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Château La Prade
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2023
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Medium-bodied, forward, with sweetness, and firmness, freshness, ripe, crisp, chewy, rustic, sweet, dark cherries, raspberries, and plums with licorice, florals, spice, and a touch of marine influences on the palate, as well as in the finish. You can enjoy this on release, or age it for at least a decade or more. Made from 79% Merlot, with 21% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2026-2033. 91-93 Pts. 748 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers with an ocean breeze open the nose before you find the black raspberries and a touch of spice in the perfume. Medium-bodied, sweet, fresh, and fruity, with fresh black plums, black raspberries, licorice, and cherries from start to finish. With all this fruit, you can enjoy this on release. Made from 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2025-2036. 91-93 Pts. 3,090 Views Tasted Jun 22, 2023 |
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2021
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Flowers, tobacco leaf, plums and a dash of cocoa fill in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is soft, sweet, fruity, leafy and fresh. Medium-bodied with touches of chocolate and plums in the savory finish, there is a chalky, salty sensation that kicks in at the end of the finish that is quite nice. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. Drink from 2024-2035. 475 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Black cherries, espresso, dark chocolate, and wet earth already show in the nose. On the palate, the wine is soft, sweet, fruity, leafy and fresh. Medium-bodied with touches of chocolate and plums in the savory finish, you can enjoy this on release. Made from 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, drink from 2023-2032. 89-91 1,857 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2019
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Peppery red fruits, truffles, flowers, cocoa and red berries create the nose. On the palate, the wine is round, rich, full and fleshy with a wealth of ripe, sweet red fruits and dark chocolate with a touch of spice in the finish. If you are seeking value Bordeaux and you're not familiar with La Prade -- get to know this wine, which is made from 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. 2,798 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022 |
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2018
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
A big juicy blast of fresh ripe fruits, rocks and stones comes in every sip. If you are seeking value Bordeaux and you're not familiar with La Prade -- get to know this wine, which is made from 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. 90-92 Pts 2,724 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2018
Château La Prade (Francs Côtes de Bordeaux)
Cocoa, black raspberries, truffle, herbs and dusty red berries are found on the nose and palate. Soft and stony, with a strong mineral essence, this needs just a couple of years before it is ready to unfurl. If you are seeking value Bordeaux and you're not familiar with La Prade -- get to know this wine, which is made from 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. 2,271 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2017
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Fresh with polished tannins and a sweet, fruity quality in the round finish, this wine will be delicious for at least a decade or longer. If you are seeking value Bordeaux and you\'re not familiar with La Prade -- get to know this wine, which is made from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Sadly, due to the frost, there is 50% less of the normal volume produced here this year. 2,264 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Darker in hue than usual, the wine offers dark earthy, red fruits, soft and polished tannins with fresh, sweet, juicy fruits that offer volume, freshness and pleasure. The blend comes from , Made from 88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. This is a step up for one of the best value wines in Bordeaux. 4,670 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Earthy, with forest floor, tobacco, underbrush and dark, red fruits, the wine has length and the ability to soft and evolve with age. 3,997 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Made from 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc, the soft, open wine has a stony, licorice, and blackberry personality that finishes with fresh dark red fruits. 2,421 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2016 |
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2014
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
From mostly Merlot at 90% of the blend, with the remainder coming from Cabernet Franc, you already find secondary notes of earth, truffle, oak and dark cherries. Medium/full bodied, fleshy, with a blast of tobacco and spicy black cherry in the finish. A few more years will add more softness and complexity here. 2,317 Views Tasted Jun 25, 2017Made from 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the spicy, soft, open wine has a sweet, tart, fresh, licorice, personality that finishes with bright, round, red fruits. 88-90 Pts 1,558 Views Tasted May 1, 2015 |
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2012
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Earth, smoke and licorice with fresh plums on the nose, the wine serves up a tasty, smoky, blackberry and earthy finish. 2,267 Views Tasted Jul 6, 201590% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc – A kiss of oak touches dark red berries with an earthy, easy-to-like personality that will make this easy to drink on release. 87-88 Pts 2,418 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2013 |
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2011
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Fresh black cherry and licorice in an approachable, soft, easy drinking style 2,060 Views Tasted May 21, 2014Blending 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc, the wine offers smoke, a strong sense of minerality, cherry and earth with chalky tannins. This wine from Nicolas Thienpont should offer pleasure after 2-3 years in the bottle. 88-90 Pts 2,081 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2012 |
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2010
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Already showing truffle and tobacco scents, along with fresh berries, the wine is structured, tannic, beefy and concentrated. Give it a few years to soften and continue its development. 3,493 Views Tasted May 8, 2013Deep color, spice, black plum and spice, this full bodied wine finishes with a blast of ripe, black plum jam and blackberries. 89-91 Pts 2,924 Views Tasted Jul 6, 2011La Prade is filled with cassis, black cherry and licorice. Concentrated, and easy to like, this wine from Nicolas Thienpont should offer pleasure early. 88-90 Pts 2,402 Views Tasted Apr 22, 2011 |
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2009
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Bottled late May and produced from 100% Merlot, the perfume offers scents of oak, licorice, plum and jammy black raspberries. Full bodied, soft textured and packed with sweet, juicy plums, vanilla, black cherry, pepper and cassis, this is a delicious wine. 2,748 Views Tasted Jul 16, 20112009 La Prade is 100% merlot. This small property used optical laser sorting for the first time. With soft, elegantly round textures coupled with minerals, blackberries, and licorice, the wine ends with a nice display of juicy plums. The best La Prade I’ve ever tasted. 88-90 Pts 2,172 Views Tasted Aug 26, 2010 |
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2008
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
08 La Prade from Nicolas Thienpont, along with help from Stephane Derenoncourt is a steal. Ripe, spicy blackberry fruit is everywhere in this wine. It will offer its charm at a young age. 86-88 Pts 2,401 Views Tasted Aug 1, 2009 |
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2006
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Medium bodied, crisp, slightly rustic, fully developed wine with an earthy, forest slant to the red fruits. This wine requires drinking in the near future. 2,250 Views Tasted Jan 5, 2018 |
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2005
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
From a blend 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc, this delicious wine is showing great! Licorice, earth, jammy blackberries, dark cherry and a hint of vanilla make up the perfume. Lush, round, soft and mouth filling with a licorice, chocolate and plum filled finish, there is no reason to wait on opening this wine. 2005 La Prade represents what great, Bordeaux value wine is all about. 2,628 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2011 |
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2003
Château La Prade (Bordeaux Côtes de Francs)
Clearly fading, the nose is better than the palate with its truffle and tobacco scented perfume. I’d drink this sooner than later. 3,050 Views Tasted Dec 18, 2013 |
