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2008 Essence de Dourthe, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
Ready - mature
Robert Parker
90/100
Product: 20088124461
2008 Essence de Dourthe, Bordeaux

Description

Delicious. Decadent. Creamy & Dreamy! A beautifully multilayered, multisensory, black fruit depth charge! The weight and texture of this little gem is fabulous and even in its infancy you want to plunge into it now, head first, and consume it. This really is, by far, the best blended Bordeaux there is. I served it blind to two famous Chateau owners earlier this week and to give them their due they both hit Bordeaux button straight away, 2009 and 2005 for the vintage, then various guesses but in the Second and First Growth arenas only. I have been “fooled”(and have bought for my cellar) by 4 vintages of this into believing it is really up there in the panoply of Bordeaux greats and it is. Extremely polished and precise. Well worth at least a case of bottles, and if you can stretch to it, Magnums as well.
Simon Staples, Berry Bros. & Rudd Asia Sales Director
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2008
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Ready - mature
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Dourthe

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 90/100
This is a branded wine produced from the very best lots that the Dourthe firm owns, which includes some well-known chateaux such as Le Boscq in St.-Estephe, La Garde in Pessac-Leognan, Belgrave in the Medoc, and Grand Barrail in St.-Emilion. Only 500 cases are made, and the 2008 is a beauty. Dense purple, with loads of black currant fruit intermixed with hints of coffee bean, tobacco leaf, and licorice, the wine is medium to full-bodied and concentrated, with sweet tannin. Even though this is a branded negociant wine, it is at the highest level of quality and should age nicely for at least a decade. robert_parker - Wine Advocate
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com

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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