ChateauGrandMayneSaint-Emilion

The Château Grand Mayne Saint-Emilion 2014 is made of mostly Merlot grapes, with a smaller proportion of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. At just over 10 years of age, the wine is hitting its stride beautifully, with lovely savoury complexity and soft, resolved tannins.

93/100 �The 2014 Grand-Mayne has a fragrant bouquet, perhaps more refined than in recent years with dried rose petals and incense fusing with the red berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp acidity and a gentle build towards a vivid, lightly spiced finish that maintains impressive delineation, perhaps less extracted and more precise than wines of the past. This is a superb Grand-Mayne that represents a subtle change in tack for the estate �one that this writer approves of. Tasted on three occasions and consistent every time. �Neal Martin, Wine Advocate