Red
Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux
Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux · France
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Cabernet Franc
- Country
- France
- Appellation
- Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux
- Alcohol
- 14.4%
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
lamb · game meat · grilled red meats
Rated vintages
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
Owner Thierry Valette has been around the Right Bank (the family owned Pavie and owns Troplong Mondot) and, as a consultant, the world. Here he offers a delicious juicy wine with fine tannins and ripe red fruits. It has mint and spice perfumes along with balanced acidity. Drink…
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2013
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2012
Very fruity, very juicy, this wine is all about crisp, fresh fruitiness, starting with hand-picked biodynamic vineyard plots and gravity-flow into the winery. Red currants dominate, with considerable acidity right at the fore. At the back, the tannins are developing, but fruit w…
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2011
This gentle, fruity wine is softly textured and already drinkable. Ripe berry fruits show well, with a juicy acidity that adds to the richness of this open, friendly wine.
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2010