Jean Marc Barthez Bordeaux Rouge

2018 Vintage: A warm, sunny vintage with a hot and dry month of September.

A signature blend of 50% Merlot, with equal parts Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s wonderful “drinkability” is highlighted by the absence of oak during the aging process, which allows a bursting acidity and graphite minerality (imagine the lead of fresh pencil shavings) to shine through on the palate. Certified sustainable.

“Ms. Taylor’s Bordeaux Rouge 2018...with the simple Bordeaux appellation, made by Jean Marc Barthez, head of a small cooperative in the greater Bordeaux area, is precisely the sort of wine you imagine the locals drinking, at least, those without the big chateaus. It’s supple, dry, fresh, mildly tannic, humble and direct, just a good, refreshing drink.” - Eric Asimov, The New York Times