CLWS - St Emilion Magic with John Rhodes
Central London Wine Society, London
Tasted Wednesday, November 8, 2006 by pontac with 788 views
Introduction
John Rhode's annual meld of St Emilion and magic. He is a member of St Emilion Jurade and Magic Circle as well as Chairman of Nat West wine soc.
Flight 1 (11 Notes)
Closing
Very enjoyable tasting.
Notes were taken withTastingBuddy software on PDA usingtheir structured system. However, they use a proprietary system, unable to export to wordprocessor/spreadsheet and text will not properly copy using copy/paste from their website so takes about as long to clean up odd formatting and missing words .
NV Château Larcis Ducasse Vin de Table Français Grain Rosé de Larcis Ducasse 85 Points
France, Vin de Table Français
Appearance: Salmon pink at the core, Medium (-) colour intensity
Palate: Dry Medium (+) body Medium (+) acidity Medium (-) tannin
Conclusion:- no smell, fresh clean, not very complex . Dry, but with an off dry finish . v nice 5/7
NV - run off juice, usumally winery own stock 300 cases only merlot / cab franc - refused AC status as 'too rich, too serious'
from Averys (7 views)
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2004 Château Clos St. Émilion Magnan 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion
Appearance : Garnet at the core
Nose: Perfume, Red fruit
Palate: Dry, Fresh vegetal, Fresh vegetal
Medium (+) body
Medium (+) acidity
Medium (-) tannin
Conclusion: medium body quite sharp, bitter pucker at end, could do with more fruit balance
5 hect farm, Averys £7.99 6/7
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2003 Château Carteau Cotes Daugay 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Appearance : Dark red at the core
Medium (+) colour intensity
Nose: Honey Mint
Palate: Dry
Medium (+) body
Medium (-) acidity
Medium (-) tannin
Conclusion: lovely wine, family run winery - john rhodes favourite
Price : £ 10 . 00 wine soc - 6/7
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2003 Château Vieux Lescours 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Appearance: Dark red at the core, Medium (+) colour intensity
Palate: Dry Medium (-) body Medium (+) acidity Medium (-) tannin
Conclusion : stains glass, increasingly tannic finish, pleasant claret / not much nose /
Price : £ 7 . 00
6 / 7
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2001 Clos Des Menuts
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Appearance: Dark red at the core, Medium (+) colour intensity
Palate: Dry,
Medium (-) body
Medium (+) acidity
Medium (-) tannin
Good balance
Medium (+) length
Drinking now, can keep (6 years)
Good quality
Conclusion: pleasant claret/ not much nose/ Price: £13.00
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2001 Château de Lussac 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lussac-St. Émilion
Appearance: Dark red at the core, High colour intensity
Nose: Mushroom
Palate: Dry
Medium (+) body
Medium (+) acidity
Medium (-) tannin
Good quality
Conclusion
band aid / musty nose, hot at finish, extracted glass staining, parkerised, loads fruit / oak, strong tannins on finish
quite pleasant
Price : £ 12 . 00
Average value
5 / 7
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2000 Cheval Noir St. Émilion 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion
Appearance: Red at the core, Medium(-) colour intensity
Palate: Dry
Medium(-) flavour intensity
Light bodied
Medium(-) acidity
Medium(-) tannin
Medium(+) length
Alcoholic Metallic Thin
redcurrants almonds - thin fruits fading
Conclusion
At peak, drink soon
Acceptable quality
Price: £7.00 - when - bought in france
5/7
not Chateau as grapes bought in. 60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc.
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2000 Château Roches Guitard 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Montagne-St. Émilion
Appearence: Dark red at the core , High colour intensity
Palate: dry
Medium (-) flavour intensity
Medium (-) body
High acidity
Medium (+) tannin
Conclusion : dry, hot peppery finish .
£ 5 00 --bought half price offer from Laithwaites
5/7
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1999 Château d'Aiguilhe Seigneurs d'Aiguilhe 85 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
Appearence: Garnet at the core Medium (-) colour intensity
Nose:- strange farmyard small, Medicinal, Steely, bit Volatile
Medium (+) flavour intensity
Medium (+) body
Palate:- Dry, Silky a little hot and alcoholic hot finish,
Acceptable balance
Medium (-) length
Acceptable quality
Conclusion: disappointing hot finish . At peak or past it, drink soon 5 / 7
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1994 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 84 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Appearance:- cloudy Dark red colour, Water-white
Nose:- Dry
Medium (+) flavour intensity
Medium (-) body
Medium (-) alcohol
Palate: Earth Fresh vegetal Plum Alcoholic Burning cough mixture
Conclusion: Past its best, not enough fruit/hot finish, drying out, but maybe because this bottle storage/kept in air raid shelter
Price : £ 14 . 00 auction price
5 / 7
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1985 Château Guiraud 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Appearance: Yellow gold at the core Medium (+) colour intensity
Nose: Clean Medium (+) aroma intensity Maturing
Palate: Sweet High flavour intensity Medium (+) body Almond, Honey, Honeysuckle, Lemon , Marmalade, Fresh, mouthfilling , Oily, Viscous , Warm
Very fresh - clean,good acid balance . delicious
Conclusion : Now at its peak,starting to eat its sugar, drink soon
Good quality
reason its in this St Emilian tasting is the ch was bought by owner of dAIGUILHE
Price : £ 15 . 00 half
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