2014 Marsau

The 2014 Marsau has a lovely red cherry and raspberry-scented bouquet with neatly integrated creamy new oak that lends it a seductive allure. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, quite spicy with black pepper and cloves on the tip of the tongue, a whole packet of tobacco on the back palate. There is a touch of dryness here, but it does possess commendable focus. Give this two or three years in bottle.

The 2014 Marsau is dark, bold and juicy, with plenty of depth and overall intensity. Sweet red cherry, blood orange, chalk and wild flowers give this plump Côtes de Bordeaux lovely complexity. Drink it over the next few years.

The 2014 Marsau is a plump, racy wine ideally suited to informal drinking over the next few years. There is nothing fancy here, just a supple, friendly, fruit-forward red with terrific balance that delivers plenty of bang for the buck.