Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend

I was previously unfamiliar with this producer but they appear to be rather small by Bordeaux standards. The 2016 Haut Coteau pours a deep purple with medium viscosity. On the nose, medium intensity, with cassis, earth, plums, tobacco, baking spice. On the palate, again dark tart fruits with earth and wet stone. Quite a lot of structure here with medium+ tannin and acid. The finish is long and bitter…a touch green to be honest…but this is really fairly classic Saint-Estèphe and I actually think another 5-10 years will be quite kind to this bottle.

@scott rose said it best. good, not fantastic.

2016 vintage. Great, inky hue. Unhurried, musty nose with a hint of prunes. Medium-bodied. High plains drift…er…dryer with big tannins and not giving up any fruit other than the dark side: blackberries, plum and cassis currently.

So at the price point and label I was expecting a hard hitting big Bordeaux….this is not that. This isn’t bad by any stretch but drinks below what I’ve come to expect from the area and what a $35 bottle should present. That aside, a solid entry and clean finish. Mature red fruits in the back of the palette. Earth notes on the nose. This would be perfect at $25.

2016 vintage. Not a lot of depth here currently. Fairly straightforward and simplistic. Best attribute is the body which has some nice heft. Not too light and not too heavy.

2012,
Chez Mémé, St Julien

Really surprising after 12 years. Excellent

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