Château Villars: Tasting & Drinking
I am quite sure that, looking at the efforts made by the Gaudrie family, starting with the introduction of oak barrels back in the 1970s, that there have been major improvements in the wines of Château Villars during the last few decades. I first encountered the wine in the 1994 vintage, a long time ago now, and it showed very well.
In more recent years, the wine has been reliable and consistent across several vintages. I was particularly enamoured with the 2015 vintage, a successful year for the right bank appellations, although it has to be said that the 2012 vintage, from a year when the wines of the right bank have largely been under-rated, is also worthy of our time. On the whole these are attractive wines that seem to deliver the goods, year-in, year-out, with only the likes of 2013 set to be the cause of any disappointment, but no more so than would be the case at any other address in the Bordeaux region. (30/11/17)
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