Chateau du Gazin has heritage and history of Bordeaux in its wine
Kristin Olsson
for Wilbur s Total Beverage
One of my favorite things about wine is its power to connect us across a table or an ocean. In a time when faceless, corporate wineries have flooded the market with safe, bland, commercially acceptable offerings, there is something comforting about opening a bottle from a family-owned and operated estate. There is no need for the mysterious pay no attention to the man behind the curtain philosophy hiding unidentified vineyards and winemakers behind a slick label because there is no curtain. There are just Georges-Antoine Robert and his dog, wandering around Chateau du Gazin, the Bordeaux estate his family has owned for over 80 years. The wine named for the estate is an entirely charming, classically styled claret, comprised of Merlot (85%), Cabernet Franc (10%), and Malbec (5%). These proportions perfectly reflect the varietals and their numbers grown on the estate, makin