2012 Châteaux Deyrem Valentin, Margaux, Bordeaux

2012 Châteaux Deyrem Valentin, Margaux, Bordeaux

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2012 Châteaux Deyrem Valentin, Margaux, Bordeaux

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Bronze medal winner at the 2016 Decanter World Wine Awards

The floral aromatics in this 2012 Deyrem Valentin are enticing and complex. On the palate, the wine is supple-textured and medium-bodied, with loads of blue and dark fruits, silky tannins and surprising complexity and elegance. This medium-bodied, beautifully formed Margaux should drink nicely for 7-8 years, although there’s no reason to defer your gratification. Drink 2015-2023
Robert M. Parker, Jr eRobertParker.com #218 Apr 2015

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The floral aromatics in this 2012 Deyrem Valentin are enticing and complex. On the palate, the wine is supple-textured and medium-bodied, with loads of blue and dark fruits, silky tannins and surprising complexity and elegance. This medium-bodied, beautifully formed Margaux should drink nicely for 7-8 years, although theres no reason to defer your gratification.
Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 30/04/2015 Read more

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Chateau Deyrem Valentin

Chateau Deyrem Valentin

There has been a vineyard at Deyrem Valentin since 1730, and it is a superb site for growing vines. Owned by a Jean Sorge (ably assisted by his two daughters), this is just the sort of château that we are always hoping to come across. A small, focused, family operation, which in a vintage such as 2009, eclipses far more exalted names. The estate covers 15.5 hectares, 13 hectares of AOC Margaux and 2.5 in Haut-Médoc AOC. Ch. Deyrem Valentin produces three wines: Château Deyrem Valentin (AOC Cru Bourgeois Margaux), Château Soussans (AOC Margaux) and Château Valentin (AOC Haut-Medoc).

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Margaux

Margaux

If Pauillac can be seen as the bastion of ‘traditional’ Red Bordeaux, then Margaux represents its other facet in producing wines that are among Bordeaux’s most sensual and alluring. It is the largest commune in the Médoc, encompassing the communes of Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labaude, in addition to Margaux itself. Located in the centre of the Haut-Médoc, Margaux is the closest of the important communes to the city of Bordeaux.

The soils in Margaux are the lightest and most gravelly of the Médoc, with some also containing a high percentage of sand. Vineyards located in Cantenac and Margaux make up the core of the appelation with the best vineyard sites being located on well-drained slopes, whose lighter soils give Margaux its deft touch and silky perfumes. Further away from the water, there is a greater clay content and the wines are less dramatically perfumed.

Margaux is the most diffuse of all the Médoc appelations with a reputation for scaling the heights with irreproachable wines such as Ch. Margaux and Ch. Palmer, but also plumbing the depths, with too many other châteaux not fulfilling their potential. There has been an upward shift in recent years, but the appellation cannot yet boast the reliability of St Julien. However, the finest Margaux are exquisitely perfumed and models of refinement and subtlety which have few parallels in Bordeaux.

Recommended Châteaux: Ch. Margaux, Ch. Palmer, Ch. Brane-Cantenac, Ch. Rauzan-Ségla , Ch. Dufort-Vivens, Ch. Ferrière, Ch. du Tertre, Ch. Giscours, Ch. d'Angludet.

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Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% (Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity.

In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and  Australia.

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