Product Description

“Sarget de Gruaud-Larose is the second wine of the famous Château Gruaud-Larose and we were lucky to be able to purchase this wine from the outstanding 2003 vintage directly from the Château. That means this wine has been perfectly stored over the last 14 years! If you are like me, and prefer Bordeaux with a little age on it so the tannins are nice and silky, then this is a wine for you! Not everyone has a cellar to keep wines in perfect condition for over a decade, so if you want to enjoy classic Bordeaux that has been perfectly aged and at an affordable price, this is a wine to snap up! Top notch producer, outstanding vintage, aged to perfection… this has everything you would hope for in wine! Enjoy!” – Jim Knight, The Wine House (1/26/18)

FROM THE WINERY

Tasting Notes: A beautiful, radiant color that fully and joyfully expresses the sun of that wonderful 2003 summer. On the nose, an abundance of richness blended with plenty of complex scents of perfectly ripe, red fruit and notes of autumn undergrowth. The mouth shows a great presence of tannins and a perfect balance between all savory flavors

Grape Varieties: 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 7.5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, 1.5% Malbec

ABV 12.9%

2003 Vintage: Exceptional vintage. Outbreak of the first leaves beginning of March. Temperatures and amount of sunshine well beyond normal. Even so, the vines didn’t suffer.Great drought confirmed (-50% pluviometry) and general flowering beginning of June. From August 20th, rainfall (withered or roasted grapes). Certain late growths benefitted from the eastern drying wind that stops the grey mold (Botrytis) to wait for complete maturity of the Merlots. The old vines, in ploughed soils with a solid root system in deep gravely soils held perfectly up against the great drought.