Chateau Martinat, Cotes de Bourg

Medium dark ruby. Reticent nose, prunes, black fruit. Pleasant palate. Fruit and soft powdery tannins well matched and quite enjoyable. Supporting acidity is adequate. Medium finish.

2009 vintage

Fun to buy cheap-ish Bordeaux from good years and hold on to it for a while, and that strategy paid off here. Silky-smooth merlot, slight bite and structure from the Cabernet, no rough edges and a respectably long finish. Maybe 2-3 years of peak drinking left?

2009 vintage

Seemed much better than last bottle. Better depth and complexity. Tannins soft but still there, earthy and fruity notes.

2009 vintage

Continues to drink well - dark red color. Dill, black cherry, red currants, slightly herbal on nose. On palate, medium body, bright red fruit, medium+ acidity & medium finish. Well integrated tannins. Very food friendly - would buy again $20USD or under. 90+ (straight up ignoring QPR).

2009 vintage

Nice enjoyable little Bordeaux. Light body, soft tannins, good acidity, very well balanced and straight wine. May lack in depth but has a nice Bordeaux finesse!

2009 vintage

Raspberry/pomegranate, wet rocks, nice.

2009 vintage

See previous notes. Great little Bordeaux.

2009 vintage

Simple little Bordeaux that drank well night 1, better on night 2. Excellent QPR.

2009 vintage

Nice little Bordeaux. Red fruit, a little wet stone, good acidity.

2009 vintage

Pop/pour. No detailed notes. General impressions - a pretty casual wine. No rough edges. Relatively light in body. Pleasant enough, but certainly doesn't invite you to overindulge on it. Better with food than as a sipper. May improve with air, or time in the bottle, but I'm not entirely confident about that. Not sure there's enough fruit to provide the mileage.

2009 vintage

lighter body, easy to drink on day 1. gained weight and complexity on day 2.

2009 vintage

Consistent with previous - red fruit, good acidity, lightweight tannins.

2009 vintage

Consistent with my note from 8/2012. "Tobacco, cedar, dill, wet stone, black cherry on nose. On palate, more fruit driven - black cherry, dried cherry, red currants. Medium body, nice acids & medium+ finish. 90+/-" Excellent QPR and would buy again. Great with pan seared pork chops. 90++

2009 vintage

Perfect midweek Bordeaux. Raspberry/pomegranate, good acidity.

2009 vintage

dark red, in color. smoky, spice, black pepper, dark fruit, on the nose. blackberry, currants, mocha, oak, saline, on the palate. medium finish.

2009 vintage

Inexpensive Bordeaux with a good qpr. it improved on day 2 with a nice mouthfeel and blossoming finish although a bit of heat now. It's hard to argue with the value here. Pop and pour and enjoy. I suspect it could use some more time as well.

2009 vintage

Raspberry, wet rocks, drying tannins. Mid-palate flourish is well-timed. Ample acidity. Liking it, no hurry to open the next one but no need to hold off either.

2009 vintage

very enjoyable sub $20 bordeaux. Color is on the lighter side for cabernet based blends only a few years old. Rim variation fairly pronounced. Nose is complex with loads of non fruit characteristics. tobacco, mint? herbaceous at any rate. Taste tends toward red fruits. Palate finishes well, I tend to agree with others that it is not fully integrated over front/mid/back, but for the price it is great. For what it is worth here is the garagiste note: 2009 Chateau …

2009 vintage

Popped and poured. Weird nose sharp alcohol and undistinguished fruit. Nice, almost clear dark plum color. Flavors of fresh red fruit, nice acid and earth. A nice drinker but nothing really special

2009 vintage

A nice mid week wine. Tobacco, cedar, dill, wet stone, black cherry on nose. On palate, more fruit driven - black cherry, dried cherry, red currants. Medium body, nice acids & medium+ finish. 90+/- Would buy again at $18-$20 price point.

2009 vintage

Worth price

2009 vintage

For $17 a great value, will buy more,fruit on the nose, nice spicy finish.

2009 vintage

Aromatic on the nose, yet delicate, with red fruits, a hint of floral, and noticeable spice. Oddly, a sweaty feel that suggests "secondary" but this is too young for that??? On the palate, more of the same, although a bit less integrated than the nose would suggest. A slightly astringent and hollow finish keeps my score down on this one. If this last note blows off with a bit of time, this could be a killer QPR. As it is, …

2009 vintage

I think this could use another year or two in the cellar, but this was a very good bottle of wine for $17.

2009 vintage

One thing amazing about this <$20 bottle is the nose is damn near the same as most $200 bottles -- really nice, classic Bordeaux nose. Pretty decent on the palate, though a bit hallow on the mid palate. Good red fruit. Medium bodied, good acidity, not very long finish.

2009 vintage

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