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Château Marsau 2020 delivers everything you'd expect from a fine Right Bank Merlot, an excellent vintage and an estate described by Parker as "the Pétrus of the Côtes des Francs". Enjoy lavish berry fruit with delicious chocolate and spice notes.
Tasting notes
Focused, taut, muscular, sleek black fruit, freshness, mocha spice
Aroma
Ripe black fruits, dark chocolate, coffee and earth notes and spice
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
Bordeaux "2020 represents a third super-quality vintage in a row," declared critic James Suckling, while Antoni Galloni wrote "the best 2020s are incredibly exciting". With a warm, dry summer, 2020 was certainly a vintage of delicious ripeness and one when Château Marsau successfully produced their third year of organically grown grapes. Quality and ripeness at harvest time was excellent. Château Marsau lies in Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, a region that offers superb quality at a fraction of the price of Pomerol and Saint-Émilion. Made from pure Merlot, it shows ripe cherry and cassis with complex layers of roasted coffee, spice, and fine tannins. A wonderful expression of Bordeaux’s most grown grape. Open early and decant or cellar awhile.