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Château Haut Saint Martin
2005
Merlot
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France
Meat
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Wines classified as Bordeaux Supérieur come from more selective plots of land and older vines than simple Bordeaux A.O.C. wines. Bordeaux Supérieur is generally a bit more concentrated, with deeper flavors, more complexity and the structure for longevity in the cellar. This wine comes from the eastern reaches of Bordeaux, where Merlot flourishes in soils comprised mostly of clay and rock with high iron content.
This Merlot-based Bordeaux is a very versatile food wine, equally well-suited to grilled steak or lamb rib chops, rotisserie chicken with a morel mushroom sauce, or slow-cooked dishes like braised lamb shanks or baked portobello mushrooms stuffed with pork sausage and fresh herbs.
Serve at cool room temperature (64°F).
This wine is produced by grower-negociant Ets. Milhade, a company founded in 1938 that owns several properties and specializes in producing outstanding values from the right bank (or eastern part) of Bordeaux. The wines are made in a very traditional fashion: The grapes are de-stemmed upon arrival at the winery, then fermented in cement tanks and matured in a combination of new and used oak barriques.
The superb quality of the 2005 Bordeaux vintage is evident in this fine red with brambly blackberry, black currant, cedar, leather and graphite aromas, and ripe crème de cassis, plum, mushroom and toast flavors. It has ample structure and deep flavor but isn't at all heavy.