Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars (Famille Amoreau), Cotes de Castillon, 2005 reasonable cellar 2024 a hint of citrus lift

a hint of citrus lift

balancing off-dry richness with mouthwatering acidity

it still has fruit to spare while showing the first signs of savory maturity

sun-warmed limestone outcrop above the village — and the result punches well above its Mâcon-Villages status

Farmed by the Detert family for generations and vinified with restraint

Vieux Chateau Champs de Mars (Famille Amoreau), Cotes de Castillon, 2005 reasonable cellar 2024 a hint of citrus liftA mature, sensibly priced Bordeaux made by Regis Moro, whose Castillon estate was later (2022) acquired by the Amoreau family of the cult biodynamic estate Chateau Le Puy. This Cotes de Castillon blends mostly Merlot with Cabernet Franc from Moro's vineyards, including century old parcels, farmed organically with biodynamic practices and aged in cement tanks. Now two decades on, the great, warm 2005 vintage has softened into exactly what mature