Château Panchille Bordeaux Superior 2020

At Chateau Panchille, Pascal Sirat farms his family’s 11 hectare of Merlot and Cabernet Franc vines, rooted in gravelly soils laced with veins of iron-rich clay. He’s got fairly old vines whose roots run very deep in the poor soil, tapping the mineral groundwater far below the surface. The resulting wines are ripe but fresh, with an aromatic complexity and stony finish usually reserved for wine twice the price.

The 2020 vintage in Bordeaux certainly unusual, especially given what was going on with the world. It handsomely rewarded those who were patient in a vintage that looked a little lost in the spring. It needed a perfect, hot, dry summer to salvage it — and that’s just what they got and then some.

With perfect conditions stretching on for weeks during the peak of harvest, winemakers didn’t have to all pick at once like they usually do. Instead, each could pick whenever they wanted and in doing so they knocked it completely out of the park. The Panchille Bordeaux Superior is one of the best bargains of an outstanding vintage. Don’t miss it!ascal usually hits a home run, but in

Or with the truly great winemakers – like Pascal Sirat – multiple passes could be made picking each parcel, row, or sometimes even vine at the exact ideal time.