{"title":"Château La Grolet","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"chateau-la-grolet-cotes-de-bourg-tete-de-cuvee-2018","title":"Château la Grolet Côtes de Bourg Tête de Cuvée 2018","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBiodynamic. Grolet’s Tête de Cuvée is an annual selection of the Estate’s finest 20 barrels. The blend varies from year to year, with the ‘18 coming in at 90% Merlot supported by 10% Malbec, predominantly from the Estate’s oldest (60- to 70-year-old) vines. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFrom a great vintage that has some commentators referencing years like 2010, 2009 and 1982, Guillaume Hubert’s lo-fi Côtes de Bourg has inviting aromas of dark plum and cherry, fruitcake spices such as nutmeg and clove, and some cedar aromatics. The palate takes things up a notch with a core of dark, concentrated, supple plummy fruit, nicely supported by focussed acidity and well-judged, fine-grained tannin. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château La Grolet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43298541437166,"sku":"19278-750","price":40.98,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/cb920020-2825-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19278-750.png?v=1688369608"},{"product_id":"chateau-la-grolet-cotes-de-bourg-origines-2019","title":"Château la Grolet Côtes de Bourg Origines 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBiodynamic. The Hubert family own and farm two estates: Château Peybonhomme-les-Tours in the Côtes de Blaye; and Château La Grolet to the south in the Côtes de Bourg. Both these Right Bank Estates are farmed biodynamically. Quite unlike the monotonous flats of the Medoc, the Côtes de Bourg is a beautiful landscape of rolling hills that are sometimes referred to as the ‘little Switzerland of the Gironde’. This is a Bordeaux appellation with an open and proud, bucolic personality. The gravel-rich terroir makes for a more firmly structured, virile red than this wine’s sibling (Peybonhomme), although there is just as much class and value. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe blend is 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Malbec, cropped at 25 hl\/ha (similar to the low yields of some of Bordeaux’s most expensive vins de garage!), from vines now approaching their half century. This wine was crafted without added yeasts in a mixture of concrete and wooden vessels (20%). It was bottled without fining or filtration, and with only a little sulphur (otherwise the wine saw no additions at all). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe 2019 Château La Grolet is another outstanding success for this wine. It’s a medium-bodied, savoury Bordeaux with mulberry, cherry and mint fruit, inky, powdery tannins and a long and driven close. Although it’s clear that 5-10 years will not weary it, it’s a very good drink now. It will match beautifully with any beef or lamb dish—steak frites, please! In short, this is a super-authentic Bordeaux country-style red that represents remarkable value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château La Grolet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43300502634734,"sku":"18744-750","price":28.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/files\/ab33bccf-0114-ee11-ab3d-0a0c589e3996_18744-750.png?v=1687771129"},{"product_id":"chateau-peybonhomme-les-tours-cotes-de-blaye-2019-375ml","title":"Château Peybonhomme-Les-Tours Blaye-Côtes de Bordeaux 2019 (375ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiodynamic. Half bottle. This classic estate wine is a blend of 75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 10% Malbec. The fruit was grown on Peybonhomme’s limestone and clay soils of the Premières Côtes de Blaye (on the right bank, overlooking the picturesque Gironde estuary). The wine fermented with indigenous yeasts and then matured mostly in concrete, with 10% fermented and aged in two- to three-year-old oak. The wine was bottled unfiltered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a year of great balance—and one that had Bordeaux's upper classes rubbing their hands in glee—2019 is a delicious, vivid release of this wine. Look out for deep, opulent blackcurrant fruit and charred meat, all draped over a backdrop of leather, five spice, cigar box and a lovely mineral complexity. There are good ripe tannins too, but it is already immensely drinkable. This will match beautifully with anything you could think of pairing with traditional Bordeaux. We prefer lamb chops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a year of exceptional balance—and one that had Bordeaux's upper classes rubbing their hands—the 2019 is a delicious, vivid release of this wine. Look out for deep and opulent blackcurrant fruit and charred meat, all draped over a backdrop of leather, spice and graphite and a lovely mineral complexity. There are good ripe tannins too, but it is already immensely drinkable. This will match beautifully with anything you could think of pairing with traditional Bordeaux (we prefer lamb chops). As always, crazy value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château La Grolet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44099469902062,"sku":"21795-375","price":19.65,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/7468\/3630\/products\/d23036b5-7fc3-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_21795-375.png?v=1679637943"},{"product_id":"chateau-la-grolet-cotes-de-bourg-origines-2021","title":"Château la Grolet Côtes de Bourg Origines 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiodynamic. Peybonhomme’s sister vineyard, Château La Grolet, lies just to the to the south in the Côtes de Bourg. The cooler, gravel-rich terroir makes for a more firmly structured, darker red than this wine’s sibling, although there is always just as much class and value. The blend is 70% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Malbec. The vines are approaching their half century, and crop at 25 hl\/ha—similar to the low yields of some of Bordeaux’s most expensive vins de garage! This fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete vessels. It was bottled without fining or filtration, and with only a little sulphur (the wine saw no other additions). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2021 Château La Grolet is another outstanding success. It’s a medium-bodied, savoury Bordeaux with mulberry and cherry fruit, inky, powdery tannins and a long, driven close. Although it’s clear that 5-10 years will not weary it, it’s a very good drink now. It will match beautifully with any beef or lamb dish—steak frites, please! 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