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€156.00
€128.93
In stock
Available quantity: 2
2019
Château Le Crock
Saint-Estèphe
Cru Bourgeois
3
Red
We have a very good selection of St. Estèphe Cru Bourgeois wines now and we love their quality and consistency. Climate change seems to suit these wines: they ripen slowly and display lovely ripe flavours as well the freshness associated by this appellation of the northern Médoc. Le Crock, owned by the Cuvelier family of Léoville-Poyférré, is charmingly forward this year with good freshness and fragrance of peonies, violets and roses. It has fresh black fruit character, an attractive vein of acidity running through it and a lush reverberation on the finish. (FM)
Food pairing
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Red meat
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Feathered game
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Hard cheese
More Information
| SKU | 2019083-03000 |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Volume | 3 L |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Médoc |
| Appellation | Saint-Estèphe |
| Château | Château Le Crock |
| Classification | Cru Bourgeois |
| Producer | Famille Cuvelier |
| Drink From | 2023 |
| Drink Till | 2035 |
| Website | www.chateaulecrock.fr |
| Bio | No |
| Food Pairing | Red meat, Feathered game, Hard cheese |
The story
The northernmost of the six Médoc communes, St. Estèphe was unfairly judged when the 1855 classification was decided; probably because of its distance to the city of Bordeaux. Although it is the largest of all the Médoc communes with 1,377 hectares of vineyards, there are only five classified growths that ...