2018 Château Durfort-Vivens

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 94 points

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  10/10/2023 - Ramonee Confit Likes this wine: 92 Points

  93-95, bouteille muette pour l'instant, à revoir

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  8/31/2023 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Little vertical from Durfort-Vivens yesterday with my colleagues: 2022 in sample, 2021 untasted.
  1) 2020 98.2/100
  2) 2019 98/100
  3) 2018 97.4/100
  4) 2022 97.1/100
  5) 2015 95.8/100
  6) 2016 95.2/100
  7) 2017 93.4/100

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  6/12/2022 - watcheslover Likes this wine: 95 Points

  The best Durfort ever made if we except the fabulous 2020

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  4/7/2022 - fussyeater Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Certified organic and biodynamic vintage whose 2018 vintage was decimated by mildew with yields down to 9hl / ha. 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot vinified in amphora and elevated in 70% new oak and 30% terracotta. 6000 bottles.
  
  TN: Dark crimson in colour with a truly seductive nose showing mint, rose petal, cassis and raspberry. Lovely mouthfeel from very fine silky tannins and mid palate shows pristine delicious sappy fruit which conceals the considerable power and structure lurking underneath. Melts away on the finish. A lovely wine already although I will try my next bottle in 3 to 5 years as it remains very primary. Score 94++

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  2/4/2022 - Keith Levenberg wrote:

  This will be good but for now I found it much harder to get a read on it compared to prior vintages. It didn't show much beyond the usual base elements of ever-so-slightly tart, red-curranty fruit, lightly cedary oak accents, and enough plush tannins to fill a winter coat. It's quite full and fleshed out so it's not a lack of material, just feels somewhat monolithic and impenetrable at the moment.

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