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Let’s talk about why this mystery Bordeaux is such a serious opportunity.

It comes from Pauillac. Not broadly. Not loosely. Precisely.

More importantly, it comes from one of Pauillac’s most elite pockets. The vineyard sits shoulder-to-shoulder with estates collectors already chase and pay handsomely for. We’re talking about immediate neighbors like Château Latour, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Lynch-Bages, and Château Pichon Baron.

These aren’t stylistic comparisons. They share the same gravel ridges. The same exposure. The same conditions that make Pauillac Pauillac.

Now let’s talk vintage. This bottle comes from 2022, a year that has already earned its place among Bordeaux’s modern greats. A warm, dry growing season delivered exceptional ripeness, yet the best sites retained freshness and balance. Pauillac, in particular, thrived.

Decanter described 2022 as a standout Left Bank vintage, noting the precision, depth, and completeness of top Pauillac wines. Wine Spectator reinforced that view, pointing to the concentration, polished tannins, and long aging potential emerging from the appellation.

In other words, this is not a vintage you wait to discover ten years from now. This is one the smart buyers secure early.

Here’s where the value becomes impossible to ignore. Wines from those neighboring estates, from the same vintage, routinely sell for several hundred dollars a bottle. Some stretch far beyond that. Same appellation. Same soils. Same year.

This wine comes in at a fraction of those prices.

Just a small, family-run estate producing a few hundred cases a year, quietly bottling serious Pauillac while attention and pricing power flow elsewhere.

In the glass, it delivers exactly what 2022 Pauillac promised. Cabernet-driven structure. Dark fruit with restraint. Firm, refined tannins. Freshness that keeps everything precise. A wine that already shows its pedigree, yet clearly has the bones to age.

This is the kind of bottle that makes price lists from nearby châteaux look uncomfortable.

Same neighborhood as Bordeaux royalty. From one of the most important recent vintages. Priced like a well-kept secret. That’s the value.

ABV: 14.0%

Aging: 18-20 months in French Oak.

70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. Glossy black cherry and blueberry fruit with a voluptuous smoky quality from the lashings of new French oak. The fine pencil-shaving tannins are already starting to melt away revealing a rewarding freshness. Very smart wine.

Glossy black cherry and blueberry fruit with a voluptuous smoky quality from the lashings of new French oak. The fine pencil-shaving tannins are already starting to melt away revealing a rewarding freshness. Very smart wine. ~ 97 Decanter World Wine Awards

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