2012 Château Coufran
Community Tasting Note
Jeff Leve wrote:
85 Points
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - With the highest percentage of Merlot planted in the Medoc, the estate was able to produce a medium bodied, coffee, cherry, herb and earthy wine that will be at its best on release. 84-86 Pts
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Comment posted by theusualsuspect:
1/28/2015 6:41:00 PM - Hi Jeff. I think the wine is better than that. Went to the UGC tasting in Chicago today and the vintage showed somewhat better than I thought it would. There were, however, plenty of wines with the green/green pepper problem which evidently reflects a problem with the cabernet sauvignon harvest in 2012- think St Julien and Pauillac of the wines on offer. In my view, if Coufran 2012 is an 85, then there are lots of 82 and 83 point wines of lesser 2012's - Haut Medocs, Listracs, whatever. However, the vintage really isn't that bad. I think the least spotty appelation is Margaux - again seemingly a sign that merlot was the strength of the vintage - also liked particularly the Clinet - merlot again. Hope all is well and enjoy your tasting notes.
Comment posted by Jeff Leve:
1/28/2015 9:30:00 PM - I am always happy when a wine turns out better in bottle than how it showed in barrel. It's more of an issue when it turns out the other way. I'm glad you liked it/ Hopefully, I'll have time to taste it this weekend in LA. Thanks for the note. It's appreciated.