2016 Marjosse
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The 2016 Marjosse is an absolutely gorgeous, everyday wine from Pierre Lurton's home estate. Tobacco, cedar, mint and dried flowers add an attractive savory quality to this delicious, affordable, no-frills Bordeaux.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2016 Marjosse opens with tar, forest floor and tilled soil scents with a core of black plums and blackberries plus a waft of bay leaves. Medium to full-bodied, firm and chewy, it has a lively backbone and pretty red fruit accents coming through on the finish.
75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Malbec, harvested 6–21 October. Pierre Lurton’s home farm. A little duller than the Beaumont 2015 I have just been tasting. Thick and respectable but very much a country cousin of the left-bank wines. (JR)
A refined, pretty and balanced red with berries. Fresh. 80 per cent merlot.