Barton & Guestier Bordeaux Cuvée Rambaud 2024 (France)

Description

Blackberry, Oak, Raspberry

"A deep core of purple and ruby with a pink rim leads to aromas and flavours of Doris plums and other blue fruits then blackberry and a light smoky oak and earth qualities. A dry wine with fine to moderate tannins and medium+ acid line framing core fruit flavours of dark plums and blackberry fruits. There’s a seam of vanilla and cinnamon then earthy dark soil and stone suggestions. Balanced, well made and ready to drink from day of purchase through 2030" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Mar 2026

"Beautifully composed and fragrant, the bouquet shows dark plum, dried herb, game, fennel, and roasted nut aromas. The palate delivers juicy fruit flavours, fine texture, and grainy tannins, making it firmly structured with a delicately dry finish. At its best: now to 2030" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Mar 2026

Deep purple red in colour. Fruit driven with red and black berries (redcurrant, cherry, and blackcurrant) combined with spicy and minty notes. Good balance with round and velvety tannins and a long fruit and spicy finish.

Principally in the Entre Deux mers and the right bank of the Gironde estuary. Grape Varieties include 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine was made in soil of a combination of clay, limestone and gravels with an oceanic and mild climate. The vinification was controlled extraction for 3 weeks maceration with daily pumping over. Made partly aged in oak for 3 months.

This cuvée pays tribute to Germain Rambaud, Thomas Barton's first cellar master.