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| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.2 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Morningstar on 11/3/2009 & rated 75 points: Tasted on 1 Nov 2009. This wine is simple but it is not dull. I enjoyed it with Chinese BBQ pork. Drink up now. (3240 views) | | | Tasted by CabIsKing on 10/17/2009 & rated 87 points: Nice plum, cedar and tobacco on the nose with a very thin mouthfeel and finish. Great wine for the price. I think it might be getting past its prime. Drink up. (3183 views) | | | Tasted by Näsa on 9/18/2008 & rated 80 points: An ordinary standrad Bordeaux.
Won't disappoint you, won't make you scan the webb for another bottle. (3395 views) | | | Tasted by bboy on 10/21/2007 & rated 88 points: A Bordeaux that don't cost you a minor fortune and still it's a pleasure to spend some hours with it.
A smooth Merlotbased wine! (3752 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 9/6/2007 & rated 85 points: Unpretentious, mature everyday bordeaux. Warm, rounded merlot character with barnyard, tobacco, cedar and plum. Not very elegant on the palate, but round and enjoyable. Best served a bit on the cool side, with more perceived fresh fruitiness. Slightly green and inky, no length to speak of. Still a very drinkable cru bourgeois, but we prefer more of cabernet in the mix. (4519 views) | | | Tasted by magnord on 8/22/2007 & rated 84 points: A decent Cru Bourgeois. Nose is better than taste. (2644 views) | | | Tasted by Finare Vinare on 8/2/2007 & rated 86 points: The warm, fruity nose has some maturing complexity: plum, blackcurrant, laurels, cedar, sweet pipe tobacco, vanilla fudge and milk chocolate. Midweight palate with good juicy acidity, light tannins, some fruity merlot warmth and a fine, somewhat green, herbal bitterness that evolves in the mouth. Fairly good and very drinkable right now with brie cheese. Not very memorable, but well worth its $20. (2641 views) |
| Château Ducluzeau Read about Chateau DucluzeauRed 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.Listrac-MédocAlready very famous in the eighteenth century, the commune came back into favour again at the beginning of this century.
In 1913, Listrac, with 1,380 hectares of vines, was one of the largest vine-growing communes in the Médoc peninsula. The crisis of the thirties toppled this balance.
The history of the Listrac AOC is intimately bound to that of a group of men who managed to get the fame of their wines recognized in 1957 by obtaining the status of appellation of controlled origin. So Listrac-Médoc became one of the six communal appellations in the Médoc thanks to the distinctive individuality and the fame of its wines.
Lying between Moulis and Saint-Julien, Listrac is the "roof of the Médoc" and rises majestically to a height of 43 metres. Three magnificent ridges of Pyrenees gravel on the west, a ridge of Garonne gravel on the east and a central plain on a bed of limestone make up the richness of this terroir, akin to that of Moulis; whence an affinity in the wines which often links the two appellations together in the minds of wine lovers.
The natural slopes ensure that the soils drain well. The relative coolness of the climate together with its windy situation close to the forest favours the slow, even ripening process so propitious to great wines. The majority of the gravelly ridges are planted with Cabernet-Sauvignons which give Listrac wine all its impetuosity whereas on the limestone plateau, the Merlot predominates filling the wines with its fruit and fleshiness.
In the mouth, the wine of Listrac has extraordinary volume filling the palate. It is always present. Well structured, it is the perfect blend of the fruit of the Cabernet and the power of the Merlot. It is full and silky, a blend of spirit and virility.
Its colour takes on a ruby tint with the passing of time. The different elements melt into one another to give, finally, a velvety, full and fleshy wine.
In order to have the right to the Listrac-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Listrac "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation"
- 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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