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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by vinopunk on 9/25/2021 & rated 86 points: From a small collection of less-than-ideally stored wines, so I had low expectations. Fill was not terrible. Cork fought me but came out ok in pieces. Nice color, no bad odors, but wine was clearly well past its peak with very little fruit left. Started out with something of a very dry / smokey / ashtray kind of note which faded about 30 mins in. Still very drinkable and enjoyable but makes one wonder what it once was. (903 views) | | Tasted by mattiasjansson on 1/21/2020 & rated 88 points: 1961 vs 1982 Bordeaux (Boston): Beyond peak, but alive (1736 views) | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 6/20/2019 & rated 88 points: Strawberry, raspberry, anise, pyrazine - nicer in the glass than it sounds on paper. A very fine silhouette. Not bad for a 64, but not great for a GPL. Nothing you can do about rain at harvest. (2052 views) | | Tasted by Jerker on 10/7/2016 & rated 92 points: Still very much alive, perfectly mature. Total provenience and perfect storage conditions for 50 or so years and a cork still in good shape. The label was in ruins. Old brick red color as it should be. Hints of mold and leather on the nose, opened up after 30 mins. Multitude of flavours, coffee, herbs and a hint of ripe plum. A great experience. (2620 views) | | Tasted by Wine_lvr on 2/14/2014 flawed bottle: Tasted blind: Still an intensive color one would never expect a 50year old wine. Unfortunately the wine was so badly corked that it did not give any inidcation about potential flavors/tastes. (3747 views) | | Tasted by Rob MacKay on 8/23/2008: This definitely had the smell of a 44 year old wine and before trying it I was pretty much thinking that it would be long since dead. While it did have one foot in the grave, the other foot was firmly rooted in the earth (literally from both taste and smell) but a little fruit was still peaking around the corner. After about 30 minutes or so this started to decline but it was great to try it out and from what I understand, the bottle only cost $40. (3969 views) | | Tasted by repoper on 3/4/2006 & rated 90 points: I opened the wine just before I poured it. My experience with the older Bordeaux's of off vintages is that they have a short glass life and it is better to let in sit at the table for a few minutes than serving a faded wine. The wine was dark cranberry color with no signs of bricking out at the edge. Probably stored correctly. Very smooth with the fruit shining through. A little tanic finish which gave the wine some balance and grip. As it sat in the glass with dinner it was changing. You could sence that it life in the glass was limited and after about 45 minutes it started to loose it. We did not wait for the end to come but instead finished the wine. One of our guests had just tried a 62 Cos earlier in the week and thought this was a superior bottle. Maybe the storage factor. For a 42 year old wine it held it head upfine. (5317 views) |
| Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Producer website - Read more about Chateau Grand Puy Lacoste Vineyard mapRed 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
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"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 RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth. Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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