Chateau Magdelaine with Edouard Moueix

Fine Wine Experience Tasting with Edouard Moueix. In his introductory remarks Monsieur Moueix stated that Magdelaine was the first property purchased by the family back in 1952. The vineyard was next to Belair but a section did not benefit from the sun in the afternoon. He advised that Magdelaine is a wine that generally doesn't show well in the first 10 years of its life.

All wines came direct from the Mouiex cellar with the exception of the 1945 which was purchased at Zachy's (from Graham Lyon's cellar)

• 2006 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium ruby core, medium pale ruby/garnet rim. Aromatic, open nose - with creamy, pure red fruit and floral perfume to the fore. All creamy red fruit and elegance on the palate too, lovely fresh acidity, good if not exceptional depth and length on the finish. Really very good.

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• 2005 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium/deep ruby. Slightly more closed on the nose than the 06, but with brooding, more intense and darker fruit underneath. Slightly more oak in evidence. Deeper, denser and darker fruited on the palate too, more density and body than the 06 if not in such a good place right now. Certainly more tannic on the finish too - a bigger wine all round, needing some time.

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• 2001 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Relatively developed appearance with a medium/deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Slightly dried red fruit on the nose, a little spice but somehwat reticent. A little tight on the palate too, with a tannin dominated finish - possibly closed. Coming back to it again at the end of the tasting it has definitely opened out and is showing more open, plummy fruit and notes of vanilla. Difficult to judge on this shjowing.

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• 2000 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium/deep garnet core. Ripe, plummy fruit on the nose - more open and approachable than the 01. Evident vanilla oak. Ripe and plummy on the palate too, still quite youthful, intense and mouth-filling with some firm tannin evident on the good length finish. Lots of potential here.

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• 1998 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Deep ruby garnet core, narrow garnet rim. Lovely, still quite youthful red fruited nose - strawberry fruit, with floral notes. Still a little closed. Lovely sweet, pure red fruit on the attack, a harmonious, effortless, elegant wine with fresh acidity and a lovely, lingering balanced finish. Lovely!

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• 1995 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Noticeably more developed appearnce - nedium garnet even mahogany, broad rim. Medium intense, sweet developed fruit nose, with spicy dried red fruit and a hint of fruit-cakey development. Relatively burly on the palate, quite short and tannic on the finish. Not a great showing.

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• 1990 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium garnet core. Slightly baked, very 1990, red fruit nose with spice and a hint of coffee. More baked red fruit on the palate, even slightly figgy, rich, mellow and mature with ripe tannins, moderate (but sufficient) acidity and a very good length lingering finish.

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• 1989 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium garnet core, medium garnet rim. Sweet, quite perfumed nose with a hint of hay. Fresh and invigorating in the mouth, a touch tannic on the finish

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• 1982 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Medium garnet/mahogany. Ripe, slightly baked character to the nose, hint of iodine. Ripe, figgy fruit on the palate, quite dy on the finish.

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• 1975 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Very sweet caramelly nose. Complex with red fruit and a slight (attractive) bitter, tannic, note. Open, mature and apporachable, perfumed with sweet caramelly fruit but also that welcome slight bitter edge. Lovely sweet fruit, fresh acidity, lingering harmonious finish. Really like this.

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• 1961 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  From half bottle. Pale/medium garnet core. Very, very sweet and ripe on the nose. Perfumed, aromatic. Slightly caramelly but there's red fruit here too and some floral notes. Lovely in the mouth, complex, with mellow red fruit, some date and fig notes, very long and harmonious on the finish. Still quite fleshy, and full of life. Outstanding.

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• 1959 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Pale garnet/mahogany. Not very giving on the nose initially, opening out to show sweet fruit and some slightly herbal, earthy notes. Still quite lively on the palate with sweet, caramelly fruit. Perhaps not quite as complex or long as the 61 but still a very nice drink!

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• 1945 Château Magdelaine

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

  Pale garnet (but deeper than the 59). Sligh medicianl edge on the nose. Very mature, perhaps even a little lean - interesting but not much fun. slightly dry on the finish.

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