Tag: Bordeaux

Les Cailloux Bordeaux 2018

Our wine tonight is the Les Cailloux Bordeaux Rouge 2018.

Dark ruby in color with a soft purple rim.

Red wine from Bordeaux, France.

Blend of 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Some decanting recommended.

Nose of cherries, plum, vanilla, and smoke.

Dry with medium plus body and medium plus tannins.

Flavor notes of black currents, red plums, cherry cola, cocoa, vanilla flavoring, with a lingering oak finish.

12% ABV.

$14.99 a bottle.

We really enjoyed this fruit forward Bordeaux blend. Drinking well now.

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2012 Rock and Rail – Jones von Drehle

Our wine tonight is the 2012 Rock & Rail from Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery in North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley.

A Boudreaux styled estate blended table wine

Floral nose, medium bodied, lingering flavor notes of black cherry.

AVA: Yadkin Valley

Winery Escapade scoring on the American Wine Society twenty point scale.

Appearance: 3 Aroma: 4 Taste: 4.5 Aftertaste: 3 Impression: 2

Total: 16.5 – Silver Medal worthy!

Awards: Multiple Silver & Gold

12.5% ABV

Priced at $24 a bottle.

Ships: Multiple States via Wine Direct

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2016 Bordeaux – Chateau Vieux Manoir

Our wine tonight is the 2016 Bordeaux from Chateau Vieux Manoir.

A classic French red Bordeaux. Nose of current and berry, perhaps a hint of tobacco.

Medium bodied red bursting with over ripe fruit flavors lingering through the finish.

Right Bank

Average age of vineyard 30 years

14% ABV

$15 a bottle

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Pack House Red – Iron Gate Vineyards

Our wine tonight is Pack House Red from Iron Gate Vineyards just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina.

Off Dry Red Blend of Bordeaux Varietals.

Personal scoring on the American Wine Society twenty point scale.

Appearance: 3

Aroma: 4.5

Taste: 4.5

Aftertaste: 2.5

Impression: 2

Total: 16.5— Silver Medal worthy!

Priced at $19 a bottle.

Ships: Only in North Carolina

Drinking beautifully now

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