Tasting note: Deep colour, young rim. Fairly muted woody nose, deploying a clutch of floral and fruity fragrances. On the palate, beautiful framework, quite melted, fullness, fruit. A relatively complete wine whose youthfulness is the only hindrance to full expression. (02-Apr-2010) [Gilbert & Gaillard]
Price Range of 750ml bottle, ex-tax in USD
Average: $30
From: $29 To: $32
Search Rank 2162
Over all vintages, this was the
2162nd most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year.
Search rank last month: 1917th
| Critic | Score | When to drink |
| CellarTracker | 89/100 (8 notes from 8 users ) | |
| Gilbert & Gaillard | 88/100 | |
| Jean-Marc Quarin | 86/100 | |
| Wine Spectator | 85/100 | |
| Decanter | 16.7/20 | 2012+ |
| Gault & Millau | 15.5/20 | |
| Vinum Wine Magazine | 15/20 | 2010 to 2016 |
| La Revue du Vin de France | 14.5/20 |
| Award Organization | Award Year | Result |
| International Wine Challenge | 2011 | Silver |
A Bordeaux Blend, at its most basic, is any combination of those grape varieties typically used to make the red wines of Bordeaux. The phrase, which seems to have originated with British wine merchants in the 19th Century, relates as much to wines made from the blend as to the grape-variety combination itself. Far from being an officially defined or legal term, it is almost never used for wine-labeling purposes (although it occasionally appears on back labels). Its equivalent in the United States is Meritage, which is not only legally defined, but also a registered trademark.
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Saint-Estephe wine region
Saint-Estephe is one of the many famous wine-growing areas of Bordeaux and gives its name to the red wine appellation AOC Saint-Estephe. Situated at the northern end of the Haut-Medoc region on the gravelly western shores of the Gironde estuary, Saint-Estephe is separated from its famous neighbor, Pauillac, only by a stream, yet there are significant differences between them.
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Haut-Medoc wine region
Haut-Medoc is the large southern section of the greater Medoc district of Bordeaux in south-western France and also the name of the appellation that covers the vineyards here. It accounts for two-thirds of the Medoc peninsula and produces more fine wine per acre than almost anywhere else in the world.
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