Wine red - Claret (Bordeaux red)

Reference

Bordeaux / France

ABV12.5-14.5%.
Sub-styles
Left Bank BordeauxRight Bank BordeauxCru Bourgeois

Tasting Notes

Blackcurrant, cedar, cigar box, graphite, structured tannin, earth, plum (Right Bank), cassis (Left Bank), institutional aging.

Brand Guide

Value: Mouton Cadet, Baron de Rothschild. Standard: Lynch-Bages, Cos d'Estournel.

Premium

Lafite, Mouton, Margaux, Latour, Haut-Brion. Petrus and Le Pin on the Right Bank

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The Story

The English word for red Bordeaux. Eight centuries of cross-Channel wine trade distilled.