"This highly typical, ageworthy Bordeaux red was blended from merlot, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot. Deeply coloured, it is medium to full-bodied, with very good depth of youthful blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, earthy, savoury notes adding complexity, and a tightly structured finish" Michael Cooper, May 2025

Deep purple red in colour. Fruit driven with red and black berries (redcurrant, cherry, and blackcurrant) combined with spicy and minty notes. Good balance with round and velvety tannins and a long fruit and spicy finish.

Principally in the Entre Deux mers and the right bank of the Gironde estuary. Grape Varieties include 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine was made in soil of a combination of clay, limestone and gravels with an oceanic and mild climate. The vinification was controlled extraction for 3 weeks maceration with daily pumping over. Made partly aged in oak for 3 months.

This cuvée pays tribute to Germain Rambaud, Thomas Barton's first cellar master.