Sunday Magnum: Château Patache d'Aux, 2017 Cru Bourgeois, Medoc
Every Sunday, working with the redoubtable Tuggy Meyer of Huntsworth Wines opposite the pub, we open a big bottle or two of superior wine and sell it by the glass and carafe.
This Sunday's offering is magnums of Château Patache d'Aux, 2017 Cru Bourgeois, Medoc.
"A Patache was a type of carriage seen speeding up and down the Medoc in bygone times, transporting mainly the nobility, touring from one estate to the other (like the Chevaliers d'Aux, the original owners of this estate) until the French relieved the nobility of their land titles, vineyards and heads in the revolution. The Patache here on the label is a nod to those ancient times and the three families, three horses, that have owned the Chateau d'Aux estate.
This wine is a particular pleasurable one, meant to be consumed relatively young and fresh and full of fruit characteristics. Comprising a relatively high level of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend there will be plenty of dark fruits, bramble, blackcurrant and blackberry and those lovely green pyrazine characters that Cabernet Sauvignon deliver. Their is a crisp freshness to the fruit and this backbone structure of crispness runs through the wine. Their a moderate tannic touch with delicate woody and spice notes too.
All around a very approachable Cru Bourgeois from an old and established domaine. Perfect for the big Sunday Roast with family and friends or even at the barbeque when we head back to warmer weather. This is entering its window of great drinking now. A well made Bordeaux at a reasonable price. 'Bon Degustation!'"
Glass (125ml) £17
Carafe (500ml) £65
Allsopp's fine, hand-pulled, naturally fermented ales available from £5.50/pint at all times. Of course.
Previous Stoops Sunday Large Format Bottles:
23/02/25 Côtes-de-Nuits-Villages “Au Leurey – Vignes de 1937” 2020 Thibault Liger-Belair
16/02/25 Ch Beaumont '05
09/02/25 Ch Angludet '00
02/02/25 Grand-Puy-Lacoste '10 Pauillac
26/01/25 Cantemerle '05 Haut-Médoc
19/01/25 Castello Romitorio 2016 Brunello di Montalcino
12/01/25 Ch Patache d'Aux '17
05/01/25 Ch Cantemerle '10
29/12/24 Ch Lafon Rochet '05
22/12/24 La Tondonia '10
15/12/24 Ch Angludet '08
08/12/24 Ch Batailley '09
01/12/24 Chateauneuf du Pape Versino '16
24/11/24 La Bruja '23 from Comando G
17/11/24 Ch Beaumont '05
10/11/24 Tondonia '10
03/11/24 Ch Batailley '09 + a rogue Tondonia '10
27/10/24 Ch Batailley '09
20/10/24 Ch Sociando-Mallet '06
13/10/24 Ch LaTour Carnet '09