Les Chênes de Macquin
St. Émilion
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
This is #MerlotThursday and it is time for some Merlot.
Dark ruby in color with a short purple rim.
Fruity nose with black currants, blackberries, cherries, vanilla, earth, wood, spices, pencil lead and peppercorn.
Full bodied and bold with medium acidity and long legs.
Fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, sweet cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, tobacco leaf, light vegetables and peppercorn.
Medium plus in finish with grippy tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a young Right Bank Bordeaux. Fruit forward and big, with a grippy mouthfeel.
This second wine from this iconic winery, needs a couple of hours to open up properly.
This 7 year old is very young and unbalanced, but already drinking very nicely, and will be better in 5 to 10 years.
I had it at a blind tasting, called it, but missed the vintage by 2 years. Good enough for me. 😊
I paired it with light appetizers.
A blend of 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels (100% 1 year old barrels).
14.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$35.
This is #MerlotThursday and it is time for some Merlot.
Dark ruby in color with a short purple rim.
Fruity nose with black currants, blackberries, cherries, vanilla, earth, wood, spices, pencil lead and peppercorn.
Full bodied and bold with medium acidity and long legs.
Fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, sweet cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, spices, tobacco leaf, light vegetables and peppercorn.
Medium plus in finish with grippy tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a young Right Bank Bordeaux. Fruit forward and big, with a grippy mouthfeel.
This second wine from this iconic winery, needs a couple of hours to open up properly.
This 7 year old is very young and unbalanced, but already drinking very nicely, and will be better in 5 to 10 years.
I had it at a blind tasting, called it, but missed the vintage by 2 years. Good enough for me. 😊
I paired it with light appetizers.
A blend of 85% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels (100% 1 year old barrels).
14.5% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$35.
Delicious! Balanced between affordable-good American style cab-based red and something more austerely French. Hard for me to guess the grape(s), but is there a touch of cab franc? Has definitely benefited from six years of age.
Delicious! Balanced between affordable-good American style cab-based red and something more austerely French. Hard for me to guess the grape(s), but is there a touch of cab franc? Has definitely benefited from six years of age.
Sep 2nd, 2018
