GOEDHUIS, JULY 2017 This Margaux 2012 is just entering its drinking window, and is absolutely charming in style. Graceful sweet fruit, powdery tannins, lithe body, and excellent, fine concentration make for a precise, neat, and hugely pleasing claret. The best Paveil de Luze in recent years. Robert Parker was full of praise for the 2012: “under-rated and could easily qualify as a classified growth”. NEAL MARTIN, MAY 2013, SCORE: 86-88 Tasted from a barrel sample at en primeur. The Paveil de Luze has a crisp, tertiary, cedar-tinged nose that is quite Pauillac in style with a minty freshness. The palate is nicely balanced with crisp acidity – quite masculine with noticeable tobacco/cigar box notes and a slightly clipped, dry finish. Hopefully it will flesh out during its élevage. Tasted April 2013. ANTONIO GALLONI, JANUARY 2016, SCORE: 90 A powerful, authoritative wine, the 2012 Paveil de Luze is shaping up to be one of the under-the-radar gems of the year. Earthy and smoky notes add nuance, but it is the wine's explosive, deep personality that stands out most. Expressive floral, savory and ferrous notes meld into the expressive finish. Although the 2012 is more power than finesse, it offers exceptional balance and tons of personality. The blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. This is an impressive effort from Paveil de Luze, a Margaux property that could probably be a classified growth. Simon Blanchard is the consulting winemaker. Drink 2016-2032. ROBERT PARKER, APRIL 2015, SCORE: 89 The president of the society of cru bourgeois (Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc), Baron De Luze, has produced another beautiful wine from his lovely estate. His 2012 Margaux exhibits supple texture, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, loads of blackcurrants, a hint of forest floor and floral notes. This is a silky textured, medium-bodied, yet lovely, concentrated wine that is endearing, complex, and typical of this terroir, which is probably under-rated and could easily qualify as a classified growth. Drink it over the next 7-10 years. A sleeper. Drink 2015-2025.
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Château Recougne Blanc 2018, Bordeaux Origin: Château Recougne's is our best-selling claret. We're very rarely able to secure its delicious white (' Bordeaux Blanc' is just 7% of the region's produce). However, one a year we get a small parcel. If you're quick you can enjoy this mouth watering hit of green apple, honeysuckle and pear! Grape: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon Taste: This wine is bone dry and elegant with a zesty edge to the flavours of grapefruit and green apple. Extra body and roundness is added by the Semillon. Enjoy with: This wine will be perfect with soft cheeses.
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Origin: From the award winning winery, Yamantievs, located in the Thracian Valley, which is the perfect location for grape growing in Bulgaria. Grape: Merlot Taste: This Merlot has ripe black fruit & spice aromas with hints of plum. The palate is silky smooth, with an elegant black fruit & plum-skin tone. The acid & tannin balance is perfect - a silky scaffold holding a dark-fruit heart. Enjoy with: It will enhance any meal with lamb or venison, but is equally at home alongside a spicy mushroom cassoulet.
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2012 Château Paveil de Luze
11/15/2022 - drchrisnjones wrote:
GOEDHUIS, JULY 2017
This Margaux 2012 is just entering its drinking window, and is absolutely charming in style. Graceful sweet fruit, powdery tannins, lithe body, and excellent, fine concentration make for a precise, neat, and hugely pleasing claret. The best Paveil de Luze in recent years. Robert Parker was full of praise for the 2012: “under-rated and could easily qualify as a classified growth”.
NEAL MARTIN, MAY 2013, SCORE: 86-88
Tasted from a barrel sample at en primeur. The Paveil de Luze has a crisp, tertiary, cedar-tinged nose that is quite Pauillac in style with a minty freshness. The palate is nicely balanced with crisp acidity – quite masculine with noticeable tobacco/cigar box notes and a slightly clipped, dry finish. Hopefully it will flesh out during its élevage. Tasted April 2013.
ANTONIO GALLONI, JANUARY 2016, SCORE: 90
A powerful, authoritative wine, the 2012 Paveil de Luze is shaping up to be one of the under-the-radar gems of the year. Earthy and smoky notes add nuance, but it is the wine's explosive, deep personality that stands out most. Expressive floral, savory and ferrous notes meld into the expressive finish. Although the 2012 is more power than finesse, it offers exceptional balance and tons of personality. The blend is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. This is an impressive effort from Paveil de Luze, a Margaux property that could probably be a classified growth. Simon Blanchard is the consulting winemaker. Drink 2016-2032.
ROBERT PARKER, APRIL 2015, SCORE: 89
The president of the society of cru bourgeois (Alliance des Crus Bourgeois du Médoc), Baron De Luze, has produced another beautiful wine from his lovely estate. His 2012 Margaux exhibits supple texture, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, loads of blackcurrants, a hint of forest floor and floral notes. This is a silky textured, medium-bodied, yet lovely, concentrated wine that is endearing, complex, and typical of this terroir, which is probably under-rated and could easily qualify as a classified growth. Drink it over the next 7-10 years. A sleeper. Drink 2015-2025.
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2018 Château Recougne Blanc
1/8/2021 - drchrisnjones wrote:
Château Recougne Blanc 2018, Bordeaux
Origin: Château Recougne's is our best-selling claret. We're very rarely able to secure its delicious white (' Bordeaux Blanc' is just 7% of the region's produce). However, one a year we get a small parcel. If you're quick you can enjoy this mouth watering hit of green apple, honeysuckle and pear!
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
Taste: This wine is bone dry and elegant with a zesty edge to the flavours of grapefruit and green apple. Extra body and roundness is added by the Semillon.
Enjoy with: This wine will be perfect with soft cheeses.
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2018 Yamantievs Merlot Stone Arka
1/8/2021 - drchrisnjones wrote:
Origin: From the award winning winery, Yamantievs, located in the Thracian Valley, which is the perfect location for grape growing in Bulgaria.
Grape: Merlot
Taste: This Merlot has ripe black fruit & spice aromas with hints of plum. The palate is silky smooth, with an elegant black fruit & plum-skin tone. The acid & tannin balance is perfect - a silky scaffold holding a dark-fruit heart.
Enjoy with: It will enhance any meal with lamb or venison, but is equally at home alongside a spicy mushroom cassoulet.
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