Cru Bourgeois Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend

Excellent use of $14 with Garagiste

Old school and funky in a good way.

decent table wine

I needed warmth, something a bit familiar, nothing too challenging, most of all enjoyable. I didn’t want to ponder. Tag, this it. 55/45/5- cab sauv/merlot/petit Verdot

Solid

A very solid bordeaux that is just entering prime. A blend of Merlot, Cab, and Petit Verdot with a really interesting nose. Chocolate, tobacco, raspberry, and black pepper notes give way to medium plus acidity and finishes with some tannin still present. Drinks well now with a quick decant and should go strong for the next 5 years.

Hitting a sweet spot now. Winner of the Croix du Cru Bourgeois, this is better than last November's tasting. Nice structure with a backbone of grippy tannins and dark cherry fruit. The medium finish shows this had a bit of weight to it. The oak is so subtle that I barely notice any hints of it.

This was the year to get this Cru. The chateau won a Croix du Cru Bourgeois. More Merlot that CS and tasty. Enjoyable now. I don't think this has more than two to three years left.

Good price point for what it is. Not exactly something I’d probably buy again, but was certainly good enough to still enjoy

3.1. Margaux blend, heavy on the tannins without that bright cheery fruit we were expecting. On sale for 13.99, regularly $19.98.