The wine reveals an intense, complex, dark berry fruit bouquet of black berries and cassis, and the most delicate suggestion of oak. Immediately generous on the palate, the wine is characterised by an intensely long, expressive fruit core, echoing the smoky character of great Pessac-Léognan terroirs, and underpinned by highly delicate tannins to soften the wine’s impressive stature. This full-bodied, perfectly harmonious wine culminates in a long, lingering finish. 

Recommended to combine with duck in orange sauce, grilled red meat and aged hard cheeses.

Pre-fermentation cold maceration. Alcoholic fermentation, with very few manipulations (pumping-over, pigeage). Malolactic fermentation partially in barrels.

Aging in barrels takes place in an arched underground cellar with air-conditioning for 12-14 months. Cooperage savoir-faire and oak selection are combined when choosing the barrels so that they are best suited to the characteristics and style of Château La Garde wines.

A rich diversity of soils. Stony outcrops and calcareous clay soils.

Founded in 1840, Dourthe is today one of the largest wineries in Bordeaux. Douthe owns vineyards and chateaus on all the main terroirs of Bordeaux: Hauts-Medoc, Saint-Estephe, Pessac-le-Gnan, Graves, etc. Read more