Château Melin 2005
Premières Côtes de Bordeaux AOC
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With a wealth of accolades from top French wine guide Gilbert & Gaillard, Château Melin has long been adored in France. We’re lucky to have discovered it for the UK – and to have an allocation of the ultra fine 2005 vintage is better still!
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Wine Details
- Red - Medium to Full Bodied
France- Intense Red, Tawny Rim
- Merlot-based blend
- 9.75 Units
- 13% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2020
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Silky, supple, mature red fruits with leafy oak complexity
Aroma
Complex, mature red fruits, cedar and gently spicy oak
The Wine
Of the 2005, Jancis Robinson MW said “This is surely Bordeaux’s best vintage of the century so far. It is chock full of everything – fruit, acidity, colour and tannin!” Tasted at 10 years old (in 2015), it was close to maturity, with Robert Parker praising its “strong and impressive” character. We’ve been patient and waited: this red is at long last ready to drink! Pascal Modet’s family have been in the Cadillac region for five generations, starting as labourers and eventually purchasing Château Melin in 1908. This prize Right Bank property is ideal for Merlot and Cabernet, with gravel banks that (in Pascal’s words) fondle the banks of the Garonne River. 2005 is one of Melin’s most intense reds yet, perfect for partnering finest roast beef.
Of the 2005, Jancis Robinson MW said “This is surely Bordeaux’s best vintage of
Endearing nose of red berry and delicate wood. Supple yet well-structured. A textbook Cadillac wine
Online Review
For the 2007 vintage
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