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2005 Essence de Dourthe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
Ready - mature
Product: 20058124461
2005 Essence de Dourthe, Bordeaux

Description

Essence is a beautiful blend of three Bordeaux vineyards oldest and most concentrated vines and is truly remarkable. Its very rare indeed a Bordeaux sneaks up on us and punches us between the eyes. Usually you see a slow and steady improvement as Chateaux improve their techniques in their Chais and vineyards. However last week, on a recommendation from one of our clients we blind tasted 4 star wines of the 2005 Vintage including Lafite and this little beauty. What was great was that all the wines were terrific, above all they have this amazing purity and richness thats not flashy but sumptuous and to a man we rated Essence as second just pipped to the post by the first growth.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Dourthe

About this wine

Dourthe

Dourthe are one of the best and most successful wine producers in Bordeaux. They own a number of leading chateaux throughout Bordeaux including the Bordeaux Superieur, Chateau Pey La Tour, Classed Growth Ch. Belgrave, and La Garde in Pessac-Léognan. They are also involved in ventures in Argentina (Clos de los Siete) and in Languedoc (Ch. de Serame). They specialise in brilliant blends for generic wines and their highly acclaimed, signature wine is called Essence. Essence is a new type of wine for Bordeaux as it is a blend of wines from 3 different appellations, Haut-Médoc, St Estèphe and Pessac-Léognan. A tiny amount, only 6000 bottles are available of this wine each vintage. Dourthe has been selected among some of the best in the wine business to supply the revamped version of our legendary Good Ordinary Claret.
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