Bordeaux-style Red Blend

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Bolaire / Bordeaux Supérieur This wine has a smoky character and is full of spice as well as jammy fruits. An unusual Bordeaux blend of 53% Petit Verdot, 40% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, it is full, ripe and warm, with crushed strawberry flavors. Drink […]

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Ballan-Larquette / Bordeaux The layer of tannins verges on too much. It is saved by ripe fruit that cuts through to give a warm, red currant and berry freshness. Acidity is well in balance in this wine that needs a few months to age. Drink […]

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Cap Royal / Bordeaux Supérieur Blended by Jean-René Matignon, technical director of Château Pichon Baron, this is a smooth, ripe wine with balanced wood and spice flavors. They give weight to berry fruits, rich plums and fragrant acidity at the end. Drink now.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château la Rose Belair / Bordeaux Supérieur This is a bright and fruity red-currant and berry-fruited wine. It has some richness along with a more stalky edge. Wood aging shows subtly along with the firm tannins of the vintage. Drink from 2014.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Joinin / Bordeaux This red-currant and red-berry flavored wine is bright and fruity. It does have some wood-aging flavors that add spice and a dry edge. The juicy acidity at the end keeps it all fresh.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Maison Noble / Bordeaux Clairet The wine has an orange-pink color and a palate packed with red fruits. It is lightly tannic and with a strawberry aftertaste.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Julian / Bordeaux Supérieur A wood-flavored wine that shows high toast and a burnt character. It has acidity and some fruit tannins although the fruit itself is missing. The result is a wine that will end up austere and with too much wood flavor.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Haut Laulion / Bordeaux Supérieur Black currants and spice give this wine its main aromatic character. On the palate, it’s light with a dry core that is still dominant. The wine is more about structure and will probably stay that way.

Country: France / Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Bordeaux Winery: Château Pipeau / Saint-Émilion The wine suffers from heavy extraction that has left wood rather than fruit. Somewhere in there, the black-currant fruit and acidity are struggling. It will soften, although that wood will remain a problem.

Country: US / Dieci Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend New York Winery: Anthony Nappa / North Fork of Long Island Soothing menthol and green floral notes lend vibe to crisp sour-cherry flavors in this bold, penetrating Bordeaux-style blend. It’s rich and brawny on the palate with juicy, primary cherry and plum flavors, yet streaked with delicate […]

Country: US / Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Red Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend Washington Winery: Soos Creek / Red Mountain A Bordeaux-style blend from the iconic Red Mountain site, this is precisely structured with black fruits, zippy acidity and a tight focus. The pinpoint construction suggests that this is cellarable until 2024 at least, and will […]

Country: US / Paramount Variety: Bordeaux-style Red Blend California Winery: Gamble Family Vineyards / Napa Valley Made from nearly equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, this adds a handful of Petit Verdot for good measure. Smooth, round and approachable, it offers a powerful grip and dense black fruit, finishing with balanced acidity.