Château BOSSUET (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) 33500 Catusseau At the top. A superb Bordeaux Supérieur red 2005 (65% Merlot, 17,5% Cabernet franc, 17,5% Cabernet-Sauvignon), with the subtle notes of small fruits surmûris, with firm and silky tannins, a wine coloured, traditional, of mouth supple and tasty, quite fleshy, of excellent guard. The 2004 are of deep color, complex with the nose as in mouth (prune, spices), with very well-balanced tannins. Its 2003 are of beautiful vivid dress, with rich tannins, the connotations characteristic of fresh fruits and undergrowth, combining a real structure with a nice roundness in mouth. Taste the White Château Pâquerette, with the nose of fresh flowers and dry small fruits. Even owner that Pomerol Château Lafleur du Roy.
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Château de BRAGUE (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) 33240 VERAC Since three generations the same family takes care jealously of the care of the vines and the development of the wine of the Château de Brague. The wine is matured 1 minimum year out of tanks cement for the traditional vintage and out of barrels of French oaks for the special vintages Plantier de la Reine and l’Étoile. That gives excellent Bordeaux Supérieur Plantier de la Reine 2005, gold medal with Competition Bordeaux Vins of Aquitaine 2007, a wine of beautiful vivid robe, of tannic good base, fleshy, with the connotations characteristic of fruits fresh, of cinnamon and humus, full and structured in mouth. The 2003, silver medal with the Competition of the independent Vine growers 2005, is harmonious, with these nuances being defined by raspberry aromas, of strawberry of wood, a wine of deep color to the purplished reflections, with full tannins, mouthfull. The cuvée de l’Étoile 2004 is in the line, full, a wine charmer and fleshy, extremely well matured, very full, with ripe tannins.
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Château BRAN de COMPOSTELLE (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) Beautiful a Bordeaux Supérieur cuvée Louisa 2005, maturing in oak barrel during 12 months (25 year old vines on average, 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet-Sauvignon, on ground argilo-limestone), of beautiful color, tasty, of very good base tannic, fleshy, very well-balanced, rich and fleshy, with the nose dominated by ripe blackcurrant and smoked. Even owner that First Coasts of red Blaye Pont les Moines.
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Château de CRAIN (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) 33750 Baron At the top of their appellation, as well in Entre-Deux-Mers as in Bordeaux Supérieur. Exploited since 5 generations. The Castle of Crain was built in XIIIe century by the king Edouard IV of England; it is one of the oldest feudal castles of Aquitaine. Marie-Cecile Fougère, charming and dynamic, deals with the wine makings of this beautiful property which counts 40 ha (50% Sauvignon, 25% Sémillon, 25% Muscadelle). Blow of heart for this Bordeaux Supérieur 2005 (57% Merlot, 27% Cabernets and 16% Malbec), quite robust, with the notes of cooked fruits (currant, strawberry of wood), quite molten but powerful in mouth, with these nuances of blackcurrant and spices, associating roundness and structure. Beautiful 2004, of scented mouth, rich and melted at the same time, where the raspberry and the humus mix, with silky, fleshy tannins as it must, promising. The 2003 continue its evolution, a wine of color intense, fleshy, of a nice roundness and persistence, with the cherry blackberries and currant notes. Remarkable Entre-Deux-Mers 2006, resulting from a short pellicular maceration, then of a breeding on the lees, with the brilliant dress of a beautiful green yellow, with the subtle nose dominated by nuances of grapefruit and dry small fruits, well suave mouth, quite well-balanced in acidity, all in aromatic persistence, which supports an elaborate kitchen. Remarkable quality-price-pleasure ratio.
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Château GAYON (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) The likeable Jean Crampes matures on its winegrowing of 30 ha this beautiful Bordeaux Supérieur cuvée Prestige 2005, of vivid color, quite fleshy, all in aromatic nuances (macerated fruits, vanilla), with a strong color, of complex mouth where the ripe fruits, leather and the undergrowth dominate, with soft tannins, with a very persistent final, a wine of guard. Excellent Côtes-de-Bordeaux Saint-Macaire 2006 white (50% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon), resulting from a wine making out of new barrels and a breeding on the lees during 9 months, a wine mellow, floral and tasty, ideal on a fruit tart yellow. A very beautiful lodging makes it possible to settle in the house of the XVIIIe century, an good occasion to visit the area.
