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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 41 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Chrysostomus on 4/4/2024 & rated 92 points: Gooseberries, vegetable notes.Don’t drink too cold! Nice! 91-92 (385 views) | | | Tasted by Lord of the Bottles on 3/14/2024 & rated 90 points: Smoky sea spray nose, quite interesting. Grapefruit and buttery palate. Quite nice for the price. 90 (651 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 2/29/2024: Small dinner with large pours (Ariana II): On pouring - taut but not austere, some waxiness, lovely depth. Seemed to clearly outclass the 21 Riverby served alongside it. Weirdly, though, the nose became quite advanced, quite quickly - like realtime oxidisation...it didn't go over the hill but it was noticeable. When the food arrived it regained its composure somewhat, and it never quite descended into the threatened poxy state. With that said, if I had them, i'd be drinking them up. (827 views) | | | Tasted by Vinumming & Ahhing on 2/28/2024: BWC Pot Pourri at Ariana II (Ariana 2, Kilburn, London): Some straw and pineapple cube boiled sweets on the nose. Some under ripe Galia melon too. Palate very well balanced with some subtle grassiness and a mineral backbone. Evolves quite rapidly in the glass. Improves with the food. (768 views) | | | Tasted by oenanthe on 1/29/2024 & rated 90 points: Medium golden. Waxy nose, some vanilla wood, rather buttery and grassy. Yellow fruit dominates but there is some citrus pith on the mid-palate if you give it a good swirl around your mouth. Really rather pleasant all in all, if a bit understated. First of case of 6. (880 views) | | | Tasted by cdeco001 on 11/4/2023 & rated 90 points: nice wine, don't wait, good drinking now (552 views) | | | Tasted by Brigitte Bordeaux on 10/13/2023: Skyhög syra men samtidigt mycket fylligt. Välintegrerade fat och karaktär av grillad citron (511 views) | | | Tasted by EspenK65 on 10/7/2023 & rated 92 points: Needs decanting and some time in the carafe to open up. Fresh and bright, yellow fruits with some wooden notes, very nice wine to the meal with turbot. (456 views) | | | Tasted by NickNYC on 6/6/2023 & rated 88 points: good bottle, typical sauvignon notes. good mouth feel and freshness, medium length. good but nothing special. (644 views) | | | Tasted by Panchoricardo on 5/30/2023 & rated 85 points: Already past it’s best- fruit and acidity dropping off, so tastes a bit dead. (617 views) | | | Tasted by MatLot on 5/21/2023 & rated 92 points: excellent vin de grande qualité super (557 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 1/9/2023 & rated 92 points: 淡金黄色，闻香有浓郁的奶油蛋糕，草本植物，刺槐花，和柠檬香气。入口酸度高，酒液咸，湿石头的矿物感，白花，橘皮，草本植物的气息，后段很苦，酒体扎实，紧凑，非常高的集中度。余味是草本，柑橘和奶油香气。酒很新，还没到适饮期，但已经能感受到高质量的水准，不是以果味为主导，而是以植物气息和橡木桶的风味为主，风格严肃，香气复杂。盲品就是它，一款经典的波尔多列级庄白葡萄酒。 (823 views) | | | Tasted by ChrisBlack on 10/17/2022 & rated 91 points: My first white bdx. Great vintage. A very green white. (855 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 9/20/2022 & rated 91 points: Slightly marine, honeysuckle nose. Leesy, honeycomb palate with nice, zippy acid. Finishes well. 13.5%. (1686 views) | | | Tasted by Goodjob! on 8/27/2022 & rated 92 points: Au nez: pêche, bois, herbacé. La bouche est ronde suivi d’une belle acidité. Petite touche de beurre apportée par un boisé présent , mais pas intrusif. Un très beau bordeaux blanc prêt à boire. 92 (689 views) | | | Tasted by NickNYC on 7/18/2022 & rated 88 points: did not really have time to properly enjoy the bottle but overall, good freshness and grip. nose a bit simple? to be tasted again (765 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 6/12/2022 & rated 90 points: DWS in La Boheme, (By RVe): Floral bouquet with some anise as well. On the palate grasses, herbs, anise and butter. Pleasant bitterness and fresh acidity. (1021 views) | | | Tasted by Paul D on 4/28/2022 & rated 89 points: Bordeaux Wimps (La Trompette, Chiswick): Pale lemon. Nose shows grapefruit, spice, vanilla. Medium bodied, grapefruit again, some weight, creamy vanilla, fresh acids, grassy notes on good length finish. (867 views) | | | Tasted by Pontifax on 10/12/2021 & rated 92 points: A bone dry savoury WB...
