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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 4/28/2023 & rated 88 points: Fully developed, possibly already downward sloping. Medium bodied, well structured. Mature cassis and raspberries, cedar, chocolate, liquorice, fine leather and ample coffee/roast aromas, but thinning out and some acidity still around and spoiling the finish. (589 views) | | | Tasted by macaujames on 7/24/2022 & rated 90 points: 89/90. Has beautiful aromas of leather, blueberries, violets, chalk hints and chocolatey cassis. Its medium bodied supple elegant well oaked blue, red and black fruits palate ends mediumish, fresh+tapering. A very youthful elegant wine. Keep 5-10 years. Needs 30 mins aeration. 13%. Very enjoyable! (1789 views) | | | Tasted by RightBankKane on 2/27/2022: Good example of well-aged Saint Emilion. Lots of burnt and forest floor aromas. Solid body, with some raspberry, a nice twist of acidity, and refreshing and moreish finish with fine tannin. Great with a ribeye. (1328 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 2/6/2022 & rated 88 points: Beautiful colour in bright ruby red! Leathery dark fruits on the nose, rather astringent palate, lacking a bit of fruits, fail to echo the nose in this case! (1311 views) | | | Tasted by Loathesome on 6/1/2021 & rated 89 points: Like so many 2000s it was a very dark red and plenty of rich ripe fruit but all one dimension and requires another 5-7 years to see any complexity and interest basically. Like so many from this vintage it will offer so much more in the future. (1660 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 3/23/2021 & rated 90 points: Very pleasant SE, having further improved over the last year and is in perfect drinking shape. Medium bodied, well structured. Mature cassis and raspberries, cedar, chocolate, liquorice, fine leather and ample coffee/roast aromas. (1400 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 4/24/2020 & rated 89 points: Nice SE to drink now. Medium bodied, well structured. Mature cassis and raspberries, cedar, chocolate, liquorice, fine leather and ample coffee/roast aromas. Some acidity left and fading a bit in the finish, but overall a pleasant drinking experience. (1547 views) | | | Tasted by Vinovine on 4/18/2020 & rated 92 points: Subltle fruit with pleasant musty nose. Well into the drinking window, but wouldn’t wait too much longer. Needed a good two hours to open up. (1280 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 12/27/2019 & rated 89 points: Agreeable SE in its drinking window. Medium bodied, well structured. Mature cassis and raspberries, cedar, chocolate, liquorice, fine leather and ample coffee/roast aromas. Some acidity left and fading a bit in the finish, but overall a pleasant drinking experience. (1480 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 6/18/2017 & rated 90 points: The fruit isn't quite as sparkling as a couple of years ago but it is still holding up well. Unctuous, quite full-bodied strawberry and blackberry, with a decent finish. Great value for the quality. Interesting how like many others, the 00 has aged so much better than the 98. It's probably good for another two or three years, maybe more. (2726 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 3/16/2017 & rated 87 points: Work Wine Tasting - Chablis & Claret (Home): Dark and quite brooding. A slightly dusty, dark red fruit with a little graphite. Surprisingly full and quite dense on the palate. A chewy dryness here. This is far more foursquare and burly than I'd anticipated. Some plummy fruit but it quite well disguised.*** (3020 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/15/2016 & rated 88 points: Fully mature, medium bodied, correctly made, but lacking in excitement on the nose and on the palate. Pleasant is a fine descriptor. No faults, just ho hum. (3576 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 2/20/2015 & rated 92 points: This came as something of a surprise. I've always liked Larmande, which provides undemanding, unchallenging, lightish wines that are not marred by oak or mocha flavours, roughly equivalent in Left Bank terms to a superior Cru Bourgeois. The 1995 was probably the best vintage I've had prior to this one.
The first thing I noticed was the colour, which seemed deeper than usual. The nose was not all that promising, with quite a lot of yeast and leather, before allowing notes of forest fruits and strawberries to come through towards the end. These developed better during the evening.
