| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > Côtes de Bourg |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
The 2014 Roc de Cambes has a lovely bouquet—very pure and intense—with black cherries, blueberry fruit and crushed rose petal that develops with time. The palate is medium-bodied, with fleshy ripe red and black fruit, supple tannin, hints of orange zest and pomegranate and quite a structured finish that just cuts away a little swiftly on the aftertaste.
Drink Date 2019 - 2032
Tasted blind. A bit simple, sweet and oaky on the nose – a hint of cappuccino. Juicy and easy but not the most noble or complex.
Drink 2023-2034
Often close in quality to the same owner's top Saint Emilion, Le Tertre Roteboeuf. This Cotes de Bourg is head and shoulders the best wine of the appellation and very much a wine for those "in the know". A right bank wine, yet only 4 or 5 kilometres from Chateau Margaux as the crow flies. This vineyard is a south facing slope with well ventilated vines. 35hl/ha. Deep purple colour. Extremely perfumed with floral, truffle and incense notes to complement the smoky, ripe black cherry and blackcurrant fruit. The palate is creamy, sweet, ripe and succulent on entry with lots of velvety tannins. Juicy black fruits dominate the core which has layers of milk chocolate, spicy new oak and creamy sweet vanilla. This is complex and very long on the finish. Another superb Roc de Cambes.
The nose is rich ripe with lots of black fruits and the palate has depth fleshy, velvety and supple. Cassis and black cherry are enriched by liquorice and dark chocolate the succulent richness balanced by freshness at the back. 2025-36
Canny Bordeaux buyers have always known that François Mitjavile's wine is one of the Right Bank's comparative bargains. This is on the ripe side, with a touch too much alcohol perhaps, but it’s challky, black fruited and deftly oaked, despite the 100% new barrels. Likely to age well, too.
The Château Roc de Cambes 2014, François Mitjavile's consistently over-performing Côte de Blaye, is blessed with a fragrant, perfumed nose, the fruit a little darker than his Tertre-Rôteboeuf: mulberry and blackberry, crushed petals and incense. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very pure and harmonious with a long sensual finish. You know, this might be the first time that I feel that the Roc de Cambes has the élan of the Tertre-Rôteboeuf and as such, it represents one of the best values you will find in 2014.
