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2018 Château Le Rey Les Argileuses

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May 29, 2022 - $11

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RATINGS

92James Suckling

Really fresh and tangy with beautiful crushed-berry and spice character and just a hint of stone. Fresh and beautiful...

90-92The Wine Advocate

...has fragrant truffles, potpourri and new leather notions over a core of baked cherries, mulberries and blueberry compote. Full, concentrated and packed with savory layers, it has a soft texture and a nice long finish.

88-90Jeb Dunnuck

...a fleshy, full-bodied profile that packs serious richness in its blackcurrant, plum, and graphite aromas and flavors. Plump, rounded, and fleshy, it's impressive and stays balance on the palate while still offering a terrific texture.

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.