Oaky, round, dense, smoky and forward, this is decidedly modern in character, texture and style. The black cherries, licorice, espresso, smoke and oak will be much better when they meld together.
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2017 UGC Des Bordeaux, San Francisco, terrific nose of dark fruit, hints of allspice and licorice, 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot, fairly fruit forward tasting today, medium/big body, tasty, rich fruit, soft tannins, and a long finish, pricey but might be worth it 5 years from now.
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Union des Grand Cru de Bordeaux: Seattle: Baking spices, mix of both red and dark fruit, oak and hints of honey. A slightly weak finish, but the fruit was bountiful.
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Elegant and balanced ripeness of dark fruit plus some floral notes but not a lot of complexity. Medium somewhat sandy tannins and good finish. LA UGC tasting.
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UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Walk around tasting. Wonderful aromatic start with rich fruit, spice hints. Tannins just dominate on the palate, resulting in a bitter finish for now and little sense of balance. Where will this go?
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Here I found an alluring bouquet, with dark animal and mineral tones up front, giving way to crushed black cherry and sweet florals, in a fresh and hauntingly pretty, perfumed display of Margaux. On the palate, soft, enveloping textures were complemented by sweet red berries with a tart twang of stimulating acdis and spice. This showed remarkable persistence right through its long floral-infused, spice red finish, as a web of minerals and tannins lingered on.
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Bordeaux 2017 En Primeur - In Bottle Tasting (Montreal): Very light textures of black fruit, cedar and florals. Quite an elegant palate not overly complex but nothing out of place either. Shows nicely the vintage and without too much work in the cellar.
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A bit of a drag queen with its fruity character and outgoing nature, the wine is round and flashy. The fruit is ripe and sweet, damp with warm earth, tobacco and licorice. Made from blending 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, this is the first vintage in recent times made from a Cabernet dominated blend. The wine is aging in 50% new, French oak barrels, which is a choice I hope they stick with, as the wines in the past often suffered from too much oak.
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12/29/2023 - Sean Tay wrote: 92 Points
Still youthful and probably have to aged little while more to soften the tannin. Medium+ nose intensity with black fruits, violet, flora.
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5/14/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
Oaky, round, dense, smoky and forward, this is decidedly modern in character, texture and style. The black cherries, licorice, espresso, smoke and oak will be much better when they meld together.
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2/17/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Amsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Beurs van Berlage / Eden Hotel): Trade tasting, brief note. Impressive. Resolutely modern in style, ripe fruit and a solid charge of tannins, big and powerful for a 2017, extracted but it looks like it will work. Needs time, upward potential.
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1/24/2020 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
2017 UGC Des Bordeaux, San Francisco, terrific nose of dark fruit, hints of allspice and licorice, 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot, fairly fruit forward tasting today, medium/big body, tasty, rich fruit, soft tannins, and a long finish, pricey but might be worth it 5 years from now.
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1/23/2020 - Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 90 Points
Union des Grand Cru de Bordeaux: Seattle: Baking spices, mix of both red and dark fruit, oak and hints of honey. A slightly weak finish, but the fruit was bountiful.
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1/23/2020 - Roger Patterson wrote: 89 Points
Elegant and balanced ripeness of dark fruit plus some floral notes but not a lot of complexity. Medium somewhat sandy tannins and good finish. LA UGC tasting.
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1/22/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote:
UGC Bordeaux (Drake Hotel - Chicago IL): Walk around tasting. Wonderful aromatic start with rich fruit, spice hints. Tannins just dominate on the palate, resulting in a bitter finish for now and little sense of balance. Where will this go?
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1/20/2020 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 95 Points
Here I found an alluring bouquet, with dark animal and mineral tones up front, giving way to crushed black cherry and sweet florals, in a fresh and hauntingly pretty, perfumed display of Margaux. On the palate, soft, enveloping textures were complemented by sweet red berries with a tart twang of stimulating acdis and spice. This showed remarkable persistence right through its long floral-infused, spice red finish, as a web of minerals and tannins lingered on.
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1/18/2020 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bordeaux 2017 En Primeur - In Bottle Tasting (Montreal): Very light textures of black fruit, cedar and florals. Quite an elegant palate not overly complex but nothing out of place either. Shows nicely the vintage and without too much work in the cellar.
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4/26/2018 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
A bit of a drag queen with its fruity character and outgoing nature, the wine is round and flashy. The fruit is ripe and sweet, damp with warm earth, tobacco and licorice. Made from blending 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot, this is the first vintage in recent times made from a Cabernet dominated blend. The wine is aging in 50% new, French oak barrels, which is a choice I hope they stick with, as the wines in the past often suffered from too much oak.
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