"91pts... Wonderfully expressed with attractive fruit intensity and fine texture" Wine Orbit
"Beautifully fruited and deeply savoury at the same time" Wine Orbit
A modern vintage with real charm
Chateau La Fleur Saint-André, Bordeaux AOP 2015 (France)
Chateau La Fleur Saint-André, Bordeaux AOP 2015 (France)
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Awarded Gold Medal
Challenge International du Vin
Awarded 91/100 Points
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Description
"This is beautifully fruited and deeply savoury at the same time, displaying lifted aromas of dark fruit, smoked game, cigar and black olive on the nose with a hint of mature cheese-like complexity. The palate is medium-full and wonderfully expressed with attractive fruit intensity and fine texture, brilliantly structured by fine, chalky tannins. At its best: now to 2019." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2017.
Showing a vibrant deep ruby-red core, this wine displays a focused nose of perfumed black raspberry, black cherry and dark strawberry. With a soft entry on the palate, fresh dark fruit flavors lead and give way to well-integrated and soft tannins. Lovely texture and intensity of flavor on the palate carries through to a bright and persistent finish.
Bordeaux is a top spot for those seeking rich, yet elegant reds and most come at a great value price, too. And, unlike the old days, you don't even have to wait years for the wines to be approachable. Critic Stephen Spurrier MW called 2015 "a modern vintage with real charm" and Chateau La Fleur Saint-André is exactly that in a nutshell. Medium bodied with lovely fresh red berry fruit with a length that belies its price point.
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I am sure it would improve with age,should it ever get the chance. Lovely drop right now.
John - 07/08/2017
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