2004 Chateau Guerry Cotes de Bourg

This vineyard is owned by Bernard Magrez, a French wine magnate who owns 35 vineyards and wineries around the world. The 2004 is a blend of 50% merlot, 20% malbec, 15% cabernet sauvignon and 15% cabernet Franc. The merlot is bright with blue fruits and combines with a structure of the cabernets and inky malbec. A wonderful wine that will hold until 2017.

Alcohol: 13%

Cotes de Bourg is on the right bank of the Gironde estuary. The Romans conquered this area and planted the first Vitis Biturica wine plants, ancestors of the cabernet, near the middle of the 1st century BC. As early as the 12th century, this region was known as "the first godchild of Bordeaux."

The south facing vineyard is on a steep hillside planted to Merlot, Cabernet, and Cab. Franc. With an average age of 38 years. The soils are white gravel at the top and red clay and limestone halfway down the hill.

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