LiQuery - Ch�teau Barde-Haut 2016

Item:	529230
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2016 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2019-04-01
Producer:	Joanne Bordeaux
Location:	France - Bordeaux
Price:	$75.85 Price History
Style:	Red Wine
Alcohol:	13.0%
Varietal:	Bordeaux
Sugar Code:	XD (8.0 g/L)
Rating:	92
Cellar:	2040
Glass Style:	Voigner/Chardonnay Purchase Glass

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Tasting Notes
The 2016 Barde-Haut is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, vinified without SO2, matured around 80% in new 300-liter barrels from three cooperages and the remainder in one-year-old barrels. H�l�ne Gar�in-L�veque told me that they are focusing on the elegance of their Saint Emilion estate and are picking a little earlier and practicing slightly less extraction. It has a really quite gorgeous bouquet with layers of ripe black plum and wild strawberry notes tinged with sloes. This has very fine delineation and focus. The palate is very well balanced with super-fine tannin, very well judged acidity and tension that lasts from start to finish. This is certainly one of the most feminine Barde-Haut wines that I have tasted from barrel, expressing more precision and finesse. It is an excellent follow-up to the 2015 Barde-Haut and may well surpass it in the long-term. Drink Date: 2021-2040. Score - 92-94. (Neal Martin, robertparker.com)

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