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Wine Description
The Story
This is one of the best second wines of the Médoc. Connétable saw the light of day in the sixties. It has benefited over the years from all the care given to the vineyard and increasingly severe selections.
Like its predecessor Chateau Talbot, this is a classic, elegant wine with a clear, well-designed structure and a long, fresh finish.
Legend relates that the name of this imposing estate originates with Connétable Talbot, a famous Englis...
Wine Information
Vintage that nature created thanks to sufficient water supply on the last two years combined with an early dry summer which helped to make a stop on the growth.
July finally victorious with its strength and its zenithal sun, made resistant grapes, with compact bunches after a grouped blooming around June 2nd. The thick skins could accept moderated end summer rainfalls.
The rainy episode from mid-September, on our plowed soils, didn’t dilu...
Vintage 2015
Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.
2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...
