2018 | Château Biac | Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux | France

A family-owned Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux — Merlot-led right-bank red with real polish, overlooking the Garonne.

Château Biac is a small family estate (the Asseily family, since 2006) on the hillsides of Langoiran in Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux, on the right bank of the Garonne. Merlot-led on a distinctive limestone-clay terroir, it's a polished, ambitious right-bank Bordeaux that consistently overdelivers for its appellation.

A family Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux is smart, characterful right-bank Bordeaux. Family estate, Merlot-led, hillside terroir → polished, ripe, structured → you're drinking Bordeaux that punches above its address.

• Merlot-led Bordeaux blend
• Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux — France
• Château Biac — family estate since 2006
• Limestone-clay hillside

Black cherry, plum and cassis over cocoa, sweet spice and gentle oak with ripe, polished tannins and a long, generous finish. Translation: a polished, ripe right-bank Bordeaux — dark fruit with cocoa and spice on plush tannins. Generous and structured; overdelivers for the money.

A family Cadillac Côtes de Bordeaux. Exactly the bottle for roast beef, duck, or mushroom dishes.