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2003 Grand-Mayne Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend: 750ml

$39.99

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about this wine:

Geographic location :
The vineyard is located to the west of Saint Emilion, at the foot of the plateau, in the centre of the commune.
It has an exceptional altitude of 55 metres above sea level.
 
Geography of the soils :
The vineyard is planted on the hillside and at the foot of the slope. (facing south-west) On the hillside : clay-limestone soil, at the foot: old sand over clay
 
Area :
19 hectares (47,5 acres), including 17 uninterrupted hectares (42,5 acres) in the great classified growth category.
   
Grape varieties :      
76% Merlot, 13% Cabernet franc, 11% Cabernet sauvignon
Average age of the vines : 30 years

See Ratings and Reviews
points awarded:
WA 90 WS 90

90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2006

The 2003 from Grand-Mayne, which has put on weight since bottling, will no doubt be controversial since it is extremely ripe. It is one of the few offerings from this vintage where one can see the exotic, almost over-the-top characteristics some critics suggest are commonplace in this year. A sleeper of the vintage, it is a sexy, broad, fleshy, low acid wine with an expansive texture, a flamboyant, ostentatious bouquet of plums, figs, sweet blueberries, and jammy blackberries, and noticeable, but silky tannin. This sex-pot is best consumed during its first 7-10 years of life.


90 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2006

Dark chocolate with berry and roasted coffee on the nose. Full-bodied, with firm, chewy tannins. Juicy and rich. Hard not to drink now. Seductive wine. Best after 2008. 1,330 cases made.


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2006

The 2003 from Grand-Mayne, which has put on weight since bottling, will no doubt be controversial since it is extremely ripe. It is one of the few offerings from this vintage where one can see the exotic, almost over-the-top characteristics some critics suggest are commonplace in this year. A sleeper of the vintage, it is a sexy, broad, fleshy, low acid wine with an expansive texture, a flamboyant, ostentatious bouquet of plums, figs, sweet blueberries, and jammy blackberries, and noticeable, but silky tannin. This sex-pot is best consumed during its first 7-10 years of life.


90 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2006

Dark chocolate with berry and roasted coffee on the nose. Full-bodied, with firm, chewy tannins. Juicy and rich. Hard not to drink now. Seductive wine. Best after 2008. 1,330 cases made.


About Winery

Mayne comes from the word "manor", which used to mean "a fine house surrounded by a certain amount of land".
 
The old description and the modern concept are both eminently suitable to describe this magnificent property built between the end of the 15th and the early 16th centuries.The Laveau family can be traced back to Grand Mayne as early as 1685. Jacques Laveau, was the first to settle at Mayne, but it was his son, Jean, who in 1811, bought Chateau Soutard. That enabled him to extend his estate. Unfortunately, the cascading dominoes of inheritance rapidly put an end to the Laveau empire.

After several other owners, Jean Nony, a wine negociant from the Correze, purchased the current estate Grand Mayne in 1934. Jean Pierre (son of Jean Nony) and Marie Francoise Nony managed the estate from 1977 to 2001. Since the death of her husband, Marie-Francoise continues to manage surrounded by a competent team and her two sons.
 

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