85% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc. 75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc. 56% Cabernet Franc, 44% Merlot.Fabulous rich ripe fruit (more figs, ripe plum, spikes of blue fruit), with a long finish of sultry nuances of chocolate, tobacco, anise. It was a very calm, quiet tasting, which allowed me to really focus on the wine. MORE >>

At 8:00, fellow journalists and I make our way to the “big house” where Laure’s mother Marie-France lives. Marie-France enters the room, a very energetic woman in a Chanel-looking jacket. Due to its gravel dominated soil it is planted in grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon (35%), Cabernet Franc (35%), and Merlot(30%). MORE >>

This is slightly rustic Cabernet Franc. This wine is 90% Merlot from Bordeaux. On a recent trip to San Diego my interest in Bordeaux was piqued, and if David Lillie says he has a couple of excellent and cheap Bordeaux wines, I'll try them. always enjoy this wine, a meaty Malbec with a bit of Merlot in the blend. MORE >>

The vintage was a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 8% Cabernet Franc with 70% new oak. Bordeaux Bordeaux En Primeur News Wine reviews brane-cantenac en primeur ReviewsDid any of you happen to read Neal Martin’s blog today on the eRobertParker.com site? MORE >>

Then known as the “Cru de Lynch”, the property was sold in 1824 to Sébastien Jurine, a wine merchant from Geneva who had newly moved in Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot are the grape varieties of Pauillac. Bordeaux News chateau cordeillan bages Jean-Charles Cazes lynch-bages Pauilla MORE >>