CUVEE DE JEAN BAPTISTE AUDY

Description
Wine Style:  Dry Red

Have you ever wanted to drink an Old Style Claret? If you travel back in time to 1855, when the chateaux were being ranked into Grand Cru Classé, the Claret the British loved so well had a little Syrah from Hermitage, in the northern Rhône, in the blend. Bordeaux has started to create limited amounts of these wines again – they are unusual and difficult to find.  Cuvée harks back this bygone era. 

Made by Jean Baptiste Audy, who own several chateaux in Pomerol and Saint Emilion,  Cuvée is made with a blend of 75% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Syrah and the abv of 12.5% also represents a return to the lower alcohol levels of Bordeaux in the past.

This is a captivating wine and is full of character. Cuvée is a dark garnet colour with intense aromas. In the mouth the wine has a good backbone with smooth tannins and good fruit. With notes of blackberry jam, ripe dark plums and black pepper with a hint of smoke Cuvée goes particularly well with food especially feathered game - particularly pigeon and venison, rabbit, duck, beef, lamb, richly flavoured casseroles and Italian tomato based dishes.