In the mouth, it's quite thick and unctuous, medium to full-bodied, with at first notes of black fruits, followed by the yeast, but then the wine takes off with a soaring middle section of strawberry, edging towards fraise des bois liqueur, then at the peak of the palate it blends into redcurrant with a touch of plum, before a long, persistent finish where the strawberry flavours dominate.
The balance is perfect, it isn't too strong, there's a freshness to the taste that ensures a lack of stodginess, so it drinks well by itself. I think above all, the fruit is ripe, rather than overripe and slightly burnt and it tastes to me like a Saint Emilion should taste, rather than how some would have us believe they should all taste.
I really enjoyed it, it put a smile on my face, it quite reconciled me with Saint Emilion. It's not a top notch wine, but not far off and I should think that the lack of any critical acclaim will mean that it can be found for a good price. The fruit has started to jammify but there's still a bit of puppy fat, so with the good structure I expect this to improve further. Highly recommended. (3997 views) | | | Tasted by ihavezinned on 1/17/2015 & rated 86 points: waited to long on this one, or it's in a funk. not much going on, very flat and lifeless. (3776 views) | | | Tasted by Rolex Chi on 10/12/2013 & rated 85 points: 新手試飲
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喝到漢堡肉味,煙草,單寧中等 (3709 views) | | | Tasted by CarpeDiem! on 3/23/2013 & rated 89 points: Charming, very typical St. Emilion. Developing well towards full maturity, with a nice balance between fruit and subtle spice notes. (4174 views) | | | Tasted by cookie7 on 12/24/2012 & rated 88 points: Note after 1 hour in decanter. Shows some graphite and anise on the nose. Lots of earth and dry tannins on the finish. (3838 views) | | | Tasted by Dahut on 4/21/2012: Difficulté to fin the fruit...élégant, yet austère. Time to drink it! (3558 views) | | | Tasted by JeremyQ on 4/2/2011 & rated 89 points: Open (not decanted) for about 90 mins before tasting. Slightly subdued nose though with gradually you get a bit more of the Bordeaux nose of sour cherries. On the palate, smooth, with leather and chocolate and a bit of cedar. Fruit is a bit muted with green bell pepper coming through. Definitely made in the old Bordeaux style. Decent age Bordeaux especially ~$22 (4300 views) | | | Tasted by BailliSacks on 8/24/2010: Drunk mostly after a full 24hrs of decanting. Very smooth and round, soft leather, quite delicious with the burgers. Exceeded expectation, but basically undifferentiated by the time we got to it. Yummy generic Bordeaux, that is all. (3805 views) | | | Tasted by Philippe_C on 6/26/2010 & rated 87 points: Light nose of peperonis, wet cardboard... in the month, tannic and lacking fruit (3688 views) | | | Tasted by LelouchViBritannia on 11/21/2009 & rated 90 points: Served blind. At first very muted, I thought it's around 2003 or earlier somewhere from France, no fruit & ungiving. No resemblance of Cabernet ( so less likely Left Bank ) but does have the austere French style. I somehow ended up guessing it as a Northern Rhone. The coffee, espresso aromatics showed after 1 hr in the decanter and I knew how wrong I was.
Recommendation: Decant (3628 views) | | | Tasted by TashNYC on 4/5/2009 & rated 90 points: Lovely perfume and silky smooth. But all the tannins were resolved, and short on the finish. Better with 30 minutes of air and better still with our rack of lamb. (3599 views) | | | Tasted by Bobo N on 10/26/2008 & rated 92 points: Mineral, subtle black fruit, smooth earth -- WOTN w/ other medium range Bordeaux (3701 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 8/27/2004 & rated 89 points: No theme; some random wines. (@ JB): Dark ruby red. In the deep bouquet dark berries, licorice, laurel and a touch of barnyard. On the palate ripe dark and red berries, a lot of sweetness, acidity and sticky tannin. Long finish in which the sweetness dominates. Overall a youthful wine which needs 5+ years more ageing. (1031 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Larmande Producer website | Read more about Chateau LarmandeRed 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 RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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