2023 Domaine de l'A, Côtes de Castillon, Bordeaux

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Description

Blend: 75% Merlot; 25% Cabernet Franc.

This is a very good wine from dynamic husband-and-wife team Stéphane and Christine Derenoncourt. Despite two hectares being lost to mildew early in the season, the eventual crop had a good skin-to-juice ratio. The grapes were highly concentrated, to the pleasant surprise of the Derenoncourts.

The nose is elegant and refined, with notes of wildflowers and dark forest berries. The palate is intense, vibrant and well textured, with layers of juicy blackcurrant and red cherry. You really feel the limestone soils here, with characteristically chalky tannins leading to a wonderfully saline, mineral finish. Stéphane describes 2023 overall as a vintage of undeniable freshness, with each wine having its own identity. Domaine de l’A encapsulates this perfectly.

Drink 2027 - 2040

Our score: 16.5/20

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Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2023

Alcohol % 13.5%

Maturity Not ready (2029 - 2048)

Body Full Bodied

Producer Domaine de l'A

Critics reviews

William Kelley 91-93/100

A delicate, perfumed bouquet of violet, dark wild berries and cherries prefaces the 2023 Domaine de l'A, a medium to full-bodied, deep, profound and layered wine with velvety tannins, bright acids and a fleshy core of fruit that concludes with a long, mineral finish. As usual, this is an excellent performance.

Drink 2025 - 2040

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2024)

About this wine

Castillon - Côtes de Bordeaux

Côtes de Castillon has been the site of considerable interest and investment in recent years. Production is significant, yielding over 1.5 million cases per annum and quality is quite variable, ranging from the everyday from the sandy and light gravel soils to imposing, aspirational wines benefiting from considerable investment, and made from the clay and limestone vineyards on higher slopes.

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