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Colour
Dark Ruby red
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Nose
You can definitely smell the maturation in wood straight on the nose, Vanilla, coffee, chocolate, caramel and cederwood. Some lovely plum, sherry, strawberry notes. Nothing complex but lovely nose, makes you go back and smell again.
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Palate
On the palate the wood dominates over the red fruits notes. You wil still get some plum, figs and sherry notes on the palate. Medium tannins not to overpowering and medium acidity. The low percentage of alcohol really makes it an easy sipper and goes naturally down your throat.
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Finish
Short but the wood notes main to linger and makes you go back for another sip. Nothing really special or complex, but what can you expect for only a couple euro’s. Its a great Bordeaux for its money and we always have a couple of bottle laying around to enjoy with a meal.
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Conclusion
Baron de Lestac is a Bordeaux wine brand owned by Groupe Castel. Baron de Lestac is produced as a red wine (a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) and a white wine (a blend of Sauvignon and Sémillon), both Bordeaux AOC wines and produced with an influence of oak. The wine is sold in a variety of containers including bottles and bag-in-box. A Haut-Médoc AOC wine is also produced, under the name Les Hauts de Lestac, and is marketed as a high-end version of Baron de Lestac. In 2007, at 750,000 cases (9 million bottles), Baron de Lestac was the third most selling Bordeaux brand behind Mouton Cadet and Castel’s Malesan, and the fastest-growing. Definitely worth your couple of euro’s. Don’t expect a complex Bordeaux, but if you like a good wood maturating wine this is the one you need to buy. The price and quality you get in this Lestac is amazing, how do they do it?
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Goes great with
Lam, game, beef, chicken.
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Best served at
16 - 18 °C / 61 - 65 ºF
Baron Lestac red is fantastic!! Loved by all my family!! However, has to be drunk the same day, as it doesn’t keep till the next!!!
Can’t find a better red at 3x the price!!