1999 Sarget de Gruaud Larose
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60% Cabernet Sauvignon, plus Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot & Malbec. Mushroom, ripe red fruit, very mellow and resolved on the palate with the primary fruit giving way to a medicinal and leather character. Dry, lightly fibrous tannin. (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Full-blown medicinal nose which tends to dominate the entire palate rather too much. Medium body, soft palate. Stylised and dry, and intensely flavoured – but entirely in a medicinal, volatile way. (RH)
57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 2% Malbec. Lots of classic claret aroma: baked earth, black cherry, menthol, forest floor. Still quite a lot of tannin on the palate, but it has a fine grained drinkability. Strong menthol eucalypt character on the finish. (RH)
About the producer

Ch. Gruaud Larose is a Second Growth estate in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux. It is often considered one of the best-value Left Bank estates, with the wines occasionally matching those of the First Growths.