 We have a special wine pick for you this week. It’s from Bordeaux and you might have to hunt for it a bit. The wine is Chateau Les Gravieres 2005 St. Emilion.
This is a profoundly impactful one hundred percent Merlot. It’s still young but you can’t miss the depth and complexity of this wine when you take a sip. It’s got lush boysenberry fruit and tobacco and mocha flavors too, along with a smoky quality.
It is a big intense wine and one that will develop for years. But who can wait!
It’s made for food so let’s Pop the Cork. This is a wine for meat like a grilled pork tenderloin. And it’s a bit aggressive so I think a rib eye would suite it well!
Chateau Les Gravieres shows that Merlot can be both powerful and complexly nuanced.
For about thirty three dollars you can take a less travelled wine road to Merlot. This one is worth the trip!
Pop the Cork™.
Winemaker's Notes and Comments:
Château Les Gravières is a Saint-Emilion Grand Cru made from our vines at Saint-Sulpice de Faleyrens. It's a dense and concentrated wine with yields of around 35 Hl/Ha. 100% Merlot.
With a production of just under 1,700 cases, this dense ruby/purple-colored, 100% Merlot comes from proprietor Denis Barraud, one of St.-Emilion’s rising stars. It is a wine of huge intensity, purity, richness, balance, and texture, but is not yet revealing much complexity. It appears to have the potential for 15+ years of longevity.
- Wine Advocate
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A couple of other thoughts . . . first, prices are approximate. They'll vary. Second, different vintages mean different grapes and different tastes so our recommendation for a 2000 Merlot may not hold for 2001.
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