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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.2 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 46 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Elliot Vale on 11/13/2023 & rated 86 points: 86/100 across 20-30 bottles from 2020-23. Very consistent. Good aged claret. Dry. Some black fruit. Round merlot middle. Some green wood cab franc lift. Corks had a tendency to split. (327 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 11/11/2023 & rated 88 points: A balanced and refined Bordeaux with good density and a layered mouthfeel. A touch too green for my taste but well-made if you like the style. (339 views) | | | Tasted by enthusiastic_amateur on 5/8/2023 & rated 90 points: Astringent upon first opening, needed long decanting time. Quite nice, round full bodied after several hours of decant. Would have placed this as a left bank classified bordeaux rather than Haut-Medoc. (481 views) | | | Tasted by bwillia on 2/27/2021 & rated 86 points: Funky, vegetal and under ripe on the nose. The palate is decent but somewhat tired. (2148 views) | | | Tasted by Cheesybee on 4/12/2020 & rated 86 points: Medium garnet colour, with inviting depth.
Light cigar box on the nose, with pencils, leather, fig.
Medium bodied, with fading fruits of blackberry, bramble, figs. Despite fading, satisfying. Rather charming, and improved a little on day 2, but suggest it’s at its end now. (2730 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 3/30/2020 & rated 92 points: I was a bit surprised how good this was. I had it standing up in my cabinet for a few days so maybe it was particularly settled. This was well-balanced, good fruit, structure, a bit of savory dark fruit and forest floor. Quite accomplished and classy. Nothing awry. (2745 views) | | | Tasted by nigels on 3/18/2020 & rated 89 points: Only 12.5 in alcohol. All tannin is intergrated, bramble, pencil, mint, wood flavor. Medium length, brown rimmed so it is well ready. A bargain. I bought a case from the Wine Soc. Old school ? Sure but how wine should taste. You realise that there are great wines from Bordeaux that are not high end and that tye alcohol content makes a huge difference in ageing process. (2563 views) | | | Tasted by flwinos on 1/25/2020 & rated 90 points: PnP. Drinking very well. Lots going on in this. I love it even more for $20 for a mature Bordeaux. Wish I had bought more of these. (2625 views) | | | Tasted by Andrewbdc on 1/24/2020 & rated 88 points: Broadly similar to previous note - actually better than expected given the very variable notes.
Medium garnet. Complex bouquet of prune, fig, cedar, cigar box, earth, menthol. Fully developed. Dry, sharp acidity, medium fine, chalky tannins, med alcohol and body, the palate rather less concentrated the nose. Finishes a bit short. Fruit starting to fade, acidity a little out of balance. (1710 views) | | | Tasted by willbarry91 on 1/13/2020 & rated 88 points: Delicious mature claret which is probably at the end of its drinking window. (1153 views) | | | Tasted by Mhilgeman on 12/25/2019 & rated 89 points: This is a fully mature 'old-school' claret displaying mellow complexity, medium-bodied fruit and a savoury finish. Its a steal at £19 from The Wine Society. Decanted first a couple of hours and it opened up nicely. This was a great wine for Christmas dinner. (1104 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 12/19/2019 & rated 91 points: Similar to previous notes - am guessing this was super firm upon release but because of the age this is more open now. Useful for the price. (1337 views) | | | Tasted by Andrewbdc on 12/14/2019 & rated 88 points: Medium garnet. Complex bouquet of prune, fig, cedar, cigar box, earth, menthol. Fully developed. Dry, sharp acidity, medium fine, chalky tannins, med alcohol and body, the palate rather less concentrated the nose. Finishes a bit short. Fruit starting to fade, acidity a little out of balance.
Mature Bordeaux, good value at £19 from the Wine Society. Drink up in next few months. (1078 views) | | | Tasted by empire80 on 12/11/2019 & rated 88 points: Cigar box nose, muted fruit on the palate, everything gently fading, but a good basic mature bordeaux for the lunch table. Drink up. (1059 views) | | | Tasted by wine&roses on 11/30/2019 & rated 89 points: Certainly this is past its prime, and it never was first class wine, but it is well-aged, classic claret, and a pleasure to drink. If you have any left, drink it up. You'll enjoy it. (1221 views) | | | Tasted by ZMAng on 11/28/2019 & rated 87 points: Just opened - Leather, wood, slightly animal nose. Similar on the palate, green notes, rather lean. Silky, fine mouth-coating tannins. 85-87. Inexpensive.
With time to breathe - More fruit emerges, but still rather muted. 86-87. Rather GV if you like old Bordeaux. (1091 views) | | | Tasted by havana4 🍾🍇 on 11/24/2019 & rated 89 points: Pretty much what I expected for an aged table Bordeaux. The nose was still surprisingly quite interesting. Thin on the palate. Muted and stewed fruits. Tannins so fine and almost non existent. Acidity still crisp . A little bit awkward wine. Past prime and on the downhill . Drink up. (1211 views) | | | Tasted by Keith Cooper on 10/28/2019 & rated 90 points: Tasted at The Wine Society's Bordeaux tasting, London. Medium maroon with orange edges. Fresh and fruity nose despite its age, so a great example of how a decent Bordeaux should last. Plummy fruit, some aniseed. Smooth. Great to taste and very good. But I'm not sure how much longer it will last, so definitely drink soon. (1522 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 8/24/2019 & rated 90 points: Russk. Solid. 90 + points (1612 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 7/15/2019 & rated 91 points: This was quite elegant and robust. The nose was particularly lovely. The age shows well. A bit muted in the mid-palate and am guessing this may have been awkward in its youth but it's attractive now, especially if you like old Bordeaux. (1667 views) | | | Tasted by SandmanRT on 10/7/2018 & rated 89 points: A very enjoyable mature Bordeaux bought today, 17 years old for $20 K&L wines California. Opened 30 minutes, fine claret, balance of fruit, oak and soft tannins. Not past it’s prime if you enjoy aged Bordeaux and I thoroughly enjoyed this one and worth the price. If however one enjoys fruit forward and a lot of oopmph (New World style wines) this may not be for you. (2523 views) | | | Tasted by A&B on 7/6/2018 & rated 78 points: Not a re by (2749 views) | | | Tasted by daveyk39 on 5/26/2018: K&L Wines of Bordeaux Tasting (K&L Wines, Redwood City, CA): Shy, indistinct red fruit, spice box and green tobacco. Equally muted red currant flavors on the palate, but with a lovely silk texture. I fear this one is well past its prime. (2890 views) | | | Tasted by korniev on 1/18/2018 & rated 90 points: I can't see how people here can rate this wine in the lower 80-s and rate some crappy Napa cabs like 94+.....I had about two cases of twelwe of this during the last year and I can tell you that it is very tough to judge this wine by only having one bottle. Some bottles were decent while 2 or 3 were on their peaks amazingly. Great nose, great balance. I highly reccomand Coufran overall. Price/money wise it is number one choice! (2791 views) | | | Tasted by nowine4u on 11/17/2017 & rated 89 points: Medium red core color with slight orange edge tint. Earthy aroma that prepares the palate for a seamless transition into a slight tart red fruit flavor that finishes with sweet cherry flavors. Medium length finish. Past prime, but certainly very enjoyable. (2859 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Coufran Producer web site | Read more about Chateau CoufranRed 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.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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