Ep 141 - Côtes de Bordeaux

Côtes de Bordeaux is a subregion of the larger Bordeaux region in Western France. We covered Bordeaux in two previous episodes. This area of Bordeaux is on the hillsides of the right banks of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers and responsible for some amazing Merlot based red wines.

Check out episode 38 and episode 39 to learn more about Bordeaux

Château Puyanché Blanc 2015 - priced around $13.

• Nose: wax and apricots
• It's a dry wine with medium plus acidity and medium body with flavors of pineapple, white grapefruit, apricot and a touch of lime
• This wine has great acidity and very fresh and fruity but still some complexity
• We think most people are going to want to pare this with food because of the acidity - Bordeaux wines are elevated when paired with the right food
• You can find out where to purchase this wine here

Château Peybonhomme -Les-Tours Le Blanc 2016 - priced around $20.

• Nose: beeswax, golden apple, golden pear, bread and spice
• It’s dry with medium acidity, medium body and flavors of toasted marshmallow, pineapple and mango
• All these different techniques - the oak and lees stirring paired with the Semillon gives the wine roundness
• Even with some of the oak flavors coming through there is still that crisp, fruitiness with a little hint of spice
• You can purchase this wine here

Château Hyot 2015 - priced around $15.

• Nose: cherries, mushroom, and forest floor
• It’s dry with medium acidity, full body and medium firm tannins
• Flavors this wine is so savory with earthy mushroom flavors but still some dark fruit like blackberries and black plum
• Love this wine and it continued to open up and evolved with time so we would recommend decanting or open a little early to expose some oxygen
• You can find out where to purchase this wine here

Château Couronneau 2015 - priced around $19.

• Nose: very ripe dark fruits, vanilla and dust
• Dry with medium plus acidity, full body, medium plus grippy tannins with flavors similar to aromas - blackberry, black plum and vanilla
• Expected this wine to be a little bitter with the high level of tannins but it wasn’t and the with those tannins - the texture of the this wine is intense but a really enjoyable tasting experience
• Find out where to purchase this wine here