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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 147 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dlf-48 on 5/19/2024: Wasn’t one of my best wines. Had a tart finish, tannins still strong softer this much time. (301 views) | | | Tasted by unc0rked on 4/22/2024 & rated 88 points: Was hoping for better. The fruit was not bright, tannins not silky smooth. Finish was rather astringent with a prune edge. At 15 years, I truly doubt this wine has more to show. If it were blossoming, I would see hints by now. I have another bottle so here is hoping to bottle variation. Disappointing St Emillion. I detected no merlot in this wine although obviously it is there. Stored in a stand alone cellar since arrival. (717 views) | | | Tasted by bobbylion on 2/7/2024 & rated 92 points: 7 months later and this is much more ready. Really a proper claret with all the gentleness and finesse of SE. (1233 views) | | | Tasted by NostraBacchus on 2/3/2024 & rated 93 points: Another really nice bottle of this. This bottle seems almost peak-drinking, but it will not fall off the table any time soon. Open, radiant and giving, slightly richer style, but really works nicely here. I would probably drink this over the next 5-10 years or so. (1317 views) | | | Tasted by kronfeld on 1/6/2024: Weird purplish ruby. Black fruit pie nose with some alcohol fumes. Hot, extracted, loads of dark fruit. More drinkable on day two but still not that great. (1010 views) | | | Tasted by jroberts86 on 11/23/2023 & rated 93 points: Just lovely. Had with friends. Decanted one hour before first pour. Everything you want: great nose, interesting darkish fruit, lovely medium to fine grained tannins, and a delightful finish. Will last a couple more years but glad we opened this one. (1396 views) | | | Tasted by SlapTheBag on 10/1/2023: The nose is great with lots of fruit and damp earth but the palate is still dominate by the tannins. Bottle has great potential with a few more years. (1463 views) | | | Tasted by Radboy on 7/23/2023 & rated 91 points: This was drinking well after an hour decant. Tasted great with a filet. (1535 views) | | | Tasted by bobbylion on 7/23/2023: I thought this wasn’t ready. Also after 1,5 hr decant. Tannins still dominate. Leave my 5 bottles for 2025. (1361 views) | | | Tasted by GrapeScott on 6/20/2023 & rated 88 points: This is indeed spoofy, but I find this bottle less off-putting than the last bottle I had 3 years ago. Perhaps it's the additional bottle age or perhaps it's me, but this was inoffensive to borderline enjoyable. Has a rich roasty nose of espresso, tobacco leaf, bing cherry and ripe plum. A donut wine that hits you in the face up front and ends strong, but is a bit hollow in the middle. Dry tannins and a bit of alcoholic heat mar the otherwise long finish. An OK showing for pretty much the worst era in BDX if you ask me, particularly on the Right Bank. (1829 views) | | | Tasted by carl.cornaglia@gmai.com on 6/9/2023: Corked (1458 views) | | | Tasted by nickuk on 5/27/2023: Aaaaah Friday vino. This 2009 is delicious, but still fruit forward. It is integrating slowly but surely and with three bottles left I look forward to the progress next year. (1313 views) | | | Tasted by ccsargent on 5/5/2023 & rated 79 points: Not sure what happened to this... not corked, but just very prematurely over the hill. Port-y notes and roasted fruit. Not enjoyable. Tasted over two days and professionally stored since release. (1582 views) | | | Tasted by empire80 on 1/15/2023 & rated 91 points: Quite full on and tarry with some black fruits, this feels slightly new world. This comes into its own alongside the right food - roast beef for me. (2210 views) | | | Tasted by tourproto on 10/21/2022 & rated 92 points: I find this wine interesting in that even after 13 years, it still needs to breathe for a bit before the wine is even drinkable. Right out of the bottle the wine is very "harsh", but just 15-20 minutes later it opens up and becomes a wonderful wine. So different than most American cabs that are "ready to go" as soon as you pop the cork. Just a superb blend. (2074 views) | | | Tasted by Radboy on 9/24/2022 & rated 91 points: A good, everyday drinker. (1926 views) | | | Tasted by nywine68 on 5/2/2022 & rated 91 points: Bright juicy fruit. Lighter body and somewhat grainy tannins. Meaty and brambly flavors with some chocolate and a good backbone of acidity. Persistent finish. (2693 views) | | | Tasted by Ibetian on 4/16/2022 & rated 92 points: From mag, popped and poured. This makes a much more favorable impression than it did 5 years ago when I first opened my stash of 375s. It is somewhat modern in style, in a good way, with plenty of ripe fruit. No overt wood or alcohol, just a very pleasing mouthful of wine nicely balanced. It offers something to everyone, and delivers enough complexity on the nose and palate to please Bordeaux fans. Will likely last a while, though it is terrific today and I’ll probably drink my remaining bottles over the next year or so.
Very good, crowd pleasing wine. (2605 views) | | | Tasted by pinoteer on 3/28/2022 & rated 91 points: After an hour in the decanter, cassis, black cherries, plums, dark chocolate, cedar, mint, and eucalyptus. Good acidity (at least for the 2009 vintage) and soft, but not quite rounded tannins. Tastes like quite a bit of CS in this Brdx blend, but the winery web site says 75% Merlot and 25% CF. It's in a nice drinking place now, but should be better in 2-3 more years. Easy 91 now, and possible 92-93 going forward. (2256 views) | | | Tasted by ChristoBretts on 3/15/2022 & rated 90 points: Drank over two days. Medium body. Blackberry aroma, blue and black fruit on the palate, not complex. Tannin now soft, medium-plus acidity, shortish finish. A good daily drinker, best with food. Ready now and will last a bit longer. (2133 views) | | | Tasted by ChristoBretts on 3/12/2022 & rated 90 points: Decanted and drank over two days. Medium body. Nose mostly of dark fruit compote and some leather. On that palate, leather, clove, still a bit or drying and racey tannin. A decent wine for the current price of under $50. Best with food. I expected a bit more fruit, given the vintage. (1893 views) | | | Tasted by NostraBacchus on 1/28/2022 & rated 93 points: Decanted for about an hour. Deep ruby/purple color. Pretty expressive notes of graphite, mulberries, macerated cherries, dark plum, charcoal, smoke, dark chocolate, also some spices and mint as well as some tobacco leaf. It's medium-full bodied with medium-high but silky tannin and medium acidity. Very good length. A pretty full-throttle but balanced St-Emilion from this very good producer. This is just at the beginning of its drinking window and the decant really helped to open the wine up. (2491 views) | | | Tasted by LuckyLars on 10/21/2021 & rated 93 points: Decanted for an hour prior to tasting. It gave off a lovely dark plum bouquet as the wine was being decanted. Medium purple garnet colour. The nose seemed to be holding back - not quite ready for prime time. Flavours were very Bordeaux; good length and balance and very enjoyable. My plan is try another one in about a year. (2436 views) | | | Tasted by ccarter5181 on 10/10/2021 & rated 90 points: Nice rich full fruit with some subtle secondary elements. Quite powerful but maybe missing some elegance. Hopefully more cellar time will help bring out the secondary elements. (2464 views) | | | Tasted by nickuk on 7/4/2021 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby with a little tailing at the edges. Double decanted and first glass was perhaps three hours from opening. Coming on nicely, the fruit has subsided and the tannins are smoothing out - probably a year or two away from it's peak (2701 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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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