Chateau Marac Bordeaux Superieur Grande Tradition 2005 87 Points

Chateau Marac Bordeaux Superieur Grande Tradition 2005 87 Points


Medium clear, bright, dark cherry / ruby red with slight mahogany rim, medium plus concentration, medium viscosity, no gas or sediment.

Clean, with medium plus intensity, ripe cassis, plums, blackcurrant and dark red fruits of tyhe forest, on the slight edge of overripeness for a Bordeaux, loamy dark earth, stony with spicy oak, graphite, touch smoky with notes of vanilla pod.

Dry, with medium plus acidity, medium alcohol, medium tannin, almost massage into, new flavors of savoury plums, black olives, stone fruit pip and leather, hints of tobacco / cigar / ash, medium plus complexity and medium plus lenght.

Blend of Machine harvested, table sorted 70% Merlot and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Use of organic manure in vineyard.

Bottle between 24,25 & 26 April 2007, the 2005 vintage produced 54400 bottles, 1370 half bottles, 1260 magnums and 144 double magnum.

Alain Bonville, Proprietaire a Pujols-Gironde

If served under South African weather conditions, poured at 14 degrees celsius and will paired well with a 7 hours slow braised chunky Top Side beef cut with Enocchi, Portabellini and brown mushroom, served with Angel Hair pasta "Al Dente", fresh garlic, chives and extra virgin South African olive oil.

Bottle purchased at Bootleggers Liquor Specialists Fourways Crossing, R 125.