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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.6 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by thewiz on 10/7/2023 & rated 90 points: (Decanted for one hour)
Deep red colour still showing a blue red rim with a maturing nose showing leather, sous bois and fruity touch of blackberries. Smoothing tannins on the palette focused on primary fruit and opening up with a pleasant finish showing dried herbs.
(Best 2016-2026) (325 views) | | | Tasted by talbot61 on 6/18/2023 & rated 91 points: A fully mature, classic claret -- not particularly powerful, but with no off notes, so very pleasant to drink. A good demonstration of what can happen to even lower-level Bordeaux reds if you keep them long enough. (459 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 4/21/2019 & rated 90 points: (Decanted for one hour)
Nice brick red colour with a maturing nose showing cherry stone, leather and drying fruit. Palate showing smooth tannins and drying fruit and a touch of leather starting to show bitterness as it opens up in the glass. This was very pleasant with the grilled entrecôte, afterwards it showed more dried fruit on the palate. This is good now and should keep on this level for a few more years.
(Best 2016-2021) (2093 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 7/26/2018 & rated 89 points: Herbal notes on the very expressive nose also showing cassis, cedar. Tertiary notes on the palate with austere tannins and a lovely long finish with a combination of sweet fruit and herbal notes.
Best 2016-2026. (2596 views) | | | Tasted by Xpis7os on 11/25/2017 & rated 90 points: Deep red color with signs of brick at the glass ends. Typical Bordeaux bouquet, full body but not heavy balanced and pleasant in the mouth. Decanting of about 30 min will help. Drink now. (3378 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 7/11/2017 & rated 89 points: Maturing nose showing cedar wood, cherries and a hint of vanilla fudge and juniper. Palate shows softened tannins, but still with fresh fruit, but a bit though sharpness on the finish. This was very ready to drink right now and don't need more cellaring. Best over the coming five years.
Best 2016-2021. (3210 views) | | | Tasted by thewineoceros on 12/6/2016 & rated 88 points: Solid drinkable and approachable. (4529 views) | | | Tasted by rupertg on 11/2/2016 & rated 89 points: Dark red, beginning to brown at edges. Light sediment. Attractive stalky nose, well balanced, mouth filling. Initial fruit, full dry centre and a finish of oak, with fruit lingering. Not just blackcurrant, more leafy. Pleasantly grippy. Disappeared without a pause ! (2860 views) | | | Tasted by GeordieJeans on 9/5/2016: Still quite tannic. Opened up after 3 hours in the decanter. Hint of licorice on the nose. Cedar and black currant on the palate. Quite austere but in a good way. May soften with further age. (2599 views) | | | Tasted by relmersson on 4/17/2015: Still lots of tannins. Nice brick-red color. The wine is pop-and-pour from the cellar, a bit to cold, but the taste is youthful. Nice cedar, cassis, barn and ripe berries. The wine is very good and it will be interesting to test more tomorrow, I suspect the age will show more after some more air. But so far I am surprised of the youthfulness. (3695 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 12/17/2011 & rated 87 points: This experience was different from the previous ones; the bouquet showed some smoky oak which made the wine very inviting to drink. The juice appeared more full bodied and has nice and ripe black fruits and soft tannin. There is not really much complexity on the palate, but the wine is really drinking nicely now. This is the time to start drinking it and it might even improve a bit on the palate over the next year. (6454 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 2/11/2011 & rated 85 points: More or less the same note as last years'. Juicy mainly cassis, round and supple tannin which still offer a bite and promise a future of at least another 2 - 4+ years. (5478 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 8/8/2010 & rated 88 points: Youthful and with nice fruit, went very well with grilled entrécôte. (5176 views) | | | Tasted by Abundance on 7/21/2010 & rated 93 points: Complex and well balanced, a classy wine. A bit dirty on the nose as well which I like. (4794 views) | | | Tasted by Jools on 5/3/2010 & rated 86 points: Mid crimson with a light rim. Vegetal nose to begin with, opening up to show blackcurrants, violets, butterscotch and coffee. Medium body, good structure, the midpalate starting to reveal green pepper, a little sweetness, cassis, toffee, but nothing too loud, all these aromas are subtle and balanced. Good length. Dry tannins in the finish. Showing potential, I´d give it another 2 years. 13% alc. (4138 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 1/3/2010 & rated 85 points: There is good cassis juice and pleasant oak in this wine. Cassis, tannin and bitterness are ok. I have tasted worse wines which I gave an 85 score and better wines which I gave 86 points, so 85.5 would be best imo. What to say? For the price it is more than ok, but don't expect heaven. (2591 views) | | | Tasted by thewiz on 8/14/2009 & rated 87 points: Still very youthful. (2050 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Malescasse Producer website - Read More about Chateau MalescasseRed 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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History of Bordeaux
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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.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all 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 (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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