🎄 Advent Halfy Callander Day 02🎄
🎅 Santa says I wouldn’t mind quaffing this with Rudolf & watching his nose glow oh so red
📝 I say a fab wine in an off year that’s showing well at peak in a half bottle 😉
⏩ 🍾 Mrs E got Ruinart Rose 😄
📍 Château Branaire Ducru 2006
🏵 91-92 points
🍇 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23.5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot & 2.5% Cabernet Franc
🍷 Deep blackened opaque ruby
👃 Smoked oak bathed blackcurrant & dark plum in thick melted liquorice w/ prune, date, minerals, damp cellar & worn leather
👄 Med body of smooth blackcurrant, red plum & dark cherry in cocoa & liquorice w/ an earthy creamy coffee tone & mineral twist
🎯 Med+ silky earthy dark berry/cherry finale w/ a liquorice kiss 💋 & a mineral linger
🎄 Advent Halfy Callander Day 02🎄
🎅 Santa says I wouldn’t mind quaffing this with Rudolf & watching his nose glow oh so red
📝 I say a fab wine in an off year that’s showing well at peak in a half bottle 😉
⏩ 🍾 Mrs E got Ruinart Rose 😄
📍 Château Branaire Ducru 2006
🏵 91-92 points
🍇 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23.5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot & 2.5% Cabernet Franc
🍷 Deep blackened opaque ruby
👃 Smoked oak bathed blackcurrant & dark plum in thick melted liquorice w/ prune, date, minerals, damp cellar & worn leather
👄 Med body of smooth blackcurrant, red plum & dark cherry in cocoa & liquorice w/ an earthy creamy coffee tone & mineral twist
🎯 Med+ silky earthy dark berry/cherry finale w/ a liquorice kiss 💋 & a mineral linger
Dec 2nd, 2018
St. Julien, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
