Blaye Cotes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend

2022 Really nice wine for the price , currants , cherry jam, slight oak back ground great med plus acidity lacking a little weight in the mouth, medium tannins love to see it in 5 years

Dusty gravel and black cherry on the nose. Medium-full bodied with tart cherry, plum, gravel, baking spices, and a tannic leather finish. A slightly acidic start ends with a smooth finish.

Superb Bordeaux. Layers of cassis and red fruit. Subtle tannins. Jumping out of the bottle. I Decanted but that didn’t even seem to be necessary. Total steal. I am going to try to get a case ASAP. Decanters 97 points are a bit high but I get it.

Standard label. Standard color. Smells tart and a hint sauna-like. Flavors are good. Little more of the sauna stuff, but a nice cherry-berry side to match the minerals and herbs. This is a well made Bordeaux red with some pop.

Good but probably wouldn’t get again. Perhaps my palate isn’t developed enough for it lol.

Nice medium bodied red. Cherry notes and earthy finish.

Nice rich - well balanced wine

Medium bodied and smooth mouth feel with bold dark fruit flavors. The tannins are subtle.

Nose: pepper, wet leaves, alcohol, cheap-wine-perfumy-grapiness. Mmm. I am skeptical. Taste: about the same. The watery, wet leaves character comes through more - the (black) pepper also. Pretty thin. Cherry. I’d call this generically not-quite-good red wine. 82-83. Whoever gave this a score of 97 (as proclaimed on the label) was criminally insane. EDIT: some of the comments on here sound like a patently different wine, so maybe I got a bad bottle. I’ll try to get another one and compare.

Deep earthy taste, dark ripe fruit. Needed to decant for longer than half hour. With arm roast