UGC Chicago Bordeaux 2008 Vintage
Tasted Monday, January 24, 2011 by razmaspaz with 1,613 views
Introduction
Tasting notes from the 2011 UGC Tasting in Chicago. These read more like a story than individual notes. I learned a lot and tried to document that learning in the notes as I went,
2008 Château Bouscaut Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Green apple, nice drinkable quality, very fresh and acidic
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2008 Château Rahoul Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves
classic sauvignon blanc nose, made in a very modern style
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2008 Château de Chantegrive Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves
acid spikes on this, maybe a bit much, still that milder, almost old world crispness
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2008 Château Carbonnieux Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
back to grapefruit, but not slicing, nice creamy component, would love this in a couple years
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2008 Château de Fieuzal Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
creamy, oak in spades here, acid not missing, but certainly tame, like the mouthfeel, very creamy.
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2008 Château Haut-Bailly
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
not sure I would pick this blind yet, but maybe. Not as robust as a recent '03, but the licorice and pencil lead is there. Fruit is inviting, high acid, tannin is out of control by comparison to the rest of pessac today.
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2008 Château Haut-Bergey
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Cherries on the nose, oak seems under done, fruit and tannin are very aparrent
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2008 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
back to a classic pessac, pencil lead, and cranberries leaps from the glass. Quite spectacular. tannins are present but soft and inviting. this is creamy and at the same time jammy
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2008 Château Malartic-Lagravière
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
mouth coating tannin, closed but red fruit notes
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2008 Château Olivier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
cranberry, crushed cherries - this was from a large tasting and thats all the notes I have
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2008 Château Pape Clément Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
pronounced pencil lead and dark berry. very sexy. tannins are powerful
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2008 Château Smith Haut Lafitte
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
black tea, mineral nose, young tannin
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2008 Château Angélus
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
fruit takes a back seat to vanilla and pure woody scent on the nose. There is a familiar note I cant quite identify, charcoal maybe? Soft and inviting in the mouth, good but maybe not my thing
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2008 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
black berries and fruit, a little spice, this is very beautiful. finish is powerful and goes to my throat.
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2008 Château Canon
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
maybe losing my tastebuds here, but this is a little underwhelming. Tannin is not too powerful, red fruit on the nose
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2008 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière Bordeaux Rosé
France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Rosé
just cheated and heard the winemaker say 75% cab franc. this was a shift from the first st emillions. I have to admit I'm not familiar here. Red fruit, very inviting but strange. very powerful in the mouth, quite memorable.
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2008 Château Dassault
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
acid here is powerful very fruit focused. Chewey, but not drying tannins.
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2008 Château Figeac
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
brooding black fruit, this is tasty. very drying on the finish.
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2008 Clos Fourtet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
first wine of the day that I would consider green. this just doesn't seem ripe. Very bitter tannin
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2008 Château Franc-Mayne
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
that's inviting. 90% merlot. Take that Miles. Soft and clean, fruit is integrated, drinkable now.
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2008 Château Grand Mayne
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
green in a good way, tight black fruit with green pepper. harsh tannin, but not offensive
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2008 Château La Couspaude
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
intriguing maybe mysterious nose. Powerful black fruit. pepper comes through on the nose. Tannin coats the teeth, but leaves the gums alone.
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2008 La Bastide Saint-Dominique Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
There's a machine shop note here. Oily, almost dense nose. I don't know how to say it other than suffocating. Spicy palate good acid and tannin
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2008 Château La Gaffelière
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
next to dominique this falls short. a little shy. A little watery, but tannic, not memorable
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2008 Château Larcis Ducasse
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
again a bit suffocating is this a trend for ste emmilion, tannic upfront, fruit doesnt really shine thru, but what is there is black.
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2008 Château Larmande
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
back to pencil lead, not much fruit on the nose
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2008 Château Pavie Macquin
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
peppery finish, not too tannic, good concentrated black fruit with a dessert quality to it.
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2008 Château Troplong Mondot
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
underwhelming nose, strong tannic finsih with a lasting green but pleasant finish.
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2008 Château Beauregard
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
changing gears to pomerol. Still merlot based, heavy cab franc. Maybe the suffocating character wasn't the cab franc 'cause its not here. This is much softer and more shy on the nose.
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2008 Château Clinet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
poured from the bottle like syrup. Pepper and red fruit cranberry, velvety in the mouth, short acidic finish. Tannins are very soft to unnoticeable
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2008 Château Gazin Pomerol
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
barnyard quality to this that intrigues. This is special stuff. Everything in good balance not too long a finish and not the overpowering stuff so common today.
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2008 Château La Conseillante
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
mmm...anise/licorice, motor oil, and red fruit. Nice finish I like this very much
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2008 Château Clarke
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
Hmm, maybe its the Merlot that suffocates. This is very nice. Can't pick thesecondary stuff out here, but its layered. Acid stings, tannin goes on and on to the gums, quite impressive
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2008 Château Fourcas Hosten
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
powerful stuff. red and black fruit tannin isn't overwhelming, but the fruit leaps bounces around the mouth. Barnyard again
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2008 Château Chasse-Spleen
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
very sour highly aparrent ripe red fruit. Cranberry overwhelming coarse tannin
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2008 Château Poujeaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
cab is back and is shows. Lots of brooding fruit. Very soft in the mouth. Sexy and velvety. Effortless long dry finish.
