Chateau Les Grands Marechaux label
Chateau Les Grands Marechaux bottle

Chateau Les Grands Marechaux 2019

Red Wine

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Item# 1573-19

Product Ratings

James Suckling 91pt
Wine Enthusiast 91pt

Description

This is an exceptional vintage of Les Grands Maréchaux. Strict vineyard management under the advice of consultant winemaker Stéphane Derenoncourt helps bring out this Merlot based wine’s rich mulberry, plum, cedar and incense character. Rounded, dark fruit and fig hints with a touch of chocolate Superb and affordable.

Food Pairing: Chateau Les Grands Marechaux is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised and grilled dishes. Chateau Les Grands Marechaux is also good when matched with Asian dishes, rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms and pasta.

Estate

The 53 acre, Chateau Les Grands Marechaux vineyard is planted to 84% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon. The terroir is clay, limestone and sandy soils. The average age of the vines is 17 years. To produce the wine, the fruit is whole berry fermented in temperature controlled, stainless steel tanks with a 30-day maceration. Malolactic fermentation is performed in French oak barrels. The wine making and vineyard management of Chateau Les Grands Marechaux is consulted by Stephane Derenoncourt who is well known for working with numerous estates in the Right Bank of Bordeaux. Les Grands Marechaux is another contender for the best value Bordeaux wine produced today.

Etienne Barre and Christophe Reboul Salze bought Chateau Les Grands Marechaux located in the Cotes de Blaye appellation in 1997. However, this is not their only vineyard in the region. They also own Chateau Chateau Gigault, which makes the popular Cuvee Viva. They recently added to their portfolio of Bordeaux value wine producing estates with the purchase of Chateau Belle Coline. Aside from being a Bordeaux winemaker, Christophe Reboul is also well known as a Bordeaux wine negociant with his company, The Wine Merchant.

Tasting notes

Consistently one of the top Bordeaux value wines, this fully developed medium-bodied, wine is fresh, fruity, soft textured and filled with easy to like, sweet red berries with a hint of licorice.