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This is an exceptional vintage of Les Grands Maréchaux. Strict vineyard management under the advice of consultant winemaker Stéphane Derenoncourt helps bring out this claret's rich mulberry, plum, cedar and incense character. Superb and affordable.
Tasting notes
Rounded, dark fruit and fig hints with a touch of chocolate
Aroma
Dark mulberry, plum, floral and creamy cedar
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
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Blaye, on the Right Bank of the Gironde, offers outstanding claret at affordable prices. This is thanks to a growing number of producers determined to match the standards of Saint-Emilion and the Médoc. Les Grands Maréchaux has been on top form since the owners took control 9 years ago. Winemaker Stéphane Derenoncourt, who has worked at many of the most famous Saint-Emilion estates, including La Mondotte, Canon La Gaffelière and Pavie Macquin, matured the majority of the wine in new oak, as there is more than enough richness in the fruit to balance. A fine petit château claret from a brilliant vintage that "richly deserves a place in the pantheon of the greats" says The Drinks Business, "very good to excellent" said critic Jancis Robinson.