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2016 Château d'Aiguilhe Cotes de Castillon

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October 22, 2023 - $26

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RATINGS

92Wine Spectator

Juicy loganberry and black currant fruit forms an inviting core, while light bay, tobacco and violet notes fill in around the fruit. Offers a fleshy edge but keeps an emphasis on cut and drive through the finish.

92Vinous / IWC

...absolutely delicious. Succulent, nuanced and inviting... Ripe cherry, plum, French oak, mocha, new leather and spice all flesh out effortlessly. Deep, generous and resonant... Sweet, silky tannins...

92James Suckling

...very precise with dark-berry, sandalwood and light chocolate character...hint of sweet fruit and wet earth. Medium body, firm tannins and a pretty finish.

92Jeb Dunnuck

...brilliant limestone character...vibrant strawberry and black raspberry fruits, hints of violets and flowers, background oak, and medium to full-bodied richness...balanced...

90-92The Wine Advocate

...warm and sensual bouquet: small macerated black cherries, blueberry and sloes...palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and good body. Sappy black fruit, a touch of spice towards the finish...

15.5Jancis Robinson

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Cotes de Castillon

Bordeaux is the world’s most famous fine-wine producing region. Even non-wine drinkers recognize the names of Bordeaux’s celebrated wines, such as Margaux and Lafite-Rothschild. Located near the Atlantic coast in southwest France, the region takes its name from the seaport city of Bordeaux, a wine trading center with an outstanding site on the Garonne River and easy access to the Atlantic. Like most French wine regions, Bordeaux’s first vineyards were planted by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago, then tended by medieval monks. Aristocrats and nobility later owned the region’s best estates and today estates are owned by everyone from non-French business conglomerates to families who have been proprietors for generations. Bordeaux has nearly 280,000 acres of vineyards, 57 appellations and 10,000 wine-producing châteaux. Bordeaux is bifurcated by the Gironde Estuary into so-called “right bank” and “left bank” appellations. Bordeaux’s red wines are blends of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. It also makes white wines of Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle. There are several classification systems in Bordeaux. All are attempts to rank the estates based on the historic quality of the wines.