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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Wine Diplomats on 3/1/2024 & rated 91 points: 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc, 30% New Oak. The nose is dominated by oak notes of chocolate, tobacco and cedar. The palate is more fruit driven. It’s plummy and ripe with silky textures. Medium-low acid. There are still tannins to resolve without food, but it’s ok with food. The 15.5% alcohol is felt down the throat and not on the palate, but it’s barely holding it in. It has the texture and fruit profile of higher-end Bordeaux but for a lower price and ultimately less precision and intensity.
https://winediplomats.com/ (539 views) | | | Tasted by WilliamPaget on 7/17/2023: No doubt the folks at Lafleur can make good wine. This is not one of them. Raging acidity. Disjointed. Far from flawed, but not great. (1170 views) | | | Tasted by MichelNL on 10/25/2022 & rated 80 points: A - Ruby, medium plus, clear
N - Clear, medium intensity, red berries, blackberries, oak, dark cherries, barn, leather
T - Dry, body medium, accidity medium, tannins medium plus, all the flavours above, finish medium plus
C - Good
Ticks the boxes, perhaps a bit dull. All you could expect from a decent Bordeaux S. (1787 views) | | | Tasted by Ianjaig on 9/3/2022 & rated 88 points: Fine but a little one dimensional. (1907 views) | | | Tasted by blank blank on 2/8/2022 & rated 86 points: When i first tasted this, I thought, jesus, this tastes like a Napa Petite Sirah, and lo, it lists a 15.5% ABV on the bottle. Fifteen-point-f'ing-five percent alcohol.
It is certainly the least conventional and least representative bottle of bordeaux I have ever had - more like a Barossa bdx blend than anything resembling the old world. Tons and tons of purple fruit with some raisin character; sinus-clearing alcoholic heat; good tannic structure, good acidity, a hint of mint. Absolutely nothing green or cedary here, as this is FULL THROTTLE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR HOLD ON TIGHT BOYZ fruit and booze.
It is more or less the precise opposite of what I like in my Bordeaux - there are plenty of other places in the world that can make blackberry pie wine - but I don't think its objectively bad. There are probably a lot of inexperienced drinkers who would be blown away by this, and I assume that's the market they're going for. (2716 views) | | | Tasted by SimonHea on 1/24/2022 & rated 80 points: What a pity, I’ve really enjoyed previous vintages but the ‘18 at 15.5% is excessive (and not a fine example of good viticulture).
Very ripe plum although not jammy but the concentration and alcohol warmth was just too much for me to find enjoyable. (2199 views) | | | Tasted by aloktu on 12/11/2021 & rated 90 points: Beautiful young wine. Decanted, so very soft tannins, soft and ripe blackberries, blueberries, some raspberries (1303 views) | | | Tasted by Khon Kaen on 12/11/2021 & rated 90 points: We drank 3 bottles at the BBQ.
2010 Chateau Sociando-Mallet. Decant for 1 hour. Very good! ! The quality is very stable, I will be happy to open a few more in the future. 92
2009 La Fleur de Boüard. Decant for 30 minutes. Beautiful Pomerol. Very nice aroma, juicy. This is definitely ready to drink. Balanced and mature. 91
2018 Chateau Grand Village. Decant for 1 hour. Strong tannins, blackberries and tobacco. High alcohol content, slightly sweet, a bit wild. It takes time to soften. This is a wine with great potential and value. 90 (1834 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/9/2021 & rated 92 points: Lush, silky, sweet, supple-textured, fresh cherries, tobacco leaf and floral notes come alive in the nose. On the palate the wine is elegant, lifted and soft, with layers of sweet red fruits that hit all the right notes. Produced from blending 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc, this is one of the great value wines you can purchase by the case, if you can find it.. (2281 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/19/2019 & rated 92 points: Flowery in nature, you find an earthy, leafy, tobacco, spice and cherry profile. The wine is medium bodied, silky, soft and fresh, with loads of ripe, dusty black raspberries in the finish. It was produced from a blend of 78% Merlot and 22% Cabernet Franc, setting a record for the highest amount of Cabernet Franc in the blend. 91-93 Pts (2776 views) | | | Tasted by dvansteenderen on 4/5/2019 & rated 91 points: Geproefd op Château Lafleur op vrijdag 05.04.2019.
Zacht, rijp en prettig. Laurierdrop. Balans. Mineraal, ziltig. 90-92 (1891 views) |
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Decanter, Second site St-Emilion & Pomerol (6/3/2021)
(Château Grand Village, Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 2018 Bordeaux From The Bottle (3/11/2021)
(Grand Village (Lafleur)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Not Back in Black (Mar 2021) (3/1/2021)
(Grand Village (Lafleur) Grand Village Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Future’s Definitely Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Mar 2021) (3/1/2021)
(Grand Village (Lafleur) Grand Village Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (1/28/2021)
(Château Grand Village Bordeaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/15/2021)
(Ch Grand Village Bordeaux Supérieur Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux in bottle 2018 (11/10/2020)
(Château Grand Village, Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Future’s Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Nov 2019) (11/1/2019)
(Grand Village Grand Village Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bordeaux Rising: The 2018s En Primeur (5/1/2019)
(Grand Village (Lafleur) Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/3/2019)
(Ch Grand Village Bordeaux Supérieur Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (4/1/2019)
(Château Grand Village Bordeaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Back in Black (Apr 2019) (4/1/2019)
(Grand Village Grand Village Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2019 (4/1/2019)
(Château Grand Village Bordeaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2018 Smaller appellations (3/31/2019)
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| Château Grand Village – Read about Chateau Grand VillageRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanBordeaux Supérieur Read About Bordeaux Superieur - Bordeaux Supérieur - Read about Petit Chateau and Bordeaux Satellite Appellation wines |
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