product details
key information
- Region: Bordeaux
- Sub-Region: St Estephe
- Style: red
- Vintage: 2005
- Taste guide: D
- Grape variety: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot
- Alcohol Content (%): 13
- Organic/Vegan/Vegetarian:
The dark purpley black colour suggests great concentration; powerful aromas of toasty oak, black cherries and smoky coffee are enhanced further by rich sweet fruit with hints of tobacco, and there's considerable weight and grip on the long finish. The '98 should develop for up to 20 years or so.
You need full-on flavoured food with this powerful wine - obviously beef or lamb stews come to mind but vegetable dishes in rich reduced sauces would also be good, and perhaps a classic Toulouse (strong sausage) or duck cassoulet (made with beans).