Graves Red Bordeaux Blend

Falling in love with this wine again. It was brilliant a few years ago, and I was worried it could be at peak now, but 9 years of age and still going strong!  This is surely one of the best values I have ever found @ €6 during Paris foire du Vin. Easily could fetch €60+ in a different bottle. Undergrowth and oak influence is strong and balanced. I feel like you can almost taste the earthy terroir's influence.  Notes of 🍒, cassis, framboise. Thick, medium to full bodied and solid acidity. Potential for aging a bit more. 

12' Pop & pour.

Cranberry and oak, but could be aged some more. Wonderfully thick and stood up to the Mexican food we paired it with.

Purple with brick orange rim.. Nose is still very youthful..cassis black cherry dusty old cellar.. Very astringent on the palate tart fruits cranberry and crazin lingering tart and very youthful! #2001

I usually go for Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs, but this is very good. The Semillon gives it a nice long finish and body

This wine is very earthy. Reminds me of fresh mulch in smell and flavor. Brought me back to driving through farm country in Iowa. Not my favorite.

Green olives dominate ... Lots of Merlot notes. Getting ahead of myself. Deep opaque ruby, with organgy rim. Very vegetal... Green olive, green bell pepper, perhaps some evergreen, the palate adds oak, nutty, hint of vanilla.

It's a little weighty, tired? Good not great.

91 points

Good but not great. You pour the glass, then taste, but expect more after 10 or 15 minutes, or longer.

Had this yesterday. Not your topical Bordeaux.

Not bad for the price, may have been slightly past its prime. But also 7 years old, so might've just been the dip many Bordeaux see around that age. Nice spice, good flavors, just a bit dulled.