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The Society's Côtes de Bordeaux 2020

Red Wine from France - Bordeaux
4.142857000 star rating 7 Reviews
A deeply coloured and ripe claret from the Bordeaux vineyards of member favourite Château de Pitray. Rich, with plump merlot fruit on the palate.
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Code: CL271

Wine characteristics

  • Red Wine
  • Full-bodied
  • Merlot
  • 75cl
  • Now to 2028
  • 14.5% Alcohol
  • no oak influence
  • Cork, diam
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

  • 100ml of this wine contains 77 kcal
  • The bottle contains 10.9 units of alcohol
  • A 125ml glass of this wine contains 96 kcal and 1.8 units of alcohol

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Château de Pitray

The majestic estate of Château de Pitray has been in the de Boigne family for 600 years. Situated on the Gardegan plateau in the west of the Dordogne Valley, the property falls under the Côtes de Castillon appellation, but it lies just 8km from the better-known town of Saint-Emilion. Pitray is thought by many to be amongst the finest properties in the appellation.

The château itself has been rebuilt twice, most recently in 1868 when it was built in a wonderful Victorian Gothic style, with a recent £1 million roof sprucing the place up after hail damage. The building is hidden amongst century-old oak and cedar trees at the end of a sweeping drive, with the vineyards planted around the outskirts of the estate to preserve the château’s serenity. Indeed, its builders thought that a view of the vines would be rather vulgar and hid them from sight. However, far from being an elite residence sequestered away, the château is hired out for elaborate cocktail parties and weddings, and some of its rooms are used for a memorable bed-and-breakfast experience. On top of all that, oak trees are now being planted with a view to producing truffles!

Since 2003, the estate has been run by current generation Jean de Boigne. He farms the estate sustainably with the health of the soils, vines and the environment around them uppermost in his mind. The 37 hectares of vineyards are split into 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc, both of which enjoy the clay-limestone soils, and vines have an average...
The majestic estate of Château de Pitray has been in the de Boigne family for 600 years. Situated on the Gardegan plateau in the west of the Dordogne Valley, the property falls under the Côtes de Castillon appellation, but it lies just 8km from the better-known town of Saint-Emilion. Pitray is thought by many to be amongst the finest properties in the appellation.

The château itself has been rebuilt twice, most recently in 1868 when it was built in a wonderful Victorian Gothic style, with a recent £1 million roof sprucing the place up after hail damage. The building is hidden amongst century-old oak and cedar trees at the end of a sweeping drive, with the vineyards planted around the outskirts of the estate to preserve the château’s serenity. Indeed, its builders thought that a view of the vines would be rather vulgar and hid them from sight. However, far from being an elite residence sequestered away, the château is hired out for elaborate cocktail parties and weddings, and some of its rooms are used for a memorable bed-and-breakfast experience. On top of all that, oak trees are now being planted with a view to producing truffles!

Since 2003, the estate has been run by current generation Jean de Boigne. He farms the estate sustainably with the health of the soils, vines and the environment around them uppermost in his mind. The 37 hectares of vineyards are split into 75% merlot and 25% cabernet franc, both of which enjoy the clay-limestone soils, and vines have an average age of 29 years.

The cellar produces almost a quarter of a million bottles annually. Each parcel of vines – and there are many – is vinified separately according to its respective character and needs. The merlot undergoes maceration for longer than the cabernet franc, but both are kept at cool temperatures for the duration, retaining the grapes’ natural character and aromas.

The estate’s main wine, Château de Pitray, and also our Society’s Côtes de Bordeaux, are aged in vats, with repeated racking. They then undergo fining with egg whites before blending. Cuvée Madame de Pitray is the result of vineyard and cellar selection of the best grapes, and is often sold en primeur.

The wines have a magnificent propensity to age well, and many assert their quality rivals the famous appellation nearby.
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Decanter

This is the kind of thing The Wine Society does so well: affordable, everyday-drinking claret, made in an unpretentious but quality-minded way. In this case, the name behind the own label is Château...
This is the kind of thing The Wine Society does so well: affordable, everyday-drinking claret, made in an unpretentious but quality-minded way. In this case, the name behind the own label is Château Pitray, located in the Right Bank value hunting ground of Castillon. Here we have a blend of mostly Merlot, unoaked (which helps to keep the price low). The quality to price ratio here is impressive - it's a very expressive and open style of claret, with rip and firm fruit, good freshness and a decent length. From the 2021 vintage, this will be rebranded as The Wine Societ's Rerserve Claret.
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Amy Wislocki

The Observer

The Wine Society has a nice line in Old World classics. It is a great place to find fairly priced claret, for example, [including] the succulent unoaked merlot of the Society’s own Côtes de Bordeaux by...
The Wine Society has a nice line in Old World classics. It is a great place to find fairly priced claret, for example, [including] the succulent unoaked merlot of the Society’s own Côtes de Bordeaux by the estimable Château de Pitray.
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David Williams

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