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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 45 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Urs Andreas on 1/2/2024 & rated 80 points: Cork was bad and no taste anymore. Was to late for the 2009 (243 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 3/18/2023 & rated 90 points: This far exceeded expectations and was a classic '09, rich but not heavy, good classic cab character, earthy leather and tabocco with ripe cassis. Very tasty and in a very good spot now. MD, L, KN in PD (1085 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 8/1/2018 & rated 92 points: Still quite young, lots of earth tones, great value (3558 views) | | | Tasted by SiciliaVegaUnica on 5/3/2018 & rated 89 points: Drank a magnum over a week's period. First night was coarse and tannic with bold flavors of dark fruits and chocolate. Improved each day to smooth, creamy texture on the last night. Still fruity with tobacco notes on the last night. (3568 views) | | | Tasted by Keeping It Real on 5/29/2017 & rated 87 points: Oh you know... just emptying out my cellar. The 2009 Saint-Paul was decent; the awesome 2009 vintage showed well. Good weight from start to finish with slight barnyard. Decent QPR at $20.
I tried the remaining half 6 days later in vacuum seal and it actually improved, which was quite surprising. (5096 views) | | | Tasted by megarp on 12/9/2016 & rated 90 points: Tanins fondus, gouleyant,encore beaucoup de fruits avec arômes tertiaire qui commence à poindre. Très bon (5258 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 3/4/2016 & rated 87 points: Second half of the bottle still drinking well after a couple days in the fridge. Very good QPR. (6030 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 1/14/2016 & rated 86 points: Good value in an everyday drinker. (4167 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 12/28/2015 & rated 87 points: Great QPR on this - a well-balanced BDX for very little money. A great house or party wine. (3867 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 11/6/2015 & rated 86 points: Pleasant. Held up well over a few days opened in the fridge. (2900 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 9/7/2015 & rated 84 points: Barely viable. Hope this was just an off bottle. (2595 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 5/25/2015 & rated 84 points: Had some harshness initially that blew off a bit, but all I can say is this bottle was OK (1962 views) | | | Tasted by robmillis on 1/10/2015 & rated 87 points: Cherry, tobacco, gunpowder. Tannins need to integrate a bit more. Second night much better than first. Rather good, needs time but fine now. (2544 views) | | | Tasted by AMC Eagle on 12/19/2014 & rated 90 points: 30 min decant and poured through a vinturri. Dark purple in appearance with a nose of blackberries and some eucalyptus infused dark red fruits. Cassis, dark tobacco leaf, and some sweetish black fruits on the palate with some tannins to back them up still. Medium body with a short finish; excellent QPR Bordeaux for the weeknights. Can really find some good value(under $15) bordeaux for the great 09 vintage. (2344 views) | | | Tasted by Easter Everywhere on 10/1/2014: good, big, grapey, bit of heat else fine, give other a year or so (534 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 8/19/2014: Bordeaux Star Performers Tasting (8 Danks street, Sydney): On the nose I get sour Ribena and spice…sour fruit on the palate, bacon notes, very front of mouth tannic grip, bit of a mid-scoop, all out of whack. Ugh. Nah. (3656 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 6/30/2014 flawed bottle: Skanky bottle. Oh well. (2938 views) | | | Tasted by FLI on 2/13/2014 & rated 86 points: Just remember, I paid $13 for this. It's a good value everyday BDX, nothing more, but nothing less either! Cheers! (3395 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 11/28/2013 & rated 88 points: Dark purple; lots of ripe fruit, cassis, blackberry, with tobacco, sous-bois, cab spice, slight bell pepper, and a some new oak. Really solid. Great everyday Bordeaux. (3410 views) | | | Tasted by edub7 on 11/10/2013 & rated 89 points: Solid wine, improves with 2+ hours of air. Should cellar for several years, but fine now and over the next 2-5+. This is a Cru Bourgeois. Imported by Jeffrey Davies.
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89/90 (3515 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 11/3/2013: Had a little more time to spend with it this time, and its actually a pretty nice little wine. Not going to be confused with BDX's more heralded names but a nice wine with remarkable complexity for the price. I'm considering a reload. (2987 views) | | | Tasted by benny on 11/1/2013 & rated 89 points: Better with a little air. A party wine. The big boys are confused on rating this one. Maybe I should hold this for while. (2574 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 10/7/2013: Drank too quickly to give a full evaluation, but overall very nice, and seems like a great value. (2463 views) | | | Tasted by Appletree on 9/16/2013 & rated 94 points: Just opened the third bottle of this.
August 2012: Fruitbomb. Somewhat tannic.
October 2012: Flat and closed down.
September 2013, today, what a wine! Absolutely great! Still lots of fruit, but at the same time elegance, opulence and concentrated. Deep dark fruits. Still a few tannins, but rather smooth, almost silky.
Great! (2323 views) | | | Tasted by Norm52 on 9/16/2013 & rated 91 points: Pop and pour! Served with BBQ at John's home. Get along fine with grilled vegetables and the steak. Tannin has reduced and loads of black fruits and vanilla. (2539 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Saint-Paul Read about Chateau Saint-PaulRed 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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