2014 de Landiras Rouge, Graves

Staff Reviews

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Jacques Moreira

Jacques Moreira

This wine is what I call a classic "petit Bordeaux" in the very best sense of the term. Lots of dark chocolate intermingling with coffee notes first greet you, followed by dark fruit, cassis, and wet rocks - a note that I love in Bordeaux. It has fruit for sure but it is not a fruity wine, in fact the perfectly balanced structure (acid and tannins) hold it all together beautifully.

RS

Ralph Sands

Ralph Sands

A perfect young Bordeaux to serve at large holiday parties and to stay away from your cellar! Lovely freshness, clean sweet fruit with a little spice, all in perfect balance. Customers should know that this is a really good example of the 2014 vintage "style wise"; very attractive!

Notes

This property is located at the southern end of the Graves region, very close to Barsac and Sauternes. It is one of the oldest in Bordeaux, dating from the fourteenth century. John Statton built the original château in 1360 on the site of a Roman villa, while the land was still in English possession. In the 1500s, the property was purchased and run by the powerful Angol-Gascon family of Montferrand, at the time there were 14,000 acres of vineyards and property. This family, for a short while, also owned Château Margaux. The Landiras vineyards eventually were neglected and horses were raised on the property. In 1988, Peter Vinding-Diers became only the third owner of the property in 600 years. What he found was two acres of vineyards and 40 more suitable for planting.