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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Motz on 8/24/2023 & rated 92 points: Pulled the cork on the bottle accessed by Coravin in February.
An excellent Margaux in a challenging vintage. Appealing and suave perfume. Supple and elegant textures, judicious extraction, oak not fully integrated...but it well, seamless alcohol.
It should evolve for at least five to seven years and hold through 2035+. Solid QPR. (1991 views) | | | Tasted by loantaka on 8/13/2023 & rated 89 points: Good but a bit simple (1370 views) | | | Tasted by mike410 on 8/8/2023 & rated 89 points: Decent, but not great for the vintage. (1346 views) | | | Tasted by Steve Cub on 5/7/2023 & rated 90 points: Admittedly this is a night 2 note, only having had half a glass on night 1. Dark fruits on the nose; I'm getting plum, black currant, and some berry notes from the acidity that brings some brightness. On the palate there is tabacco, Cedar, decent fruit, but not jammy at all. Medium body, medium tannin, medium plus finish, medium plus alcohol at the moment. Acidity makes this a very nice food wine. Enjoyed this with a burger and it enhanced both palate experiences. An acidic Bordeaux is good with beef; SHOCKER. (1653 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 2/16/2023 & rated 92 points: Coravin access.
Allowed to breathe. Very pretty bouquet of equal part red and purple berries, floral notes, and fine terroir markers. Medium body, elegant substance, refined. Serious acid, velvety tannin. Oak integrating well. It showed very well next to the same vintage Cantemerle and Montrose. 91-92. (2308 views) | | | Tasted by Jason Wu on 12/17/2022 & rated 92 points: App: medium ruby
Nose: medium plus intensity; after 2hrs decanting, it presents aromas of red cherry, mint, black olive, leather, tobacco, capsicum, red roses, cranberry. Greener than 2015. It’s developing.
Palate: dry, high acidity, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium plus flavour intensity, red plum and fruit come through, not as open as on the nose. The finish is medium plus.
The wine arrived at its peak at about 4hrs. Smoke, cedar, savoury with elegant red fruits and great acidity holding the wine. Delicious and a great treat! (1372 views) | | | Tasted by xyc on 11/13/2021 & rated 91 points: Lovely Margaux, agree with all the excellent tasting notes. Oak was noted, to my taste much more oak than the 2016 and not a feature. (2821 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 6/21/2021 & rated 92 points: Suave and pretty, as Margaux should be. Lush red and purple berry fruit, compact, precise. Merlot shows prominently, gracing a stalwart Cabernet Sauvignon frame, both enhanced by elegant, Petit Verdot floral notes. Judicious oak treatment, medium plus acid, powdery tannins. Always a pleasure to cross paths with a 13 percent alcohol Left Bank Bordeaux. Certainly approachable now, better in time, and likely to improve. 92-93...94? (3590 views) | | | Tasted by danstrings on 2/26/2021 & rated 90 points: Showing great and a crowd pleaser - nice inky dark meaty fruit, mineral asphalt cave-y goodness (2587 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/24/2020 & rated 90 points: 2017 UGC Des Bordeaux, San Francisco, nose of ash, allspice, and dark fruit, medium/big body, tasty, lovely, slightly fruit forward today, needs 2 years to peak, mouth filling fruit, and a long finish. (2822 views) | | | Tasted by Winning_Wines on 1/23/2020 & rated 92 points: Union des Grand Cru de Bordeaux: Seattle: Oak, spices, dark fruit, but still remained very bright. Great balance with a smooth long finish. This was great. (2590 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/26/2018 & rated 92 points: Showing deep color, the wine opens with coffee bean, black cherry, wet earth and floral tenors. Soft and silky, round and full bodied, there is abundant sweet, fresh dark red fruit with a touch of oak and thyme in the finish. (5063 views) |
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Decanter, Médoc grand cru classé 2017: panel tasting results (2/25/2022)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tom Parker MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/16/2021)
(Ch Prieuré-Lichine Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 Bordeaux – Mirror, Mirror on The Wall… (Mar 2020) (3/1/2020)
(Prieuré-lichine Prieuré-lichine Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, 2017 Bordeaux From Bottle (2/26/2020)
(Chateau Prieure-Lichine) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, Vintage Seeks Home: Bordeaux 2017 In Bottle (Jan 2020) (2/1/2020)
(Prieuré-lichine Prieuré-lichine Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (12/21/2019)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine Margaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, December 2019 (12/1/2019)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux 2017 in bottle: Margaux (11/21/2019)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/16/2019)
(Ch Prieuré-Lichine Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 Bordeaux: The Heart of the Matter (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
(Prieuré-lichine Prieuré-lichine Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin
Vinous, The F-Word: Bordeaux 2017 (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
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JebDunnuck.com, 2017 Bordeaux: A Good Yet Irregular Vintage (4/23/2018)
(Chateau Prieure-Lichine) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jane Anson
Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2017 Margaux (4/8/2018)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine, Margaux, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/8/2018)
(Ch Prieuré-Lichine Margaux Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (4/5/2018)
(Château Prieuré-Lichine Margaux, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2018 (4/1/2018)
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| Château Prieuré-Lichine Producer website - Read more about Chateau Prieure LichineRed 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.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its wines As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period.
In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans.
In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines.
It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another.
Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954)
In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "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).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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