On nose: faint salted butter, roasted almonds and nettles.
On palate: all above flavour notes, in addition to bracing acidity, sea salt herbal notes of rosemary , present oak, dry faded, white florals as well as limes, all on a moderately full bodied wine with rounded, creamy notes, with a ghost of melon rind.....slightly austere, but the perfect wine for all seafood, from oysters to shellfish to Salmon and Sea Bass...can age well....this bottle was shy of fruit, compared to some notes on this thread....bottle variation? (954 views) | | | Tasted by timothynbond on 8/28/2021 & rated 89 points: Last bottle of the night, so notes are not great. Fresh peaches and mint on the noise. Medium body but a thick mouthfeel, with peaches and mint on the palate. Perhaps a bit bitter. (907 views) | | | Tasted by grapenomad on 7/4/2021 & rated 91 points: Pale lemon in the glass. Bright aromas of yellow apple, lemon juice, apricot, melon and some brioche coming from the lees. Medium-bodied with a pretty solid acidic backbone and an alcohol that sits just right on it. Long, mineral finish. Will give more in a few years definitely. (1074 views) | | | Tasted by Heynetty on 2/27/2021: Tasted Blind
A: Medium lemon (but why given that the wine seems so primary, id expect it to be paler)
N: Pronounced nose of guava, papaya, kiwi, cat pee, gooseberry, curry leaves, jolly rancher lime, melon rind. And in the empty glass, I can smell vanilla. Tart unripe mixed with ripe fruit.
P: Dry, high acidity, medium (+) body , medium (+) intensity, medium alcohol, medium (+) finish
C: balanced ripe fruit and under ripe notes and acidity., could age, decent length and intensity. Very good quality wine.
Guess:
Old world
Moderate climate
Bordeaux Blanc
I thought this was Napa SB at first but that vanilla at the end of the empty glass threw me into Bordeaux Blanc with a high concentration of SB. No green hues or reduction in glass so NZ was knocked out early and body quite round so knocked out Loire and indicated that Semillon was involved. (1084 views) | | | Tasted by TannicBeast on 2/24/2021 & rated 92 points: Tasted blind. Med yellow. Med (+) to pronounced nose of lime, kiwi, passion fruit, cat pee, gooseberry, wet stone. In hindsight, melon, cantaloupe and almost imperceptible vanilla from oak are key markers. Dry, high acidity, med (+) alcohol (13.5%), med (+) body, intensity and length. Balanced, cool to moderate climate SB; difficult to discern if Old World or New World. Drinking well now, with potential for improvement. 50% SB 50% Sémillon. Aged 15 mos. on lees, of which 11 mos in French oak.
Provenance could include Napa, Bordeaux Blanc or Collio. Too ripe and round in the mid palate to be NZ or Loire. Too elegant and lightly oaked to be Napa. You know what I guessed, alas I was wrong. (986 views) | | | Tasted by AP MD on 1/6/2021 & rated 93 points: Beautiful straw/corn lace color. Lots of citrus on the nose with grapefruit , lemon and a bit of tangerine. Also a hint of rosemary to add some pizzaz! Semillon is noticeable on the palate with creamy and almost buttery finish that is actually surprisingly long. Overall great value! (816 views) | | | Tasted by Andre Brattland on 11/23/2020 & rated 91 points: Fresh and seductive aromas with its tight stone fruit, cool butter tone and light wood that rebuilds the wine. Good full-bodied wine with nice cool stone fruit, slightly fat fruit core, butter and light wood. Freshness and the slight fatness that goes hand in hand at the end. Very good wine. 91 points. (1424 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, 2017 Bordeaux – Mirror, Mirror on The Wall… (Mar 2020) (3/1/2020)
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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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