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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 56 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mattym19 on 4/29/2023 & rated 86 points: Open in the bottle for a couple of hours; this seems to be past its prime. Nose has a very heavy quality: wet clay, dried cherries, blackberry liqueur, a hint of tobacco. Palate is similarly plodding: slight caramel notes with underripe red fruits, patent leather, short finish. Weird balance between acidity and tannins. Not my fave. (529 views) | | | Tasted by Larus2089 on 10/22/2021 & rated 88 points: Klart modent preg. Behagelige tanniner (1518 views) | | | Tasted by ronnyfridheim@gmail.com on 5/26/2021 & rated 80 points: Ikke spesielt vellykket. Uenig med Tenfjord i at dette er noe vits å bruke kr 270 på. Moden Bordeaux bør da være bedre enn dette (1949 views) | | | Tasted by Arsene on 1/28/2021 & rated 82 points: Veldig skuffet over denne. Billig men moden Bordeaux med helt ok vurderinger innbyr til forventninger.
Det begynner bra. Mørk mursteinsrød med smal orange rand.
Aromatisk spennende. Bringebær og etterhvert nyper. Skinn eller pels. Fjøs og menthol. Alt i en søtlig ramme.
Dette er lovende.
Mørkere og syrligere uttrykk i munnen. Morkent tørt treværk. Litt snillt kan jeg si lakris men utgangen blir bare emmen og veldig tepose. Det er trøkk men ikke spesielt godt. Varer nesten desverre lenge.
Oppdatert 24t senere: Marginalt bedre i utgangen. Oppjustert 1p. (2436 views) | | | Tasted by wine&roses on 12/26/2019 & rated 88 points: Perfectly acceptable claret. This maker has come a long way in 50 years. Still nothing to write home about, and the holding from the market until maturity is just a marketing gimmick. (3318 views) | | | Tasted by epiphany on 4/27/2019 & rated 89 points: Consistent with prior experience but would add that the wine held up fairly well overnight under vacuum and placed in the fridge. (3473 views) | | | Tasted by Boupboup on 9/24/2018 & rated 90 points: très bon rapport qualité prix (3543 views) | | | Tasted by epiphany on 7/22/2018 & rated 89 points: Who’s to complain about a 12 year-old bottle of Bordeaux for $19. Nothing special but has a pleasant dose of a creamy-chocolaty character in the mouth. Surprised me after a couple hours open. This is quite a nice little mature wine. (3556 views) | | | Tasted by pdev on 1/11/2018 & rated 86 points: Fairly developed, dark & tannic, bit clunky. (3750 views) | | | Tasted by Mad Wine on 11/9/2017 & rated 89 points: Solid value, drinking well now. (3661 views) | | | Tasted by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on 10/31/2017 & rated 89 points: I echo the sentiments of other reviewers - Solid Bordeaux for a reasonable price. (3390 views) | | | Tasted by NarunP on 7/19/2017 & rated 88 points: 70% Merlot, 30% Cab Franc.
Purple, deep garnet. Increasingly widened rim.
Aromas of plum, coffee, cherry. And with time (2hrs), floral, cranberry, rose, strawberry.
Structurally, starting to dissipate. Tannin completely resolved. Sticking out acidity. Med body. Lots of red fruits with some complex spicy undertone. Finish on a slightly seasoned vanilla goodness.
This wine grew on me every minute of the 2 hrs we tasted it. At the perfect drinking spot right now. No need to wait. 88. (3508 views) | | | Tasted by djarcara on 5/23/2017 & rated 89 points: Very good traditional Bordeaux at a reasonable price. Dark fruit, cedar, medium tannins and body. (3227 views) | | | Tasted by Boupboup on 5/15/2016 & rated 90 points: Excellent...il peut veillir encore sans problème (4084 views) | | | Tasted by heyjohnnyboy on 12/13/2015 & rated 93 points: This was a spectacular bottle. Elegant and developed. Perfect balance of red fruit, tanins, leather, oak. Very classic in style and low on the alcohol (12.5%),. Lucky find at SAQ 2 years ago at 25% discount. Wish I had more. (3945 views) | | | Tasted by bourgogre on 6/18/2015 flawed bottle: Bouteille qui traîne dans une caisse du sous sol...
