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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by geraldsng on 12/19/2023: DOA. Poured a couple of glasses for fun given the vintage. Textbook nose of fully mature Bordeaux. Texture like wet cardboard. Last year’s version seemed still alive, but this had a lower fill and anyway at this point and for the vintage the odds are heavily stacked against the wine so I’m not fussed. (178 views) | | Tasted by Patrick_from_champagne on 1/9/2023 & rated 91 points: Couleur rouge à reflets grenat. Nez avec des notes de sous-bois, de champignons, de fruits rouges, de fumée, de cassis, de terre mouillée, un peu de poivron rouge, touche mentholée, poivre… La bouche a encore beaucoup de fraîcheur, c’est délicat, les tannins sont bien patinés, et la longueur est plutôt pas mal en considérant le millésime. Final sur le cacao avec une pointe de cerise kirchée.
C’est très bon même si son apogée est derrière lui. (311 views) | | Tasted by PDavisMarble on 12/16/2020 & rated 93 points: Little bricking, little sediment. Decanted for 1 hour before first sip, then drunk over 90 minutes. A nice surprise. This slugged far above its weight class. It had the polish, complexity and long finish of LMHB. All this from a so-so year. The wine really started to sing with fruit and tobacco, cedar and currants. Moist earth, dust, moist leaves, on the nose. Fairly long finish. Hard to believe that this bottle bought by chance when stopping at the Chateau without an appointment would end up being so great 26 years later. Wish I had more -- still plenty of gas in the tank. (886 views) | | Tasted by Thomas de Climens on 11/10/2019 & rated 88 points: Honestly a good wine, in a difficult vintage. First nose of dust, wet leather, old paper which quickly evolves with plum and prune, old fruit, tobacco and a bit of vanilla. Not very complex but pleasant. A mouth medium long, with tertiary flavors. To be drunk ! (1086 views) |
| Château Haut-Bailly Producer websiteRed 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 RimmermanGraves Vins de Graves (Conseil des Vins de Graves) - Read more about Pessac Leogan Graves and its winesPessac-Léognan Pessac-Leognan reds: Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Soil: Predominantly gravel and sandy rock, with varying proportions of clay and sandstone Surface Area: 1,491 ha
Pessac-Leognan whites: Grape Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon Soil: Gravel and rocks covered with sand, sandstone, and clay Surface Area: 275 ha |
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