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Château Brown 2012

  • Black fruit
  • Aperitif wine
  • Enjoy with friends
  • Color: Red
  • 13.50% 
  • 1.5L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Porté par le cabernet-sauvignon, ce vin mérite quelques années de garde pour s'épanouir et, bien sûr, gagner en complexité. More info

  • Quantity: 2 Bottles
  • Level: 2 into-neck
  • Label: 2 very slightly marked label, 2 very slightly scuffed label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Pessac-Léognan
  • Producer/Owner: Familles Mau, Dirkzwager et Barthe
  • More information....

Château Brown serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Entrecôte grillée, Pigeonneau rôti.

Peak: Drink until 2031

  • Vintage score: 15/20
  • Lot presentation
    Château Brown

    The wine

    Located near the town of Léognan, cooler region, the château de Brown creates a red classic Pessac wine, straight and balanced. Cabernet Sauvignon being the main grape, it requires 5 years of aging for the tannins to smoothen.

    Information about domain Château Brown

    Château Brown was built at the end of the Middle Ages, when Aquitaine was still under English rule. It takes its name from an English wine merchant, John Lewis Brown. The chateau went through ups and downs until the purchase in 2005 by the families Mau and Dirkzwager. The property is now managed by Jean-Christophe Mau. Advised by Stéphane Derenencourt, new winery and new parcels continue the growths’ progression. The vines have an average age of 25 years and grow on mounds of silica-gravel on clay subsoil. Average annual production is 80,000 bottles of red and 20,000 bottles of white.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 2 Bottles
    • Level: 2 into-neck
    • Label: 2 very slightly marked label, 2 very slightly scuffed label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 13.50 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Pessac-Léognan
    • Producer/Owner: Familles Mau, Dirkzwager et Barthe
    • Vintage: 2012
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: Drink until 2031
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 25
    • Volume: 100000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Black fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Aperitif wine
    • Grape variety: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit verdot

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    Château Brown 2012

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format