Nez de réduction...
En bouche le fond de la cave arrive au complet...
Défectueux... (4444 views) | | | Tasted by Prudess on 5/31/2015: - Ruby color and aromas of smokey and cherry and has flavours of chocolate and dusty. (3713 views) | | | Tasted by Thefatbastard on 3/8/2015: Dégustation de Simard à l'aveugle (2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008 et 2009). Le meilleur du lot est sans contredit le 2005. La qualité du millésimes semble transcender les producteurs. Le 2000 traduit tout de même une certaine finesse que l'on retrouve chez un vieux bordelais, relativement doux avec des note animales. Le 2001 est trop vieux et a perdu tout tonus. Les autres étaient très ordinaires. Aucune possibilité de quantifiée que la mention grand cru pour le 2008 et 2009 n'ai apporté quoi que ce soit, ce sont sans doute les plus décevant, surtout le 2009. (3813 views) | | | Tasted by jadi on 2/8/2015 & rated 85 points: Good but not the subtle flavors that I was hoping for (2765 views) | | | Tasted by kosmik on 1/13/2015 & rated 84 points: 80% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
13% d'alcool
Détestable à l'ouverture, ça lui a pris un moment à s'ouvrir, plus de 60 minutes, et il s'est amélioré encore (partant de loin) sur les 90 minutes suivantes, avant de replonger.... Observations ci-dessous au meilleur de la dégustation.
Oeil : opacité 5/10, très forte viscosité en parois
Nez : projection d'intensité 6/10, crème de cassis, boisé noble, touche vanillée, tabac doux, petit côté écurie, trame végétale en support, braise froide, viande rôtie, intéressant
Bouche : sec, ample, acidité rafraîchissante, tanins charnus, de grain moyen et asséchants, amertume moyenne-forte, persistance moyenne (au mieux), rétro très végétale (dérangeante), asséchante, boisée, animale, éthylique
Conclusion : pénible à l'ouverture nous l'aurions alors condamné fermement, mais l'aération l'a révélé un peu mieux. Au meilleur de la dégustation, nous avons beaucoup aimé son nez, mais jamais sa bouche très végétale et asséchante. Ce fut notre effort pour écouler les stocks démesurés de la SAQ! (2517 views) | | | Tasted by Boupboup on 10/26/2014 & rated 88 points: excellent (2981 views) | | | Tasted by bourgogre on 9/12/2014: Un bordeaux léger sur le moule des «luncheon» Bordeaux d'il y a 25 ans.
Une touche d'amertume, l'alcool semble dissocié à l'ouverture, mais tout se replace en moins de 20 minutes. Un fruit léger et une finale courte.
parfaitement acceptable pour un 2006 à 24$.
**+ (3134 views) | | | Tasted by liteagilis on 12/14/2011 & rated 80 points: This is what happens when people look for extraction in a soft vintage. Typical Vauthier crap. This wine is passable at best. Dark fruit, stewed. Bitter from extraction. No noticeable oak. This is cheap Bordeaux for the cheap Malbec set. not only would I not pay my own money for it, I wouldnt drink it if it were free. (5568 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 10/15/2010 & rated 88 points: Lovely dark red that really reflects the light into ruby pools. Red-fruit dominated bouquet that is also reflected in the notes of raspberry and strawberry with an undercurrent or blackberry. Very strong tannins, acids adequate but short of a perfect melange, with a touch of bitterness. Cabernet Franc is strongly present. Served at 38000 ft from Tokyo to Seoul, so these notes should be taken with a grain of salt. (5337 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Simard Read about Chateau SimardRed 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 Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) - Read more about St. Emilion |
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