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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 33 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Roy Bang-Johansen on 8/18/2023 & rated 88 points: Smakt i juni 2022.
Dyp rød.
Lukter solbær, bjørnebær, tobakk, treverk og krydder.
Smaker solbær, kjølig rød frukt, grønne urter, krydder og fat. Litt ubalanserte tanniner.
Klassisk Bordeaux, men mangler litt lengde og fylde. Svak årgang. (325 views) | | | Tasted by eb1202 on 8/13/2020 & rated 85 points: nice nose but on the palate very tart, red fruits with herbs, disappointing for a Citron, (1686 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 11/1/2019 & rated 90 points: D1h. Consistent with prior note (2005 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/14/2019 & rated 85 points: Bright, lean, tart, fresh red fruits coupled with herbal and leafy notes in a medium bodied, crisp wine are what you find here. Time will not add much to this wine. (3172 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 1/24/2019 & rated 90 points: Dn1. Medium red, yellow tinged, 4.5. Opulent mature Medoc bouquet with a some spice as well. The palate is classic Medoc in its best sense and is still having some tannin, elegant finish. Drink now - 2025. (2155 views) | | | Tasted by drdave_56 on 7/29/2018 & rated 88 points: Well balanced, easy drinking, light fruit aroma.
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry and red currant. It tastes like blackberry and raspberry. The body is medium. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. (2465 views) | | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 3/12/2018 & rated 87 points: Over ripe red and dark fruit. Tobacco, cedar, nutmeg. Full bodied with medium + tannins. Probably at peak. (737 views) | | | Tasted by goodgout on 10/19/2017 & rated 92 points: Aromatic and floral. Red fruit and pronounced structure still present, leading to cedar, tobacco, cocoa and baking spice. (2359 views) | | | Tasted by asgerG on 10/14/2017 & rated 88 points: D1h. Dark red, 5. Classic Haut-Medoc bouquet, pencil, some fruit. Elegant palate to the acidic side, still some tannin. Drink now-2022. Fine petit chateaux style that has reached the drinking window. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 3/4/2015 & rated 87 points: Monthly Tasting Group EEE #036; Bordeaux left bank (@ PV): The bouquet is a bit dusty with aromas of cassis, blood and creamy cherries. Same on the palate. Some bell pepper as well. Firm acidity and ok tannin with a firm bite. Medium bodied. Not really complex or refined but an ok wine. Will improve with some aging. Until 2020 - 2024 to start with and then see if there is more potential. 86 - 87 for now. (4932 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 10/2/2014 & rated 86 points: After the last one this came as a nice surprise. No star but much better, with quite attractive notes of blackberry and black cherries on the tongue and a much fuller mouthful. Not from the same batch as the previous bottle. I wouldn't buy any more, but this is a perfectly acceptable CB. (4885 views) | | | Tasted by lumpyelbow on 9/17/2014 & rated 85 points: Thin, not much substance. Uneventful. (4670 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 9/4/2014 & rated 79 points: Better than the 06, which is the worst Citran I've had, but this is not that much better. Saved from total failure by some decent fruit, but already on the wane. To be drunk whilst there's still something left. (4021 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 7/15/2013 & rated 86 points: Weekly tasting group #079; Old world white and red. (@ BD): Reticent bouquet with cassis. On the palate a firm amount of acidity, some chocolate, vanilla, bell peppers, grainy tannin and bitterness. Tight wine which needs several years. Not extremely refined. Will never be really great, but around 2018 this could prove to be a pleasant daily drinker. 