I got this wine at Charles de Gaule airport, waiting to fly to Pau on the way for the Order of Malta Lourdes pilgrimage at the beginning of the month. I thought we were going to have it one night at dinner at the hotel. In the end, it followed us to Bordeaux and then back hon=me and we had it on Mother's Day. It was a wine we have not met in Hong Kong, and it was a reasonable price.
Originally a plot in the lower reaches of Chateau Beauregard, it was sold to Antoine Moeuix in 1939 and owned by the same family till recently. Now the 15 acre estate planted mainly with Merlot produces some 38000 bottles from vines over 40 years of age. The fruit is hand harvested and fermented in steel before maturing in a mix of new and 1 year old barrels for 12 months before bottling. The wine was a deep purple ruby with a sweet acid woody berry nose. The palate was sweet woody and acid with plummy berry notes spiced up with tannins, well supported by an acid tannic backbone.
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