Charmail : 6 results priced between £10.00 and £300.00

From the outstanding 2009 vintage and scoring 90/100 Parker points,"This is another over-achieving estate that tends to produce wines with lots of intensity and structure. This wine certainly has the formidable intensity one expects from Charmail, but the tannins are silky smooth and the result is the sexiest Charmail to date. An opulent, even voluptuously textured wine, full-bodied and dense purple in color, it is a seductive blend of 47% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc...

The heatwave of summer 2003 experienced throughout France made the vintage in Bordeaux statistically the hottest on record. The sweltering conditions propelled many growers into an abnormally early harvest fearing dangerously high alcohol levels, fearsome tannins and feeble acidity. Fortune favoured well-located growers who stayed the course however, as refreshing rains came in mid-September followed by a fine but cooler period which allowed equilibrium to return. What could have been a disaster...

A modern Médoc which looks back to tradition rather cleverly. A very serious style of wine with judicious and measured oak ageing. Stylish and satisfying wine that has both enough fruit to be drunk young, and remarkably not always necessarily with food. At the same time, this wine has enough body to improve for a decade in bottle.

“This is another over-achieving estate that tends to produce wines with lots of intensity and structure. This wine certainly has the formidable intensity one expects from Charmail, but the tannins are silky smooth and the result is the sexiest Charmail to date. An opulent, even voluptuously textured wine, full-bodied and dense purple in color, it is a seductive blend of 47% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered and came...

"This is the finest effort I have ever tasted from this estate. It possesses great intensity, an inky purple color to the rim, a tremendous nose of minerals, white acacia flowers, creme de cassis, and black cherries, with some licorice, vanilla, and smoke in the background. It is truly great stuff, although I would not push its aging capacity beyond 10-12 years. This intense, full-throttle offering is made from a blend of 50% Merlot and equal parts Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Anticipated...

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