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2008 Château Beaumont
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
bright fruit but there is an herbal finish to this in the roof of my mouth. Not drying at all, very intriguing.
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2008 Château Cantemerle
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
closed nose, red fruit, not really impressed
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2008 Château Citran
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
very fine tannins not very open. Am I getting fatigued.
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2008 Château de Camensac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
pronounced cranberry and sour cherry. Reserved spice box. Sage maybe. Exploding fruit, medium acid, noticeable but not overbearing tannin. Heavy cab, but 25% merlot
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2008 Château La Lagune
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
there's that suffocation again. And I'm not fatigued, fresh lively berry flavors, sweet tannin.
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2008 Château La Tour Carnet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
driving me nuts, what does this remind me of? - I looked it up its Educated Guess. Very pronounced sour cherry and black tea. Very open, soft inviting fruity wine.
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2008 Château La Tour de By
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
that's woody! A bit green, tobacco nose, fruit is noticeable, but not foremost in the mouth.
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2008 Château Brane-Cantenac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
not giving anything away on the nose. Spicy working to get blue/black fruit. Seductive in the mouth, a touch of acidity but not powerful tannin. reserved for the finish and its very fine
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2008 Château Cantenac Brown
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
closed nose again, but sour cherry notes in the mouth
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2008 Château Dauzac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
chocolate on the nose, earthy with distant fruit. nice structure
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2008 Château du Tertre
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Woh, what is that? Funk Funk. Very acidic, great in the mouth, but can't get past that funky nose
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2008 Château Durfort-Vivens
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
jumped me out of a daze, this is nice and sort of sour cherry but herbal and very clean wine. Maybe not a long hauler, but good.
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2008 Château Giscours
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
return to that black tea, sour cherry nose, very attractive
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2008 Château Kirwan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
tannins are falling to the back as I taste. this is quite good. Sour cherry again, I think this is maybe indicitive of Margaux as they all seem to have it.
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2008 Château Labégorce
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
more sour cherry, black tea, these are all very similar and all run together, but are all good
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2008 Château Lascombes
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
decidedly different. Same cherry but there is a lot more earth present on the nose. Good acid in the mouth silky smooth refined tannin. Standout wine of Margaux.
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2008 Château Malescot St. Exupéry
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
same nose, though this is more powerful. Same mouthfeel as the lascombes but without the structure of the tannins.
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2008 Château Marquis de Terme
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
acid in spades, not gonna bother with the nose, itsa clone of margaux (tea and cherries). Good but not balanced in the tannin and acid. Acid is punchy in a nice crisp way.
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2008 Château Prieuré-Lichine
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
closed down, but I can pick out that classic nose. Not feeling this so much. Not bad, but just average here among all the other Margaux today. Might show better if more open.
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2008 Château Rauzan-Ségla
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Nose still a bit closed. Big tannin obviously well made, but not showing up that much today,
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2008 Château Beychevelle
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
much mre earth/terroir here. I would have put this very similar in feel to rutherford dust. Its like paper pulp in my mouth. Not a bad thing, just unique to today. Very drying. I like it.
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2008 Château Branaire-Ducru
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
same tannins as beychevelle but not as pulpy. More of the suffocating nose, this is very well integrated.
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2008 Château Gruaud Larose
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
very nice nose reminiscent of Lagrange. Fine tannin and tight but good fruit. Very focused wine. Surprise, its next door to Lagrange according to the proprietor.
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2008 Château Lagrange (St. Julien)
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
anise here, I love it, sour cherry like margaux, but not as pronounced. Nice and tannic but not overwhelmingly so.
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2008 Château Langoa Barton
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Definitely getting fatigued, but this is delicious. Soft and fruity not attacking or drying my palate
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2008 Château Léoville Barton
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
nose screams quality next to langoa. High acid, good tannin, quite delicious, for the long haul wine.
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2008 Château Léoville Poyferré
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
burned barrel almost scotch nose to it. There better be lots of fruit in there or uh oh. Acid for days but fruit is hidden. I don't know this seems powerfully disjointed.
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2008 Château Saint-Pierre
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Closed nose, but very powerful on the palate. This has fruit , acid and tannin. This will run for years.
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2008 Château Batailley
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
very fruit driven, not very tannic. Red sour fruits.
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2008 Château Clerc Milon
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
nice nose, good fruit chocolate quality to the tannins. Overall very nice but not outstanding.
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2008 Château d'Armailhac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
very tannic, acid is tame, but finishes strong, red berries good but leaves me wanting, chalking it up to fatigue.
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2008 Château Lynch-Bages
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
very good nice nose, find and integrated tannins good red fruits not sour at all cleanly made
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2008 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
brooding dark fruit, thick? smelling. thats a pretty wine. Balanced and well made.
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2006 Château La Cabanne
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
the only '06 of the bunch the '08 was burned in a fire. Sour component to this. Tannins still seem to need time.
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