Peter Maude Fine Wines
2025, Roc de Cambes, CÔTES-DE-BOURG
$113.28 inc. GST
2025 is 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Often close in quality to the same owner's top Saint Emilion, Le Tertre Rôteboeuf. This Côtes de Bourg is head and shoulders the best wine of the appellation and very much a wine for those "in the know".
The 2025 Roc de Cambes offers up a heady mélange of blue and black fruit, gravel, sage, mint, tobacco, dried herbs, new leather and incense. A kick of new French oak adds polish to round out some of the wilder edges. This really explodes on the back end. All the elements are so well balanced. The 2025 is a captivating Roc de Cambes. It's classic François Mitjavile all the way. 2028-2043. 92-94 Antonio Galloni.
Salinity and signature roasted plum fruits, estate signature, a ton of sinew, coffee, espresso, olive pit, great stuff. 100% new oak 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.
The 2025 Roc de Cambes, blended with 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, has a quintessential Mitjavile-style nose with precocious red berry fruit, dark chocolate and subtle minty aromas. Fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannins, white pepper mixed with fennel and dried herbs. Good complexity towards the slightly savoury finish, this is an engaging and delicious Roc de Cambes. 91-93 Neal Martin.