Description

This “alternative” Bordeaux is populated by the small independent estates that line the banks of the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers, where conscientious growers craft honest bottles for everyday enjoyment. This is the Bordeaux to which winemaker Jean-Marc Barthez belongs. The archetypal “dirt-under-the-fingernails” winemaker, he serves as the president of a small co-operative winery in Monsegur, an ancient village founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 13th century. There, he oversees a handful of growers who cultivate small family vineyards - many certified organic - and join forces to produce Bordeaux wines that their friends and neighbours can actually afford.

How does it taste

The wine perfectly embodies the region’s rural soul. It possesses much of the dark-fruited complexity that made Bordeaux famous in the first place - but rendered in a brighter, more refreshing frame. Ideal with duck breast, pasta with tomato sauce, grilled red meat, suckling pig as well as roasted vegetables and mushroom based dishes.