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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 23 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Dfortin9 on 3/30/2024 & rated 94 points: Intense and powerful showing Plum, blackberry and smoke. Dense, flavory, medium to full bodied, just the right amount of acidity and a long balanced finish. Well done. NI:4, FI:23, FC:8, B:4, L:5 (993 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 3/4/2024 & rated 93 points: Pretty darn good if you like fruit forward chunky solar wines - that’s where it is at the moment, and benefits from a decent decant. (1107 views) | | | Tasted by vino777 on 1/5/2024 & rated 94 points: Magnificent. (1418 views) | | | Tasted by ashawswim20 on 6/18/2023 & rated 92 points: The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like strawberry, blackberry, forest floor, stoniness, medium toast, oak, vanilla and rose. It tastes like blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, plum, forest floor, stoniness, tobacco, bell pepper and cool/menthol. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
A really nice wine for the price point. Very classic Ste Emillion characteristics.
92 - pretty darn good but nothing that blows my mind. Definitely a weekly drinking wine. (2534 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 6/14/2023 & rated 94 points: Delicious from first pour nondecant. Ripe opulent juicy, napaesque but with good balance not too fruity great depth, tighten a bit after an hour. Great future but fun now. (2115 views) | | | Tasted by richshoes on 6/9/2023 & rated 93 points: Dense still young with nice layers, sour and dark cherry, black raspberry...missing a little bit of fruit (1760 views) | | | Tasted by Jfsiegel on 12/27/2022 & rated 95 points: Best on the second day. Cherry and fig up front followed by chocolate and fig with velvety tannins on the mid before a sumptuously smoky finish (2438 views) | | | Tasted by Slammin Sammie on 10/19/2022 & rated 92 points: really wonderful grand cru (2202 views) | | | Tasted by Jozefs on 7/8/2022 & rated 92 points: Wait (1824 views) | | | Tasted by Everything Ahead on 2/10/2022 & rated 90 points: Quite modern-styled Bordeaux here; my first time trying this producer, and in this price range I prefer Sansonnet and Tour St Christophe.
Good dark fruits but oak is very prominent at this stage. Some clay and mineral notes shows it is Bordeaux though, and not Napa.
This could improve a good bit in 5-10 years time. Hold.
(Decanted first night and followed over two days.) (2590 views) | | | Tasted by Jozefs on 6/18/2021 & rated 92 points: Early days... (2872 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/9/2021 & rated 94 points: Dark in color, this sensuous, rich, flamboyant wine shoots from the glass with polished red and black fruits, licorice, espresso, minerality and dark cocoa. Concentrated, opulent and forward, this is one of the best vintages of Barde Haut ever produced! The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. (2852 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/19/2019 & rated 95 points: Dark in color, the wine is loaded with licorice, truffle, smoke, and a background note of mint. Full-bodied, rich, dense and multi-layered, the wine exudes, dark, juicy, ripe, dark fruits on the nose and palate. The wine is made from a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc and will be aged in 60% new, French oak barrels. 94-96 Pts (9318 views) |
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Winedoctor, September 2021 (9/1/2021)
(Château Barde-Haut St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Future’s Definitely Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Mar 2021) (3/21/2021)
(Barde-Haut Barde-Haut Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 2018 Bordeaux From The Bottle (3/11/2021)
(Chateau Barde-Haut) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Not Back in Black (Mar 2021) (3/1/2021)
(Barde-Haut Barde-Haut Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (1/27/2021)
(Château Barde-Haut St.-Emilion, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The Future’s Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Nov 2019) (11/1/2019)
(Barde-haut Barde-haut Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bordeaux Rising: The 2018s En Primeur (4/24/2019)
(Chateau Barde-Haut Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2018 St-Émilion Part 1 (4/3/2019)
(Château Barde-Haut, St-Émilion, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (4/1/2019)
(Château Barde-Haut St.-Emilion, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Back in Black (Apr 2019) (4/1/2019)
(Barde-haut Barde-haut Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2019 (4/1/2019)
(Château Barde-Haut St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Bols Blue to Bordeaux: Barde-Haut, Clos l’Église & Poesia (Jun 2022)
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| Château Barde-Haut Producer website | Read more about Chateau Barde Haut
85% Merlot / 15% Cabernet FrancRed 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 RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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