French Bordeaux 4-Pack

Saturday, August 25, 2012

I can’t believe you are so hung up on that last wine you were with, girl. Didn’t you notice how that harsh palate of his drove your friends away? And don’t even get me started on his aroma. All I’m gonna say is that I’ve been with rubbing alcohols that smelled sweeter than that, honey, and that’s real talk.

I’m telling you, this double date is going to be good for you. I mean, look at us. We’re a couple of young, fresh bottles of 2004 Tour Blanche Cru Bourgeois du Medoc. Why do you want to waste your strong tannic structure on someone like that? I mean, if you want bland and easy, I’m sure there are more than a few boxed wines who’d like to get their hands on your terrior, but don’t you think your dark fruit flavors with notes of leather and cigar are better than that?

Nervous? Aw, there’s nothing to be worried about. You’re going to love your date, I swear. You’ve met my 2004 Chateau Guerry Cotes de Bourg, right? Well, his friend is so much like him, you’d think they came in a 2-pack or something. And what’s more, he’s got the structure of cabernet and malbec that those other wines you’ve dated have lacked, not to mention the cutest bright blue fruit flavors! Just trust me, you’ll be…

Oh! That must be them. Now then, deep breaths, and don’t let me catch you talking about your ex tonight, okay? Oh, and straighten your label, honey, you don’t want him to think you’re cheap.

2004 Chateau Guerry Cotes de Bourg 750ml 2-Pack

• Alcohol: 13%

Cotes de Bourg is on the right bank of the Gironde estuary. The Romans conquered this area and planted the first Vitis Biturica wine plants, ancestors of the cabernet, near the middle of the 1st century BC. As early as the 12th century, this region was known as “the first godchild of Bordeaux.” 

The south facing vineyard is on a steep hillside planted to Merlot, Cabernet, and Cab. Franc. With an average age of 38 years. The soils are white gravel at the top and red clay and limestone halfway down the hill.

2004 Tour Blanche Cru Bourgeois du Medoc 750ml 2-Pack

• Alcohol: 13.5%

A medieval fort that protected the estate from Norse invaders stands guard at this historic property. Gravelly soils make up the vineyard that overlooks the Girone estuary on the Garonne river. The average age of the vines are over 30-years-old. Well-known for best in class Sauternes, the winery makes a Bordeaux blended red wine that is very good in most vintages and spectacular in some.  Couched between two historic Bordeaux vintages in 2000 and 2005, the 2004 is considered a classic vintage. 2004 was a cool, late vintage in which the Cabernet of the region ripened very well. 

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