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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.5 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 16 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Zoar on 4/6/2024 & rated 90 points: Even though it was a bit corked. After it opened. It drank well (107 views) | | | Tasted by Jsnelten on 3/14/2024 & rated 89 points: Old lady, but not too disappointing (193 views) | | | Tasted by Hanh on 12/26/2023: It has a good nose. The taste doesn't match it. It has a pale red muddy colour. Although it had hobby any sentiment. The cork came out nicely (512 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 8/28/2023 & rated 90 points: Had tasted older vintage with better showing. It should be the provenance of the wine. Pronounced nose with incense, spices, toast, dried red fruits. Medium acidity and medium tannin. Past its prime for this bottle. (986 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 7/8/2020: Bordeaux Left Bank First Growth BYO (Grand Hyatt Hong Kong): Pass. (4518 views) | | | Tasted by vinhonotte on 7/4/2020 & rated 95 points: Fine Wines SG - Grand Cru Discovery Pack (Delivered to Home): Medium garnet, with significant fading on edge. Aromas of purple flowers, plum, blackberry, moss, and bits of tar. A cool minty feel with medium ripe blackberry flavours, as well as strong bright minerality. Long floral finish. Indeed a great wine! (3899 views) | | | Tasted by Wine by Bok on 3/3/2020 & rated 90 points: Known as the Queen of Bordeaux, does it live up to it’s expectations? Certainly, given any vintage of Lafite, if you cannot detect the elegance of the wine, you definitely need to drink more.
Coming from a below average vintage, Lafite 74 still possessed the elegant character, almost like an aged burgundy wine, although a bit dirty and musty and a bit woody as well, it held up very well in the glass for at least 2 hours without showing a sign of weakness. Certainly at or past it’s prime. ”
more tasting note in finewines.com.sg (4247 views) | | | Tasted by indiscriminate palate on 5/23/2014: Excellent fill at base of neck; capsule and cork in good condition. Opened and double decanted for one hour. At open, quite alive, with a light garnet/tawny color. A little dusty on the nose, but mostly muted red fruit (!), earth, and some mature aromas. Palate is light, with a bit of fruit behind more savory elements and pronounced tartness/sourness. In all, surprising verve, pretty nose, palate past peak but not completely dead yet. Nice! (12618 views) | | | Tasted by Barry Notes on 3/10/2014: PnP w/30 min decant. Dry, crumbled cork w/very little stain. Strained/filtered in decanter. Some sediments. End product fairly clear, med/thin red color with just a touch of brown edge. After 10 min, initial funk blew off and nose better than expected with "old wine" notes but fruit did shine through. Taste profile: nutty, dust, stone, cola, cedar, forest floor, mud. Fully resolved tannins/acids, med fruit middle and finish. Slight cork but only at the the very end of finish. Fairly refined and good balance overall, well past it's prime. Still quite a treat. (12302 views) | | | Tasted by RBaird on 4/20/2013 & rated 91 points: The wine looks Caramel colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Dust, Stoniness, Medium Toast, and Rose. It tastes like Black currant (cassis), Prune, Dust, Medium Toast, and Cedar. The body is Light/Medium. The wine has Silky texture. The wine finishes Medium. (11142 views) | | | Tasted by MWes on 9/11/2010: This was more about the experience than the wine. I think J-Sho summed the wine up pretty well. This was a bottle from the departed. RIP. (22160 views) | | | Tasted by J-Sho on 1/4/2010 & rated 88 points: Impressive old Lafite though not perfect. Amber edges and lighter in color. Nose with mature flavors -- nutty with a hint molasses and cola. Nice soft palate -- pleasant though not big/layered and lacking a bit in complexity. (15052 views) |
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Vineyards map on weinlagen-infoRed 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
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"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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