Château La Brande - Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux 2019

Bettane & Desseauve

Guide Hachette des vins

About wine:

This intense red, with beautiful fruity nuances, offers good volume, presence, and complexity. It is a lovely, fruity wine, very fresh, well-made, with good length, which will be a pleasure to enjoy with meat in sauce or roast. 2023-2028

About the estate:

The vineyards founded in 1951 by Jean Petit comprise 37 hectares of contiguous land in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, on a terroir rich in asteriated limestone (Mangot, an ancient vineyard mentioned as early as 1510), and 16 hectares in Castillon (La Brande), managed since 1989 by Jean-Guy and Anne-Marie Todeschini, joined in 2008 by their sons Karl and Yann. The vineyard has been certified organic since the 2020 vintage and is currently converting to biodynamic farming.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

About wine:

With notes of cherry, blackberry, and licorice, La Brande 2019 is medium-bodied to full-bodied, with lively acidity, fine tannins, lots of cherry aromas, and a long, fresh, penetrating finish. This wine is already drinking very well. 2025-2030

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

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Among the best wines from the Right Bank for less than €25: Discreeton opening, this 2019 reveals its full potential after a few minutes in the glass. A beautiful wine, full-bodied, sappy and carried by a fine, mouthwatering tannic finish. Serve during a winter dinner party.

About the estate:

This is the historic estate of the Todeschini family, who also own Château Mangot, a Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé located a few kilometers away. Brothers Karl and Yann are contributing to the current revival of the Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux appellation, a delightful vineyard of intertwined hills and plateaus, marked by varied exposures and dotted with ponds and groves. The 16 hectares cultivated biodynamically produce concentrated wines, structured by frank tannins but above all by the mouth-watering force so characteristic of the region's clay-limestone soils. Bravo Castillon! Bravo Todeschini!

James Suckling

About wine:

Aroma of red berries, dried herbs, undergrowth, and spice box. Notes of olives as well. Medium-bodied with lively tannins. Round and creamy with a savory finish. Ready to drink or cellar.

Terre de Vins

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This wine has a certain frankness, opening with explosive, straightforward, clean fruit. The palate is very sapid, with lovely tannins marked by a pleasant rusticity. It is a wine that is confident in its own skin, expressing its origins with juiciness, bloodiness, and thirst-quenching qualities, signed by beautiful bitter notes on the finish.

Yves Beck

About wine:

Fresh and fruity bouquet, good intensity, with notes of blackcurrant and blackberry, followed by chalky nuances. Delicious and juicy attack. Pleasant freshness on the palate, making the wine inviting and crisp. It is slender, balanced, and can be enjoyed in its youth. A sapid and thirst-quenching wine. 2023-2033

Vert de Vin

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The nose is fruity, racy, and offers a lovely freshness, a nice texture, and a certain depth. There are notes of bright wild blackcurrant, juicy blackberry and, more subtly, violet, combined with hints of bright red berries and touches of crushed Bigarreau cherry, licorice, a discreet hint of coffee and a subtle hint of mandarin/zest. The palate is fruity, balanced, racy and offers a lovely acidity, smoothness, sapidity and good definition. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of juicy/tart blackcurrant, bright raspberry and, more subtly, bright blueberry, combined with hints of small black berries, blueberry, fresh violet and a subtle hint of licorice, zan, spices, a very subtle hint of iris, pepper and toast. The tannins are precise and well-balanced. Good length. A well-balanced wine offering lovely fruit generosity!