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2015 Couvent des Jacobins

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8/5/2022 - Brendel Likes this wine: 89 points

Wine is dark red, slightly purplish in color.

The nose is very lovely sweet candied plums, blackberries and bluberry tart.

The wine has round tannins, good mouthfeel, and a lot of fruit. Chako found the tannins still a bit rougher than she would like. But we enjoyed this wine. 89-90 pts. This winery is right next to our apartment.

Tasted at Etablissement Martin in St Emilion.

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1982 Couvent des Jacobins

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6/26/2022 - FransS wrote: 87 points

A light, correct bouquet, minerals, also in the taste, a bit lean in the finish, but friendly.

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2021 Couvent des Jacobins

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6/25/2022 - vvWine.ch wrote: 92 points

(91-93 vvPunkte) Ein nobler Duft, leicht rauchig, dunkle Frucht, Tee, deutet eine gute Komplexität an. Im Gaumen straff, frisch, keinerlei Schwere, die Frucht ist knackig, die Tannine markant, provozieren und ziehen den Wein zusammen mit der markanten Säure in ein frisches Finish. 2025-2038 (Verkostet "En Primeur" im April 2022. AGCCSE/Château Dassault) vvWine.ch

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2021 Couvent des Jacobins

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5/20/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 points

Medium/full-bodied, rich, fleshy, round textured sweet, dark cherries, licorice, espresso, flowers and black plums hit all the right notes. The wine is soft, energetic, aromatic and supple-textured in the finish, which leaves you with sweetness and freshness providing length and energy. Drink from 2023-2035. 91-93

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2021 Couvent des Jacobins Calicem

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5/20/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 points

Deeply colored, the wine shows off its espresso, smoke, chocolate, coffee bean and black cherry character easily. Sweet, lush, fruity and floral, you can drink this opulently-textured wine on release. Produced from 100% old vine Merlot planted in 1961. Drink from 2024-2038. 92-94

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2001 Couvent des Jacobins

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5/16/2022 - WhatsSamSipping Likes this wine: NR

Been picking up 2001 Bordeaux as it’s easier to find than 2000 and seems to hold up better.

Surprising youth. Great structure and fruit. If you open this soon let it breathe for several hours. Wish I had more.

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1982 Couvent des Jacobins

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4/15/2022 - Silkeyj wrote: flawed

Brick in color nose is dusty moldy book cover. Palate is flat. No fruit. Cured meat. In a bad way.

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2010 Couvent des Jacobins

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4/10/2022 - Joeyskills wrote: 86 points

Tried two bottles on separate occasions. Let it open for several hours. Nice on the nose. Very classic St Emilion. Fruit on the pallet. There's just something off balanced about it. Will probably not buy again.

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2019 Couvent des Jacobins Le Menut des Jacobins

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3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 86 points

Medium-bodied, forward, early-drinking, light, soft, sweet, fresh, cherry filled, soft-textured wine with a touch of cocoa in the endnote that is ready for consumption. Drink from 2022-2028.

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2019 Couvent des Jacobins

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3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 points

Silky, fresh, vibrant, refined, red berry oriented wine with an olive and savory herbal edge on the nose and palate. You can drink this with pleasure now, or age it for a few years. Drink from 2023-2033.

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2019 Couvent des Jacobins Calicem

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3/29/2022 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 points

Opulent, rich, full and deep, with layers of richly-textured, black, red and blue fruits from start to finish. The voluptuous ending lingers due to all the layers of fresh, perfectly ripe, sweet, dark fruits, licorice, chocolate and a touch of minerality in the endnote. Drink from 2024-2045.

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2001 Couvent des Jacobins

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3/23/2022 - JurgenVin Likes this wine: 91 points

Medium weight. Decent aged Bordeaux. Balanced, medium fruit, some acid. Drinking well right now. Probably at its peak.

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2001 Couvent des Jacobins

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3/28/2022 - RWG Likes this wine: 91 points

so good.

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2004 Couvent des Jacobins

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3/26/2022 - Vancouver Likes this wine: 92 points

Medium ruby in appearance. Still plenty of color at age 17 or so with some bricking at the rim.

Pronounced and fully mature nose of black fruits, damp earth , tobacco and spice. Very elegant indeed.

The palate is medium bodied and is all about secondary flavors- scorched earth, smoked meats and baking spices. Medium acidity keeps the wine very fresh and food friendly. Just a delicious example of mature and food friendly wine from a so called off year.

This bottle was purchased at the estate in 2015 at age 10 or so and was stored properly ever since.

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2019 Couvent des Jacobins Le Menut des Jacobins

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1/13/2022 - vvWine.ch wrote: 89 points

89 vvPunkte (Zweitwein von Couvent des Jacobins, mehrheitlich Merlot, 14.5% Alkohol) Reiffruchtige Nase mit feiner Sahnenote, einem Hauch Cassis, Granatapfel und Leder. Der Gaumen ist fruchtbetont und frisch, die Tannine sind bereits gut integriert, rund und reif, verleihen eine solide Struktur, eine milde Säure puffert die Frucht, der Wein wirkt nicht überladen, hat Zug und einen harmonischen Abgang. Ein gelungener Wein für alle Tage. 2022-2032 vvWine.ch

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2019 Couvent des Jacobins

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1/13/2022 - vvWine.ch wrote: 93 points

93 vvPunkte (85% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot, 14.5% Alkohol) Was für eine schöne, reiffruchtige Nase, intensiv, duftet nach Pflaumen, dunklen Beeren, Cassis, Rauch und etwas Lakritze, zeigt mit mehr Luft auch Kräuter, sehr komplex. Im Gaumen rund und weich, vollmundig, mit satter, üppiger Frucht, feinmschigen Gerbstoffen und einer milden Säure, die Aromatik ist wunderbar komplex, hallt im Abgang sehr lange nach und hinterlässt dunkelfruchtige Aromen und eine mineralische Note. Ja, es ist ein opulenter Wein, jedoch fern von jeglicher Üppigkeit und was besonders besticht ist dieses Jahr die Qualität der Tannine. Ausgezeichnet gelungen. 2023-2036 vvWine.ch

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2001 Couvent des Jacobins

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1/3/2022 - RWG Likes this wine: 92 points

really nice bdx. bottles with good provenance should be drinking well here, no signs of decline.

