Description
These magnums have been going down a storm at special events - not least at a few weddings. We were lucky enough to attend the wedding of Tom Gilbey's son Freddie in Cornwall in September 2024 and umpteen guests commented how much they enjoyed the red. (Freddie does the videos/reels for @tomgilbeywine on Instagram.)
The back label: 'We made these magnums of our Celebration Cuvée to be enjoyed at special events. 2020 was a super vintage and after harvesting our ripe Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, we aged this medium to full bodied and delicious wine in new and one-year old French barrels. 13.5% vol.'
Volume discounts off total order
| Bottles | 24 | 36 | 48 | 72 | 120+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discount | 2% | 3% | 6% | 8% | 10% |
These are applied automatically.
Note that magnums are equivalent to two bottles for the volume discount.
Take a look at the expert opinion below.
- Expert opinion
- pics at the Chateau
Previous Vintages:
Château Bauduc Les Trois Hectares (Bordeaux Supérieur) 2017
An upmarket cuvée, this blend of 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon has a really charming, intense and focused character to the fruit on the nose, with crushed dark cherry stone and cherry skin, along with a focused, sinewy, sooty rather than plush suggestion which seems right for the vintage, all tinged with notes of hawthorn and acacia. A nicely vigorous palate, with lightly degraded fruit, with leathery elements, tense with moderate texture, with a textural substance in the middle which really entices. It has substance, energy, freshness and a firm finish. Give this a few years and it will drink well. From a 2021 Update. 91/100
Château Bauduc Les Trois Hectares (Bordeaux Supérieur) 2016
The blend is, as always, 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Sauvignon. A lovely evolution on the nose here, showing the benefit of keeping red Bordeaux back a few years, whatever the appellation and status. It offers smoked and toasted fruit, with nuances of liquorice, dried black olive and sweet leathery notes. A beautifully balanced palate, fresh and tense, sinewy in structure but with a really finely poised balance, savoury and full of energy. Really convincing, and giving plenty of pleasure now with a decant, although there is a ripe and tightly grained structure here which suggests there is five or ten years in this yet. Very well done. From a 2021 Update. 92/100
