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2011 Cru Bourgeois Supérieur Margaux

Grapes Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Margaux
Classification Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
ABV 13%

Tastes very natural, as though made of warm fruit on a hot summer's day. Nice nose of creamy ripe blackberry. Soft and cushiony, dry oak (tight grain) giving a little tug; easy. Well-done if a little warm and drying. This new team are proving the promise they showed in the 2010. Rating: 91 L&S (Apr 2012)


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This is at a lovely moment to start drinking, filled with crayon, mint, cocoa bean, black fruits, earth. Feels very Left Bank, Médoc, old school charm, not as polished as you would find in this estate today but with heart, plus the austere tannins that are typical of the vintage. Labégorce had been bought by Hubert Perrodo in 1989, the first estate that he bought in Bordeaux, so this was five years in to the new ownership, and with the new technical team under Marjolaine de Coninck in place since 2010. 60% new oak. Drinking range: 2023 - 2034 Rating: 91 Jane Anson, Decanter (Mar 2023)

Deep purple. Cassis and violet on the nose, along with hints of cocoa torrefaction and herbs. Sounds acidity lifts the flavors of blackberry syrup, coffee and cocoa, but mounting astringent tannins take over on the moderately persistent finish. Rating: 85-88 Ian d'Agata, www.vinousmedia.com (May 2012)

Made from a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot that hit 14% natural alcohol, the excellent 2011 is a sleeper of the vintage. Textured, with soft tannins, lots of black currant and black cherry fruit, surprising density and a velvety finish, it should drink well for a decade or more. 2012 - 2022 Rating: 88-90 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, www.RobertParker.com (Apr 2012)

Château Labégorce

Nathalie Perrodo brought her father's dream to reality with the 2010, the 'first' vintage from the newly reunited Labégorce vineyards, after they had spent a couple of centuries split into three. The Labégorce vineyard seems to have been named after an Abbé Gorsse, but the truth is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Feret, in his edition of 1865, mentions the existence of the noble La Bégorce house in Margaux from 1332. The estate was split into three after the revolution. The part that was named Labégorce Zédé in 1840 was reintegrated for the first time since then in 2010. Hubert Perrodo bought Labégorce in 1989, and the buildings of l'Abbé Gorsse de Gorsse in 2002 (the vineyard of this one escaped him, bought by Château Margaux). But his dream of re-uniting the historic Labégorce estate after he bought Labégorce Zédé in 2005 was cut short by his death in a ski-ing accident at Courchevel in 2006. After a couple of years of reflection, his twenty-five year-old daughter Nathalie has taken up the challenge of continuing his work, directing this really quite large domaine which also includes the fifteen hectares of the Cru Classé Château Marquis d'Alesme.

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