Bordeaux
Château Lalande-Borie - Saint-Julien - Rouge 2006
Characteristics
Country / Region: Bordeaux
Vintage: 2006
Name: AOP Saint-Julien
Grape variety: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol: 13 vol.
Color: Red
Capacity: 75 cl
AWARDS
Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) : 87/100
Wine Spectator : 86.5/100
Jancis Robinson : 16/20
Decanter : 3 stars
Quarin : 86/100
Wine:
The Lalande-Borie 2006 is a supple wine, full of fruit. On the nose, as on the palate, the estate has successfully drawn out the fruity aromas. The melted tannin is perfectly incorporated into a wine that is well balanced on the palate and ends in a long, delicious finish. Enjoy drinking from today, this vintage is really pleasurable wine.Vinification:
Hand harvested, traditional vinification, aging in oak casks of which 25% are new. 20% to 30% new casks.Color:
Garnet colour.Nose:
Appetizing on the nose, aromas of ripe fruit, red fruit, very lightly toasted.Palate:
Well balanced on the palate, its tannin level makes this wine ideal for drinking now. The wine is fresh, palatable and offers a good length finish.
Temperature:
Serve between 16 and 18°C.Food and wine pairing:
Grilled skirt of beef, Bordeaux style entrecôte steak, filet mignon, ostrich steak, cep mushroom omelette.Cellar aging:
Enjoy up to and including 2015Created in 1970 by Jean-Eugène Borie, Château Lalnade-Borie enjoys the benefit of a superb vineyard in a single plot. With around thirty hectares, the Château's neighbours are the finest Saint-Julien crus. Now run by Mrs Jean-Eugène Borie, her daughter Sabine Coiffe and her son Bruno-Eugène, it has become one of the appellations most reliable wines and is very popular with wine lovers.