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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.9 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by nfurlong on 7/13/2019 & rated 84 points: garnet color; graphite raspberry candy on the nose; loads of citrus on the palate with red fruits and low tannins. A bit sour, reserved, even three hours after opening. Not my style. (1410 views) | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/30/2017 & rated 83 points: Overly bright, sharp, tart wine. Medium bodied, blending cranberry with herbs, espresso and strawberry, in the finish. Clearly not my style of wine. (3374 views) | | Tasted by ews3 on 1/28/2011 & rated 84 points: Union des Grand Crus 2008 Bordeaux Tasting - NYC (Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC): simple red fruit. some yeasty/autolytic notes. finish is sour. (9784 views) | | Tasted by hutch on 1/26/2011 & rated 91 points: UGC Bordeaux Tasting (Boston): Med+ body. Rich, pencilly stuff going on. Nice, but a little different then the others. Would have probably thought it was left bank. 90-92 (8593 views) | | Tasted by razmaspaz on 1/24/2011: UGC Chicago Bordeaux 2008 Vintage: back to pencil lead, not much fruit on the nose (8683 views) | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 1/21/2011 & rated 88 points: 2011 UGC Bordeaux Tasting: 2008 Vintage (Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California): Dark red violet color; deep roast coffee, tart black fruit nose; deep roast coffee palate; medium finish (4284 views) | | Tasted by vespasian on 10/19/2010 & rated 87 points: Nice but a bit simple and subdued; closed palate thought this shows good weight and structure. Should come good. A bit tannic. (5621 views) | | Tasted by PanosKakaviatos on 6/1/2009 & rated 88 points: Bordeaux 2008 (Bordeaux): Very deep color. Nose and palate pleased with violets and stewed plums/cherries. Very rich overall, but a tad monolothic. 86-90 (3563 views) |
| By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, 2008 Bordeaux - Now at age 10 (2/28/2019) (Chateau Larmande Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (1/18/2012) (Ch Larmande St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2011, Issue #34, Re-Visiting the 2008 Bordeaux Vintage: Is It Superior to Both 2009 and 2010? (Château Larmande) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (2/8/2011) (Ch Larmande St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack Winedoctor, October 2010 (Chateau Larmande (St Emilion)) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (5/15/2009) (Ch Larmande St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack Winedoctor, April 2009 (Chateau Larmande St Emilion) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack Winedoctor, November 2012 (Château Larmande (St Emilion)) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings RJonWine.com (1/21/2011) (Château Larmande) Dark red violet color; deep roast coffee, tart black fruit nose; deep roast coffee palate; medium finish 88 points | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of JebDunnuck.com and JancisRobinson.com and View From the Cellar and Winedoctor and RJonWine.com. (manage subscription channels) |
| 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)
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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 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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