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Chateau Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux Superieur, 2019
Frédéric Borderie's principal wine, 65% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc, as ever a superb generic unoaked Bordeaux. Dark red core, lush red fruit with crunchy tannins. Drink now -2025 "65%... Read More
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ColourRed
RegionBordeaux
GrowerFrederic Borderie
Grape VarietyMerlot, Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Franc
Vintage2019
ABV14%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeGRC119
Frederic Borderie, Chateaux Les Combes and Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux, France
Frederic Borderie, in his late 30s, is one of our stars, making delicious, perfumed whites and a range of reds which he fairly views as the equals - both in quality and longevity - of more expensive wines from grander appellations.
Modestly he ascribes their success to his vineyards being on gravelly river terraces of the Isle river, an underrated terroir with some similarities to the...
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Francis a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon.
A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Many of the red wines of the Loire are primarily Cabernet Franc.
Origins ...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Chateau Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux Superieur, 2019
Frédéric Borderie's principal wine, 65% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc, as ever a superb generic unoaked Bordeaux. Dark red core, lush red fruit with crunchy tannins. Drink now -2025
"65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc. Four-week maceration and no mention of barrels on the informative back label. Stone, Vine and Sun observe, 'Frédéric Borderie chose to adopt his grandfather's marvellous traditional black, red and gold label – on which you can count no fewer than eight different fonts!'.
Mid garnet. Light, gentle, nicely evolved nose, sweet palate with just a little chariness on the end. Tannins very much in the background. Do not drink without food but this is GV for current drinking. 16/20", Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, 7th November 2023
"Stone, Vine and Sun sell Frederic Borderie's unoaked clarets made from old vines and while both weigh in at 14 per cent, they are so richly fruited you'd never know. The 2019 Les Gravieres de la Brandille Bordeaux Superieur, made from 40-year-old vines, has lashings of bold, beefy, raisiny fruit", Jane MacQuitty, Bordeaux's fruity new-wave clarets, The Times, 15th June 2024
Great choice of good-value wines in the January sales. The website is really easy to use to make up an order. Delivery, as is often the case, was within 24 hours and, as usual, was well-packed.Read More
I've bought a couple of cases recently, and many more in years gone by, and have really enjoyed their selection. They have a good range of interesting wines from some classic and some more…Read More
Judging by the wines I have had, someone is doing a very good job in selecting the wines to put before the public, and at a very fair price. Delivery from online purchases as also been quick and…Read More
Great company with good service and good prices. Highly recommended.Read More
One of my favourite independents. Been enjoying these special wines for more than 10 years. Always interesting choices, and always great value in the sales!Read More
This was yet another quick and painless transaction, as I have come to expect from SV&S.Read More
