{"id":7698,"date":"2013-05-28T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7698"},"modified":"2013-07-22T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T12:06:28","slug":"wine-of-the-week-2009-chateau-du-maine-aoc-graves-langon-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/05\/wine-of-the-week-2009-chateau-du-maine-aoc-graves-langon-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine of the Week: 2009 Ch\u00e2teau du Maine &#8211;  AOC Graves, Langon, Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2009\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine &#8211;\u00a0 AOC Graves, Langon, Bordeaux<\/h2>\n<p>Bordeaux has something like five thousand different Ch\u00e2teaux all making wine \u2013 and inevitably you get the full gamut made, in terms of quality. \u00a0There is a lot to avoid, but also some real gems too thankfully.<\/p>\n<p>One brilliant example is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2009-CHATEAU-DU-MAINE-Graves-17433-00.html?&amp;utm_source=Mail&amp;utm_medium=link+&amp;utm_campaign=Du+Maine+09\">2009\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine<\/a> made by the charming Jean-Pierre Duprat. \u00a0He is a skilled winemaker with a well situated vineyard in <em>Les Graves de Langon<\/em> which turns out great wines even in the most difficult vintages. We have bought from him for at least a fifteen years and his wines have always epitomised the best of value from the Graves, an absolute steal for under \u00a313.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2009-CHATEAU-DU-MAINE-Graves-17433-00.html?&amp;utm_source=Mail&amp;utm_medium=Image+&amp;utm_campaign=Du+Maine+09\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7702\" alt=\"2009-CHATEAU-DU-MAINE-Graves - Lea and Sandeman - Wine of the Week- Mail\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2009-CHATEAU-DU-MAINE-Graves-Lea-and-Sandeman-Wine-of-the-Week-Mail.png\" width=\"469\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a3<strong>12.95<\/strong> a bottle or \u00a3<strong>11.95<\/strong> case price<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Our tasting note:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Deep in colour, scented with rich berry fruit, full and persistent in the mouth with very fine tannins, this has remarkable length too. Brilliant value Graves for easy drinking<\/em>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<h3>The blend:<\/h3>\n<p>The wine c\u00e9page is comprised of 55% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc and 8% combined of Petit-Verdot and Malbec.<\/p>\n<h3>Food pairing:<\/h3>\n<p>Although delicious to drink on its own, we thoroughly recommend given the weather the classic shepherds pie and claret pairing.<\/p>\n<h3>The Terroir<\/h3>\n<p>The soil is composed mainly of gravel and coarse sand with a gravel-clay subsoil, that offers excellent drainage for the vines (in fact Graves in French means &#8216;Gravelly land&#8217;), so the roots dig deep producing consistently high quality fruit every year. Hence his wines are less affected by late season or harvest time rains.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chateau-du-Maine-J-P-Duprat---lea-and-sandeman--sandy-gravelly-soils\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chateau-du-Maine-J-P-Duprat-lea-and-sandeman-sandy-gravelly-soils.jpg\" width=\"494\" height=\"303\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Monsieur Jean-Pierre Duprat (you can see the typical Graves sandy soils behind him). <\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The secret?<\/h3>\n<p>The real secret of\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine lies in the very careful \u00e9levage in barrels of a good spread of ages (a touch of new wood, but mostly two, three or four year old barrels) is the key here, honing the initial fruit to a fine delicacy.<\/p>\n<h3>Mais\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine, ou-est-il?<\/h3>\n<p>Located on the left bank of the Garonne river, in the upstream part of the Bordeaux region, <em>Les Graves de Langon\u00a0<\/em>and Ch\u00e2teau du Maine can be found well south of the better-known vineyard area of Pessac-L\u00e9ognan.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7708\" alt=\"Chateau du Maine - Graves - Langon - Lea and Sandeman\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Chateau-du-Maine-Graves-Langon-Lea-and-Sandeman.png\" width=\"372\" height=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><\/h3>\n<p>We have plenty of Chateau du Maine in stock and needless to say there will be a few bottles going home amongst our staff this evening to ward off the cold.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2009-CHATEAU-DU-MAINE-Graves-17433-00.html?&amp;utm_source=Mail&amp;utm_medium=Bottom+Link+&amp;utm_campaign=Du+Maine+09\">here<\/a>, email us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@leaandsandeman.co.uk?subject= 2009 Chateau du Maine enquiry\">sales@leaandsandeman.co.uk<\/a> or simply drop by one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/content\/shops.html\">shops<\/a> in Chelsea, Kensington, Chiswick or Barnes which are open until 8 in the evening apart from Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>The wine is also available to buy in half bottles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2009\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine &#8211;\u00a0 AOC Graves, Langon, Bordeaux Bordeaux has something like five thousand different Ch\u00e2teaux all making wine \u2013 and inevitably you get the full gamut made, in terms of quality. \u00a0There is a lot to avoid, but also some real gems too thankfully. One brilliant example is 2009\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau du Maine made by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":7744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,367,249],"tags":[368,827,250],"class_list":["post-7698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bordeaux","category-graves","category-wine-of-the-week","tag-chateau-du-maine","tag-graves","tag-wine-of-the-week-2"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2009 Chateau du Maine - AOC Graves, Langon, Bordeaux<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2009 Ch\u00e2teau du Maine is made by the charming Jean-Pierre Duprat. 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