexpectedly approachable, rich, delicious

Harborne Kitchen, Birmingham UK
— 2 years ago

Brave & Maiden Estate

Bequest Los Olivos District Cabernet Franc Blend 2021

Just an exquisite red blend from B&M. Produced in a Bordeaux style. Beautiful nose. Opens with blackberry, a hint of cinnamon and a chocolate sweetness to balance it out. 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Petit Verdot, 12.5% Merlot, 12.5% Cabernet Franc. This will drink well for a while. Don't pass on this winery/winemaker if you're in Santa Ynez. — 2 months ago

Brave & Maiden Estate

Limited Rosé 2021

Good Provençal style Rosé. Crisp and light. Not as good as the top French Rosés but certainly a good Rosé. — 3 months ago

Kizakura

Tozai Junmai Nigori Snow Maiden Premium Sake

Mandi Speidel
9.6

Girl Date with my Anne of Green Gables!!! — 8 months ago

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Virginie de Valandraud

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

A steal on auction
I wouldn’t consider it a 🥩 wine but great with charcuterie
Web info
Chateau Valandraud is represented by the passion of a couple: Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Following the great success with the wine merchant business in Saint Emilion, they opened their own vineyard to produce their own wine.
In 1989, they bought a small parcel of 0.6 hectare (1.48 acres) located in a small valley near Saint Emilion between Pavie-Macquin and La Clotte. The origin of the wine name is as much geographic (Val: Vallon de Fongaban), as sentimental (Andraud: Murielle’s maiden name). Thus Chateau Valandraud was born.
Little by little, Jean-Luc and his wife purchased several other parcels of vines, and now, the domain represents a total surface of 10 hectares (24.71 acres), located in various areas of Saint Emilion. The diversity of soils and varietals permit the production of 6 different wines: Chateau Valandraud, Chateau Valandraud Casher, Virginie de Valandraud and the 3 de Valandraud (the second wine of Chateau Valandraud and Virginie de Valandraud), Blanc de Valandraud N° 1 and N° 2.
The final blending of the various parcels occurs in the month of March, following a blind tasting with the help of the world famous oenologist, Michel Rolland.
— 2 years ago

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Ericsson

Ericsson

Great review.
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

Not my review, copy & paste my friend. Just info I found on the french web

Mt. Brave

Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

This wine had excellent dark fruit and tannins that maintain some grip and structure. You can tell this is mountain fruit.

Drank over 3 nights with argon preservation in the fridge.

Paired very well with manchego and also with chili.
— 2 months ago

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Love this maker 👍

Mt. Brave

Mt. Veeder Malbec 2018

Rich fruit. — 6 months ago

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Two Hands

Brave Faces Barossa Valley Grenache Blend 2021

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.0

A little bit smoky a little bit bramble very juicy totally #gsm #barossa a baby — 2 years ago

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