Chateau Arnauld Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux, France 2018

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Wine Notes

Cru Bourgeois Exceptional, Hand-harvested, Single estate and Estate-bottled. 93 Decanter, 92 J. Suckling, 92 W. Enthusiast, 16,5 J. Robinson. Sustainable Vineyard : certified High Environmental Value, Terra Vitis, evaluated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at exemplary level. A wine made by Franck Bijon (and Hubert de Boüard as consultant), aged 16 months in new Burgundy barrels. This château is from Vignobles de Larose, a group who owns 4 distinct châteaux (single estates), one of them being Château Larose-Trintaudon. In 2010 the company became the First European agricultural company to attain CSR certification at exemplary level, and today only 4 vineyards in Europe have reached this level.

James Suckling 92

"Very pretty blackberry and orange-peel aromas follow through to a medium body with lovely, delicious fruit and fine tannins. Fresh and clean. Firm backbone. Hard not to drink now, but give it two or three years to come around."

Vinous 92

"The 2018 Arnauld was tasted from two bottles. The first, I suspect, was just not showing correctly. The second is much more promising. It had a very well defined and focused bouquet of vibrant blackberry and wild strawberry fruit, and the oak is very well integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins that belie the density of this Haut-Médoc. Seamless in texture, it offers precise, mineral-driven black fruit on the finish. A contender for Cru Bourgeois of the vintage. (Neal Martin)"