Château Aldemar · Pauillac, Bordeaux
Grand Vin de l'Aldemar
2015
Blackcurrant and cedar unfold slowly into graphite, violets and a long, cool mineral finish. The tannins are dense yet weightless — architecture rather than mass.
€1,240
◆ 98 pts — La Revue du Vin, 2019
The Story
A bottle with a past
The Aldemar estate has farmed the same gravel croupe above the Gironde since 1743. The 2015 Grand Vin was born of a warm, unhurried summer — a vintage the cellar master called 'a year without argument'. Only the oldest vines, some past their eightieth harvest, were permitted into the final blend.
“We did almost nothing in 2015. The vintage asked only for patience, and we obliged.”
Élise Aldemar-Roche, Château Aldemar
Aroma Profile
What rises from the glass
At the Table
- — Dry-aged côte de bœuf
- — Roast saddle of lamb
- — Aged Comté
Vintage & Cellar
2015 was a near-perfect Left Bank vintage: even flowering, a dry August, and cool nights through harvest preserved acidity beneath generous fruit.
Cellar at 12–13°C, 70% humidity, resting on its side away from light.
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region
- Pauillac, Bordeaux
- Country
- France
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Production
- 9,400 bottles
- Drinking window
- 2026 – 2055
- Serving
- 17–18°C, decant 90 minutes
- Collector grade
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