Château de Callac
Graves Red Bordeaux Blend
Graves, Bordeaux, France
Falling in love with this wine again. It was brilliant a few years ago, and I was worried it could be at peak now, but 9 years of age and still going strong! This is surely one of the best values I have ever found @ €6 during Paris foire du Vin. Easily could fetch €60+ in a different bottle. Undergrowth and oak influence is strong and balanced. I feel like you can almost taste the earthy terroir's influence. Notes of 🍒, cassis, framboise. Thick, medium to full bodied and solid acidity. Potential for aging a bit more.
Falling in love with this wine again. It was brilliant a few years ago, and I was worried it could be at peak now, but 9 years of age and still going strong! This is surely one of the best values I have ever found @ €6 during Paris foire du Vin. Easily could fetch €60+ in a different bottle. Undergrowth and oak influence is strong and balanced. I feel like you can almost taste the earthy terroir's influence. Notes of 🍒, cassis, framboise. Thick, medium to full bodied and solid acidity. Potential for aging a bit more.
Sep 27th, 2019
Green olives dominate ... Lots of Merlot notes. Getting ahead of myself. Deep opaque ruby, with organgy rim. Very vegetal... Green olive, green bell pepper, perhaps some evergreen, the palate adds oak, nutty, hint of vanilla.
It's a little weighty, tired? Good not great.
91 points
Green olives dominate ... Lots of Merlot notes. Getting ahead of myself. Deep opaque ruby, with organgy rim. Very vegetal... Green olive, green bell pepper, perhaps some evergreen, the palate adds oak, nutty, hint of vanilla.
It's a little weighty, tired? Good not great.
91 points
Not bad for the price, may have been slightly past its prime. But also 7 years old, so might've just been the dip many Bordeaux see around that age. Nice spice, good flavors, just a bit dulled.
Not bad for the price, may have been slightly past its prime. But also 7 years old, so might've just been the dip many Bordeaux see around that age. Nice spice, good flavors, just a bit dulled.
Sep 28th, 2017
Very nice table wine. Slight pepper, very little fruit.
Very nice table wine. Slight pepper, very little fruit.
Feb 14th, 2017
Fantastic blend. Decent body but not overpowering. Real joy to drink.
Fantastic blend. Decent body but not overpowering. Real joy to drink.
Apr 23rd, 2016
Really nice red! Light bodied, high tannin, very organic, mushrooms, allusive, easy drinking
Really nice red! Light bodied, high tannin, very organic, mushrooms, allusive, easy drinking
Aug 6th, 2015
Earthy...mushy mush in there. Kinda light.mmmmm it's good!
Earthy...mushy mush in there. Kinda light.mmmmm it's good!
Aug 6th, 2015