86+ for now (3446 views) | | | Tasted by TrevorD on 1/6/2012 & rated 87 points: Has all the promise of being a great wine. A liitle complex, great tannins but not much happening on the palate afterwards. Definitely needs another 2-3 years (I just couldn't resist the temptation of trying the first from the case. (5437 views) | | | Tasted by edub7 on 6/2/2011 & rated 88 points: Had a bottle last March. Nice nose, red fruits, spice, great initial entry. Firm tannins, a bit lacking in mid palate and finish, but with some nice things happening here. Very classic in style with some nice characteristics, a bit dry in the finish. Decent, but not as good as the very nice 2000 offering. (6099 views) | | | Tasted by hutch on 1/26/2011 & rated 87 points: UGC Bordeaux Tasting (Boston): Really like the label. Easy going, seems like it would work in the American market. I wish it was about $15, but it ain't. 86-87 (7315 views) | | | Tasted by lumpyelbow on 1/25/2011: Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2008 (Toronto - The Four Seasons): UGC Event (6885 views) | | | Tasted by razmaspaz on 1/24/2011: UGC Chicago Bordeaux 2008 Vintage: very fine tannins not very open. Am I getting fatigued. (7345 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 1/21/2011 & rated 88 points: 2011 UGC Bordeaux Tasting: 2008 Vintage (Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California): Very dark red violet color; tart black fruit, graphite, pencil lead nose; tart black fruit, pencil lead palate, needs 3-plus years; medium-plus finish 88+ pts. (5336 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 1/21/2011 & rated 87 points: Union Des Grand Cru of Bordeaux Tasting San Francisco, black fruit on the nose, medium body, tart tasting, lovely fruit but simple, medium finish. (1105 views) | | | Tasted by Merta on 12/27/2010 & rated 88 points: For me one of the best Citran's of this decade (better than 2005). Excellent value for money (bottle around 10€ in French supermarket). Can certainly wait 3-7 years. (3979 views) | | | Tasted by vespasian on 4/23/2009 & rated 82 points: Floral lifted nose, very pleasant; Fine and simple on the palate - finish a bit pinched. (4094 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2011, Issue #34, Re-Visiting the 2008 Bordeaux Vintage: Is It Superior to Both 2009 and 2010?
(Château Citran (Haut-Médoc)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2011, Issue #31, Snapshot of the 2008 Bordeaux Vintage- Really a Lovely and Classically Proportioned Year
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(Château Citran) Very dark red violet color; tart black fruit, graphite, pencil lead nose; tart black fruit, pencil lead palate, needs 3-plus years; medium-plus finish 88+ pts. 88 points |
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| Château Citran Producer website | Read More about Chateau CitranRed 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 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.Haut-Médoc Read more about Haut Medoc and its wines Long-standing fame The legally created division into Médoc and Haut-Médoc dates from 1935. But as long ago as 1815 a Chartrons broker, whose word carried weight, spoke of great red wines in the Haut-Médoc, so recognizing the high quality successfully achieved by this region's growers in the eighteenth century. The same Bordeaux broker revealed that the business world of the Chartrons and the great Bordeaux proprietors had established a sort of league-table of the parishes in which the vine-growing communes of today's Haut-Médoc appellation showed up well.
The Haut-Médoc appellation stretches over some thirty seven miles from north to south, from Saint-Seurin de Cadourne to Blanquefort. Within this area, certain zones produce wines exclusively with the Haut-Médoc appellation. It has terroirs of remarkable quality. And although we may note a certain predominance of layers of gravel (essentially Garonne gravel) from the Quaternary, all these sites are characterized by their wide diversity. Today in the southernmost communes of the appellation, the suburbs of Bordeaux, numerous vineyards which existed at the beginning of the twentieth century have disappeared, victims of urban expansion. But the vines live on... because man has retained his devotion to them.
The astonishing variety of different terroirs, the result of the very extent of the area, explains the diversity of Haut-Médoc wines, a fact which is rare within one and the same appellation.
But, over and above the differences, linked to this mosaic of climatic and geological influence, all these wines have the same family traits of character.
Alert and lively, full-bodied without being too powerful, and harmoniously balanced, they acquire a rare bouquet over the years.
In order to have the right to the Haut-Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the communes of Blanquefort, Le Taillan, Parempuyre, Le Pian, Ludon, Macau, Arsac, Labarde, Cantenac, Margaux, Avensan, Castelnau, Soussans, Arcins, Moulis, Listrac, Lamarque, Cussac, Saint-Laurent de Médoc, Saint-Julien, Pauillac, Saint-Sauveur, Cissac, Saint-Estèphe, Vertheuil, Saint-Seurin de Cadourne "excluding all 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 (48 hectolitres per hectare).
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