Tasting Notes
Produced by Bertrand Bourdil, former Chateau Mouton Rothschild winemaker, responsible for the great 1982 and 1986 vintages. A challenging vintage, but wow, this is gorgeous. The terroir helped, but also the attention to detail, with a small plot, shows what can be done. 2015 is an excellent vintage, similar to 2009 in style. This 68% Merlot and 32% Cabernet Sauvignon is concentrated, full and structured. Deep and dark with rich flavours of blackcurrant. The vein of acidity running through gives wonderful vibrancy and length. This still has decades ahead of it.
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To be contacted by a former winemaker of a Bordeaux first growth on the lookout for someone to look after their wine in the UK is not an everyday occurrence. Winemaker Bertrand Bourdil, who made the legendary Mouton-Rothschild 1982 and 1986 vintages left Mouton in 1993 and became a consultant. He’s retired from that now and concentrates solely on his own wine, Chateau Cherubin that comes from a very special 2.5 hectares of old vines which are sandwiched in the vineyards of Chateau Angelus. It’s a rare patch of terroir that shares similar attributes to Petrus and La Conseillante with the traces in the soil of crasse de fer, that confers freshness and lift to the wine.