CHÂTEAU LE COTEAU
2014 Margaux
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot, Merlot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| District | Left Bank |
| Sub-district | Médoc |
| Village | Margaux |
| ABV | 13% |
This is a Margaux with guts, a dark, Cabernet-heavy, characterful wine which fills the palate and has power and length. Nothing not to like, but it's not as refined as some and perhaps all the more honest and welcome as a result. There's a touch of greenness - but it's bracing, tautening, not objectionable - certainly with food. Better value than anything else we've tried from this appellation in this price range. Drinking range: 2020 - 2023 L&S (Apr 2020)
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Château Le Coteau
Château Le Coteau is a rarity, being one of the last small family-owned properties in Margaux. Éric Léglise has run it since 1973, with commitment to the land and the ideal of being a bon vigneron.
The vineyard of 12 hectares is on the classic Margaux Gunzian gravels, which as Éric says, favour Cabernet Sauvignon, and is planted with 65% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 8% Cabernet-Franc, 5% Merlot and 2% Petit-Verdot. Most of the parcels border Grand Crus Classés, such as Rauzan Ségla, Giscours, du Tertre and d'Issan. The vineyards have never seen weedkiller or pesticides, with Éric believing in the importance of biodiversity.
The wines are made in a very classic fashion, 8-10 day fermentations that are not allowed to go over 28C, followed by a further maceration of up to three weeks, while the vats are tasted every day. At the right moment the new wine is run off into barrel and the skins pressed in a vertical press to extract the vin de presse which will for a large part be re-incorporated. The wine is than aged for between 12 and 16 months in French oak barrels, of which a third are new. It will be racked every three months, with a final clarification using egg white.
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