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Chateau Les Gravieres de la Brandille, Bordeaux Superieur, 2019
"Full bottle just 1,169 g. 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... 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
"Full bottle just 1,169 g. 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." Drink 2022-2024 16/20 Jancis Robinson MW, November 2023
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.
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