Country: France
Region / Appellation: Médoc AOC
Producer: Chateau Rollan de By
Grape Variety: 60% Merlot, 20% Petit Verdot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc.
Type: Red
Size: 750ml
Alcohol Content: 13.5%
93/100, Markus Del Monego
93/100, Andreas Larsson
91-100, Vinous, Antonio Galloni
91/100, Jacques Perrin
90/100, Grand Jury Européen
16.5/20, Jancis Robinson
1 étoile, Guide Hachette des vins 2016
Tasting Note:
- Andreas Larsson: Rich and full, cocoa powder, multilayered dark fruit, spices, unctuous texture, very concentrated.
- Markus Del Monego: Ripe dark berries and black cherries. Modern styled with high concentration and good length.
- Robert Parker: Plenty of black raspberry, black currant and licorice notes intermixed with a hint of vanillin, but no vegetal qualities whatsoever. Fleshy, rich, medium to full-bodied and impressively endowed. The luxury cuvee from Jean Guyon that represents what he considers to be his finest wine is a beauty.
- Wine Spectator: Plum pit, briar and plum skin notes surrounding the core of black currant and black cherry fruit.
- Decanter: Very good rich, almost velvety concentration of Cabernet-Merlot fruit, has depth and class.
- Grand Jury Européen - Jürgen Steinke: Color very deep. At the palate lots of extracted wood.
Other information:
In a blind tasting, "Le Grand Jury Europeen", the 21 wine tasters always place this wine among the first in its appellation. This "micro-cuvee" impresses by its balance, density and fruit. Its aromas of blueberry, blackcurrant and black cherry delight the palate. The finish is long and silky.
Château Rollan de By 2012
Country: France
Region / Appellation: Médoc Cru Bourgeois
Producer: Domaines Rollan de By
Grape Variety: 70% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot
Type: Red
Size: 750ml
Alcohol Content: 13.5%
92/100, Die Welt Germany
90/100, Wine Enthusiast, Roger Voss
88/100, Gault & Millau
18/20, Weinwisser, René Gabriel
16.5/20, Jancis Robinson – Richard Hemming
2 étoiles, Guide Hachette 2016
Médaille d’or, Concours Général Agricole Paris 2014
Médaille d’argent, Decanter World Wine Awards
Tasting Note:
Aged for 18 months in tanks and oak barrels (95% French oak and 15% American oak), this Rollan de By Cru Bourgeois has a polished, forward, sweet and fresh personality. It exhibits attractive aromas of rich red fruits, juicy plum, blackberry, black cherries, sweet vanilla and oak. Medium to full body, excellent ripeness with integrated tannins and a spicy, long finish.
Pairs well with all types of classic meat dishes – veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roasted chicken, braised and grilled dishes.
About Château Rollan de By:
Château Rollan de By vineyards sit on 52ha of clayey chalky soils dating from the quaternary era.This vines are 35 years-old on average with a density of 6,500 to 10,000 plantsper hectare.
Château Greysac 2012 (WS88 / WE88 / RP87 / JS87)
Country: France
Region / Appellation: Médoc Cru Bourgeois
Producer: Domaines Rollan de By
Grape Variety: 65% Merlot, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot
Type: Red
Size: 750ml
Alcohol Content: 13.5%
88 Points Wine Spectator - “With bay and savory notes. A Chalky fame surrounds the red currant and black cherry fruit."
88 Points Wine Enthusiast – “While this is a firm wine, full of dry tannins and smoky wood-aging flavors, it also has plenty of ripe and juicy fruit. Red berry and black currant show strongly, filling wine out and promising roundness as it ages. Drink from 2017."
87 Points Robert Parker – “Attractive cedary, red and black currant notes intermixed with hints of camphor and damp earth.”
87 Points James Suckling – “Good fruit, minerals, spices and blueberries. Medium body, with fine tannins and a clean finish.”
88 Points Dégustation Alliance des Crus Bourgeois
16.5 (out of 20) Points Jancis Robinson
1 Star - Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2016
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2015
Tasting Note:
Attractive aromas of plums and cherries with a delicate oak character. The palate is bright and lively with excellent underlying fruit. A light style and highly drinkable with a satisfying slate and mineral finish.
About Château Greysac:
Château Greysac's wine is now more than ever before the expression of its outstanding soil: beautiful gravelly rises located in the hamlet of By. Winemaking is traditional, though all necessary modern equipment is available to provide a helping hand. The selection of wine to be sold under the Greysac name is very strict, rarely over 70% of total production. Even in difficult years, there is great consistency in the quality of these wines. The characteristic style of Greysac is one of great aromatic finesse combined withgood, full body. Their wines exhibit straight forward, clean flavors and sumptuous fruit which acquire elegance and complexity over time.
