Winery - Domaines Arnaud de Raignac
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
It’s smoky, toasty and even a bit bacon-scented from its upbringing in 100% new French oak, but this is also a lush, warm, inviting mouthful of wine, filled with cassis fruit and framed by spicy wood. It’s 95% Merlot from a hot vintage, so not likely to age all that long, but it’s certainly delicious now.
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Domaines Arnaud de Raignac Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a great example of what more inexpensive Bordeaux could be like with proper care in the vineyards and winery. Scents of chocolate, dried herbs and cassis ease into similar flavors, carried on a medium-weight, slightly creamy palate. Turns spicy and firmer on the finish, suggesting it will last until 2010 or so.
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Domaines Arnaud de Raignac Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mainly (85%) Sauvignon Blanc, bolstered by Sémillon, this is rather broad and mouthfilling for a Bordeaux blanc. Ripe flavors of melon, fig and peach turn grassy and crisp on the finish. Drink now.
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Domaines Arnaud de Raignac Bordeaux-style White Blend - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An oddity in the modern world of Bordeaux, this is 100% Muscadelle, a variety normally relegated to a miniscule portion of the blend. Honeyed notes of yellow plums or apricots are plump and waxy-textured in the mouth, finishing long but a touch warm. Drink now.
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Domaines Arnaud de Raignac Bordeaux-style White Blend - 2003
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