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Château de la GRANDE CHAPELLE (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) Always at the top. Érick and Christine Liotard cultivate the heart and the passion of the wine. Superb le Château de la Grande Chapelle cuvée Prestige 2005, resulting from the best pieces and rigorous selections (beautiful “Ancient” bottle, with a long stopper, capsuled out of tin and placed in cases wood), concentrated aromatiquement, with the intense nose where the ripe fruits and the humus, a quite robust wine intermingle, combining distinction and structure. At its sides, this Bordeaux Supérieur La Grande Chapelle 2005, resulting from pieces selected of Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc. Long the 4 weeks fermenting gives a deep color to this wine with the persistent and subtle aromas of ripe red small fruits with spice notes, with silky tannins. Their dry white Bordeaux (Sémillon and Sauvignon), of a beautiful pale yellow, is very aromatic in mouth, of a beautiful firm and persistent freshness, and Bordeaux rosé, elaborate with equal shares of Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon, a wine of bleeding, very fruity, with the aromas of raspberry, dryness and rich person at the same time, is harmonized with wonder with all the pork-butcheries and for the pleasure. Taste the Crémant de Bordeaux, a wine of delicate and floral foam, to emerge with aperitif. Exceptional quality-price-pleasure ratio.
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Château PARENCHÈRE (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) A place always very enviable in the Classification with this Bordeaux Supérieur cuvée Raphaël 2005, a wine all in aromas and structure, of a beautiful fullness, quite well-balanced, which feels the strawberry of wood and the humus. The Bordeaux Supérieur 2005, of deep color, harmonious, a wine where the suppleness prevails, all in nuances, with molten tannins. L’ Esprit de Parenchère 2005 is intense, with the spice and ripe blackcurrant notes, a powerful and harmonious wine, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, of complex and persistent mouth.
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Château PENIN (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) 33420 Génissac A superb Bordeaux Supérieur 2006, very well matured, very scented, very well-balanced, with ripe tannins, the blackcurrant nose, with this persistent spiced key, of a beautiful aromatic smoothness, coloured and typified, robust well. The 2005 are mouthfull, powerful and firm, and deserve a little patience. Beautiful 2004, of deep color, with much of structure, with the nose complexes where the blackcurrant and the undergrowth prevail, of very good guard. Excellent Bordeaux Supérieur red Les Cailloux, coloured and dense, combining structure and roundness, with tannins present, of full mouth. Nice Bordeaux rosé 2006, of beautiful color, very floral, with this point of pleasant nervousness, subtly spiced and persistent. Bordeaux white 2006, pure Sauvignon, with the subtle fresh citrus fruits nose, combines roundness and promptness, very aromatic in finale and of a beautiful balance, ideal on a crackling of the Bassin d’ Arcachon.
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Château du SIRON (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) Family estate (2nd generation) of 57 ha on gravelly earth and argilo-limestone (50% Merlot, the remainder in Cabernet-Sauvignon and a negligible part in Cabernet franc). Beautiful Bordeaux Supérieur Quercus 2005, very well matured, with these intense fruit surmûris scents, of very good mouth, fleshy, tasty and robust, firm and spiced, with tannins quite present. The 2004 are quite fleshy, all in aromatic nuances, with the complex nose where dominates the black cherry. Nice Bordeaux white 2006, marked by its Sauvignon, of beautiful brilliant and limpid dress, with the notes of almond and heather, all in freshness. Rosy Bordeaux is charmer, with nuances of pink and strawberry.
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Château la VIEILLE TOUR (BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR) 33190 Saint-Michel-de-Lapujade Beautiful Bordeaux Supérieur Château de la Vieille Tour Réserve 2005, maturing in oak barrel, robust, quite robust, with a strong color, with the spiced nose, tannins rich and melted at the same time. Excellent Bordeaux white 2007, with the aromas of flowers and fruits, very charmer like the rosé 2007, with the delicate notes of strawberry. Taste the Côtes-du-Marmandais Domaine des Geais 2005, full, coloured, of supple mouth.
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