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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cob on 12/26/2023 & rated 90 points: Shows its age with a ruby core. Leather and cherry on the nose with a similar palate. In my opinion, this easily holds for a few more years before any decline. Really enjoyed this bottle. (115 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 4/6/2016 & rated 88 points: Monthly Tasting Group EEE #049; Bordeaux: Pessac-Léognan. (@ My place): The bouquet is still a bit locked, but shows dark berries, cedar and some bell pepper. On the palate a somewhat sweet start with ripe dark forest fruits, caramel, beautiful oak and acidity and round tannin. This wine is in its young maturity stage now and showing nicely. Will be nice until the end of the decade at least. 88 - 89 for this evening, but I will put 88 in CT as my "official" score. (2429 views) | | | Tasted by christhewino on 3/18/2010 & rated 87 points: I decanted this for about and hour and a half. When first poured the nose was very subtle with little other than wood and light spice, a quick swirl of the glass and magic happened! Strawberry, plum and blackberry all came flying out the top of the glass. The palate unfortunately was not as fruity and although it did have some black fruit and cherry flavours the finish was still woody. A bit more time in the bottle and a longer decant and this could have scored higher. (4047 views) | | | Tasted by vespasian on 2/10/2010 & rated 90 points: Outstanding value; tastes likes Cru Classe Claret. Superb concentrated, complex nose with black cherry, soy, soud bois, smoky minerality, cassis and sage; good tannic presence with bracing acidity. Well integrated oak. Could age but bloody good right now! (4128 views) |
| Château Brown Producer website | Read more about Chateau BrownRed 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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