Winery - Château du Cèdre
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With a little extra bottle age, this wine shows great charm and style. The dense fruits are finely restrained, but have all the solidity of a juicy Malbec, spiced with the driest tannin and a core of powerful minerality. For further aging, 3–4 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A fruit-driven wine, young and fresh, its lively red berry fruits, touched lightly by tannins and acidity. Delicious, fruity wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Despite the 100% new wood, this wine (GC stands for Grand Cru) is beautifully restrained. It has such delicious fruit and the ripest of tannins, pierced with the wood flavors, but never dominated by them. It is obviously a wine for aging, still bursting with fresh fruit and acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A fresh wine, with pure fruit, plum and light cherry flavors and a burst of acidity. The tannins have a firm chewy character but are minor players in this fruity wine. Screwcap.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dominated by Malbec, but with some Tannat and Merlot in the blend, this chateau wine is dark and dense, with a piercing layer of acidity. There is a strong mineral character here, stony and firm, but without extreme weight. The tannins come through to give a very dry core.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From a selection of different parcels on the estate of Château du Cèdre, here is a wine that broods in the glass. It’s just beginning to give out its dark fruits, very black and jammy, along with serious amounts of wood, tight spice and menthol. Powerful, impressive.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Since 2000, this top cuvée made by Pascal Verhaeghe, shows the results of Verhaeghe’s experience in Burgundy and in California at Saintsbury winery in Napa. Its barrel aging creates a smooth texture, allowing the Malbec to express itself in huge black fruits and strong mint char-acter. It needs aging even after six years—give it another four at least.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Evocative Malbec perfumes, with mint and wild herbs mingling together, set the scene for this concentrated, ripe, juicy wine. The black plum and berry fruits are right up front, lifted by great acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Pure black berry juice, ripe and solid, this is a chunky, fresh wine. The wood edge is a major factor; there is a final stalky, mineral element. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A wine that seems to have come from over-ripe fruit, with an awkward juicy character piercing the dry tannins. Acidity is there over the blackberry fruits.
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