JCP Maltus, Château Teyssier, (Magnum) 2015 vs Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
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| Availability | In stock | Out of stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £75.00 | — |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | — |
| Producer | JCP Maltus | Ridge Vineyards |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Merlot, Cabernet Franc | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Size | 1500ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy | No current tracked offers |
JCP Maltus, Château Teyssier, (Magnum) 2015
JCP Maltus is the personal project of our friend Jonathan Maltus, the British entrepreneur who arrived in Saint-Émilion in the late 1990s and proceeded to do things his own way. Based at Château Teyssier on the limestone plateau, this is a wine that has always operated at the ambitious end of the Maltus portfolio — low yields, meticulous selection, and the kind of concentration that right-bank Merlot delivers when it's pushed hard. The 2015 vintage gave him exceptional raw material: a warm, dry summer that built fruit intensity without sacrificing freshness, and a harvest picked at near-perfect ripeness. A decade on, this is in a lovely spot. The primary fruit is integrating, the oak has knitted in, and there's a composed, almost meditative quality to it now — dark plum, graphite, a whisper of iron and dried herbs. The tannins are polished but still purposeful.
Ridge Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Drought-breaking winter storms replenished ground-water reserves at Monte Bello. Warm, summer weather ripened grapes for an October harvest. Significant tannins showed in the earliest fermentations so they reduced the pump-overs to avoid over-extraction. For this wine they blended the lots showing softer tannins and great fruit intensity. Though approachable now, this wine will continue to develop greater complexity over the next ten years. Harvested from the Monte Bello Vineyard made from 75% cabernet sauvignon, 21% merlot, 3% cabernet franc and 1 % peitit verdot.
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