2016 Chateau Leland Borie, St. Julien, Bordeaux, France red blends cedar pencil

cedar pencil

grilled vegetables

and honeysuckle—a classic example of Willamette Pinot Gris

sun ripened wild blackberry leads to indulgent notes of chocolate-covered black cherry and notes of tobacco leaf

the 2023 is superb

2016 Chateau Leland Borie, St. Julien, Bordeaux, France red blends cedar pencilThis is an estate which was born with the purchase of a parcel of vines by the Borie family, and rather than absorb their new vineyard into that of Chteau Ducru Beaucaillou the parcel and wine it yielded was kept entirely separate. It remains so until the 2017 vintage. Much of the work is done by hand, including leaf thinning and green harvesting as required. Attractive, ripe Cabernet fruit on the nose, this wine has aromas of blackberries and