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The tasting |
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Garnet colour. |
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Appetizing on the nose, aromas of ripe fruit, red fruit, very lightly toasted. |
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Well balanced on the palate, its tannin level makes this wine ideal for drinking now. The wine is fresh, palatable and offers a good length finish. |
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The sommelier's advice |
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Serve between 16 and 18°C. |
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Grilled skirt of beef, Bordeaux style entrecôte steak, filet mignon, ostrich steak, cep mushroom omelette. |
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Enjoy up to and including 2015 |
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The estate and the wine |
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Created in 1970 by Jean-Eugène Borie, Château Lalnade-Borie enjoys the benefit of a superb vineyard in a single plot. With around thirty hectares, the Château's neighbours are the finest Saint-Julien crus. Now run by Mrs Jean-Eugène Borie, her daughter Sabine Coiffe and her son Bruno-Eugène, it has become one of the appellations most reliable wines and is very popular with wine lovers. |
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The Lalande-Borie 2006 is a supple wine, full of fruit. On the nose, as on the palate, the estate has successfully drawn out the fruity aromas. The melted tannin is perfectly incorporated into a wine that is well balanced on the palate and ends in a long, delicious finish. Enjoy drinking from today, this vintage is really pleasurable wine. |
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Hand harvested, traditional vinification, aging in oak casks of which 25% are new. 20% to 30% new casks. |
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AWARDS |
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Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) : 87/100
Wine Spectator : 86.5/100
Jancis Robinson : 16/20
Decanter : 3 stars
Quarin : 86/100 |
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