CHÂTEAU LA GARDE
2024 Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot, Cab Franc, Merlot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Village | Pessac-Léognan |
| Classification | Cru Classé |
| ABV | 13% |
Some citrus and crunchy cherries, dried flowers and peppery berries. Medium-bodied, textured and linear, this has fine-boned tannins and good precision. Elegant. 55% cabernet sauvignon and 45% merlot. Rating: 92-93 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Apr 2025)
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The 2024 La Garde is a very pretty, elegant Pessac-Léognan. This wine has come a long way in recent years. That is evident even in the 2024, a wine that shows notable purity despite the mid-weight structure of the year. Red-toned fruit, flowers, mint and spice are nicely delineated throughout. Drinking range: 2026 - 2034 Rating: 90-92 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2025)
Slim and savoury with lovely bright fruits, well handled, good quality, this is showcasing the vivid and just-skirting-ripeness character of the vintage, but it works, and is very well handled. Last vintage with Frederic Bonnaffous as Wine Director. Rating: 90 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (Apr 2025)
The 2024 La Garde has decent fruit concentration on the nose within the context of the vintage: blackberry, redcurrant and light cedar scents. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannins and moderate depth but it lacks a bit of flesh and feels just a tad undernourished on the finish. Early drinking. Drinking range: 2028 - 2035 Rating: 85-87 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (May 2025)
Château La Garde
Château La Garde is a medium-sized property with 47 hectares of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc. The Cabernet-dominated red wines are soft, well structured and packed with smooth, ripe fruit which makes them very attractive young, though they also possess good medium-term cellaring potential. Bought by the dynamic Bordeaux merchant Dourthe in the 1980s, this gem of an estate displays the true Graves minerality underneath an exuberant cassis-and-plums aroma. After huge initial investment in the vineyard and cellar immense care is now lavished upon the wine itself, and any re-assessment of the Pessac-Léognan classification would surely see this wine elevated to Cru Classé status
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