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2001 Couvent des Jacobins

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12/7/2021 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: NR

Drinking well here with just some slow ox. Fairly lean purple fruit and nice acidity. Drink up in next few years.

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2016 Couvent des Jacobins Calicem

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5/20/2021 - LTTC wrote: NR

(SYP) Less oak than the '15. 87+

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2015 Couvent des Jacobins Calicem

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5/20/2021 - LTTC wrote: NR

(SYP) Vanilla, blackcurrant, plum and a hint of tobacco. Austere, warm, oaky and dry. Needs time. 87+

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2018 Couvent des Jacobins

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10/15/2021 - Amerair88 Likes this wine: 89 points

Definitely have to let this one air out for a while. Big chewy tannins dry finish. Can definitely lay this one down for a long time.

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1992 Couvent des Jacobins

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9/1/2021 - forceberry wrote: 94 points

12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.

Quite translucent and slightly evolved ruby red color. Surprisingly fragrant, expressive and slightly wild nose with surprisingly youthful aromas of sweet, brambly raspberries, some floral tones, a little bit of peppery spice, light leafy green notes, a minty hint of cool herbal character and a hint of wizened red fruits. Overall the wine would show more Pinosity than classic claret aromas, if it weren't for the slightly minty and leafy undertones. The wine is dry, focused and light-to-medium-bodied on the palate with a slightly lean yet surprisingly juicy overall taste. Flavors of ripe raspberries, some wizened sweet strawberries, a little bit of bright cherry-driven fruit, light leafy green tones, lifted fragrant hints of something sauvage and slightly floral and a touch of sous-bois. Quite high acidity with moderately grippy medium tannins. The finish is juicy, quite long and moderately grippy with savory flavors of wild strawberries, some wizened raspberry tones, a little bit of crunchy redcurrants, light gravelly mineral nuances, a hint of leafy greenness and a touch of lifted floral character.

A very distinctive, fresh and fragrant St. Émilion that might not be what one would expect from a Right Bank claret almost 30 years old, but which doesn't disappoint either. In the tasting everybody was confused by the wine and the guesses ranged from northern Italy to older Beaujolais. Wonderful brightness and purity of fruit here, all combined with great sense of structure. 1992 was supposedly a poor year for Bordeaux, but this wine performed much better than Couvent des Jacobins 1996 that was tasted alongside and came across as a wine that is still on an upward trajectory. The wine and especially the vintage took everybody by surprise when the bottle was revealed. Really a steal at mere 17€.

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1996 Couvent des Jacobins

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9/1/2021 - forceberry wrote: 90 points

12,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.

Moderately translucent and slightly evolved black cherry color. Brooding, somewhat sweet-toned and slightly funky nose with aromas of wizened dark fruits and ripe black cherries, some bretty notes of leather, a little bit of juicy strawberry, light fragrant notes of pipe tobacco and a woody touch of oak spice. The wine is quite ripe, juicy and textural on the palate with flavors of blackcurrants and wild strawberries, some leathery tones, a little bit of tart lingonberries and bitter notes of sour cherries, light ferrous notes of blood, a hint of pipe tobacco and a minty touch of herbal greenness. The overall feel is firm yet supple and silky with the moderately high acidity and somewhat grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is long, ripe and moderately grippy with somewhat evolved flavors of wild strawberries, some pipe tobacco, a little bit of ripe redcurrants, light cherry notes, a hint of leathery funk and a touch of earthy spice.

A nice, balanced and moderately evolved St. Émilion - although not particularly recognizable for such. Although the wine is built like a classic 1996 Right Bank claret, aromatically many (me included) went to Mediterranean; I guessed an older Languedoc wine (thinking of perhaps Mas de Daumas Gassac or a Pic-St. Loup) while other guessed Bandol or Southern Rhône. Despite the somewhat southern feel of the wine, the overall impression was that of an enjoyable 25-yo GCC St. Émilion, but one that was also a bit generic - no obvious lows, but also lacking the highs. Good, but nothing truly memorable. Good value at 32€, though.

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2010 Couvent des Jacobins

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6/23/2021 - Zweder wrote: 90 points

Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Bordeaux right bank (@ RW): In the bouquet some smoke and green herbs. Also red berries. On the palate red berries and unripe dark berries, chocolate, firm acidity and sticky tannin. Give it another 5 years of ageing. 89 – 90.

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2009 Couvent des Jacobins

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6/23/2021 - Zweder wrote: 89 points

Gang of 4 in Covid19 times; Bordeaux right bank (@ RW): In the bouquet creamy red and black berries. On the palate the same fruits, chocolate, good acidity and mild tannin which is still a bit edgy. The wine probably needs more air time. 88 – 89+

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