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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.1 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 53 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Invest on 11/10/2023 & rated 89 points: Went into the cellar and looked for something to drink. This bottle fell into my hands. Still remember when I bought it. Subscribed for about 13 Deutschmark, a long time ago and fills me with great sadness.
A still decent wine, with good balance, nothing big, and still quite pleasant to drink. (539 views) | | | Tasted by TexasBob on 7/16/2022 & rated 92 points: Cloudy glowing ruby under the light. Light cafe latte and fresh-baked pastry on the nose. Delicious integrated berries with lip-smacking citrus on the finish. (1391 views) | | | Tasted by Jontypont on 7/4/2022 & rated 90 points: Solid old man. (1408 views) | | | Tasted by tazerowe on 9/16/2019 & rated 82 points: Not a great showing for this bottle. The wine showed thin and a bit hot, more like a California cab heading past maturity than a Bordeaux. Drink up. (3148 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 2/13/2019 & rated 91 points: Clear medium light rd. Very bright, juicy nose. Red cherry, roses, tobacco and fresh soft green herbs. Delicious juicy cherry and red currant flavours and a soft fruit driven finish.
Delicious if not complex. (3565 views) | | | Tasted by Don Jose on 7/9/2018: I waited too long on this one. Immediate reaction was tartness, like cranberries, but that quickly faded to flat and lifeless. (3729 views) | | | Tasted by John Nezlek on 8/19/2016 & rated 89 points: Note: I use a rating scale on which 85 represents a very good wine.
Day 1 -- the wine was bright with pronounced cherry flavors -- not particularly Bordeaux like. but not bad. Wine was opened (but not decanted) a few ours before.
But, on Day 3 (half bottle in a corked 375 ml in the fridge) the wine was totally different. Smooth, very right bank. Much more enjoyable to me. This was my last, and I am certainly glad I put that half bottle away. (5255 views) | | | Tasted by Lilja on 1/19/2016: Much more impressed with this the last time around, but this time it also had tougher competition.
Developed nose with vegetable stew, dried fruit, ceder, tobacco, leather, barnyard, wet soil and a touch of rubber.
Medium acidity, medium tannins, and a medium body. Medium(-) intensity and a medium finish. Lacks a bit of intensity and the fruit feels tired. Lovely nose though! (5942 views) | | | Tasted by karl.1480 on 12/9/2015 & rated 90 points: This bottle had a lot in common with the one tasted 2015-01-27. Fully developed and ready to drink right now. As far as I remember I thought that the previous bottle had a bit more vibrancy. (4831 views) | | | Tasted by Purple Tooth on 12/4/2015 & rated 85 points: Nice Bordeaux for a couple of small pours...Cant drink a whole bottle of this because even tough the bottles in ABSOLUTE pristine condition and fill, its just not very interesting and falls flat...Signature black truffles of a mature La Pointe, along with cedar, earth, some dried fruit and acid at the the end....DRINK NOW or use for cooking.. (4772 views) | | | Tasted by karl.1480 on 1/27/2015 & rated 91 points: Medium garnet color with lots of sediment in the bottle.
Fully developed and complex nose with a medium+ aroma intensity. Aromas of dried red fruit, prunes, cacao, oak, vanilla, chocolate, dried herbs, barnyard, wet earth, tobacco and leather.
Dry with a medium acidity and tannin and medium+ body. Flavor intensity is medium+. Flavors of prunes, currants, dried red fruit, tobacco, cacao, wet earth, oak and leather. Finish is medium+.
This wine is definitely at it's peak right now. It is deep, earthy, smooth and has a lovely balance between mature notes and fruit. Drink now! (4970 views) | | | Tasted by Lilja on 1/25/2015 & rated 93 points: FW-BYOB-HT-15#2; 1/24/2015-1/25/2015: This is just perfect right now. Wouldn't want a second more age on this!
Open nose with a medium+ intensity of aromas of plums, morello cherries, stable, wet hay, cherry seeds, bretty plastics, earth, tobacco, a little coffee and a little blackcurrants. Medium+ acidity, dry with distinct, but quite round tannins. Very polished and in great balance. Mature fruit, high intensity, long finish and a medium body. WOTN for me! (3930 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 2/19/2014 & rated 92 points: Elegant yet lush red plum fruit. A real overachiever - this wine has always impressed with its serious yet friendly profile. A complete wine. I am sorry to say this is my last bottle. Unbelievable QPR. Right bank did extremely well in 1998. (92) (3747 views) | | | Tasted by Wine_lvr on 2/17/2014 & rated 91 points: 1998 POMEROL; 2/15/2014-2/17/2014: Intensive red. Nose of red berries and leather. The wine shows a nice sweetness, has a good length and shows a good structure. Good effort for relatively little money. Now fully mature. (4371 views) | | | Tasted by igaf on 10/1/2013: Rather closed, swampy, earthy nose with some berry fruit and toffee. Med body, quite soft palate with some tannins remaining on the background. Red and black berries, not too clean, pencil shavings. Tannic aftertaste,of some length. (3888 views) | | | Tasted by emzee.mc on 7/1/2013 & rated 88 points: The wine pours a thick, purplish color with a dark garnet rim and some bricking along with medium legs. On the nose, the wine lacks concentration but makes up for it with a dainty perfume - cassis, red fruits, morel mushrooms and just a hint of peat. Medium structure on the palate with velvety tannins though this fruit bomb of a wine is rather thin. Nevertheless, a very pleasurable, old-school Bordeaux that evokes notes of cherries, cassis, earth and parchment paper. A fruit-forward and fleshy wine - one that is definitely a bargain with such a commendable effort for only 30 bucks. Drinking very well now. (3619 views) | | | Tasted by John Nezlek on 2/16/2013 & rated 89 points: Not quite as pleasing as I remember this wine from a few years ago, although still very good. It had sort of strange taste upon opening -- not pleasant strange -- vegetal, I don't know exactly what. Regardless, after 30 min or so, I poured into a flat bottomed decanter, and after another 20 min or so it had opened up nicely. A bit acidic, but not too much and fine for my palate. I have one more and I am uncertain what to do. My guess is sooner rather than later. (4042 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 1/4/2013 & rated 91 points: Once again proves to be one of the better QPR wines I have encountered. Drinking a point (ha!), this wine has very good depth of flavor, good purity and a fun personality. One of the less expensive right bank wines I bought from the '98 vintage but one of the wines I most enjoy drinking. I would easily trade the rest of my '98 Monbousquet for one more bottle of this! Needs to be drunk soon, but a very fine effort. (91) (3432 views) | | | Tasted by Scruff on 7/28/2012: Initially very closed and some overt acidity. But opened up with earthy cassis and black raspberries followed by vanilla and menthol and ending with slightly bitter dusty tannins. (4753 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 3/17/2012 & rated 88 points: Académie des Cinquante Pomerol Tasting (The Hunting Lodge, Rozendaal, Netherlands): Farmyardy to the point of brett but this lifts slightly, hint of vanilla, medium weight, elegant but drying, drink up. (4882 views) | | | Tasted by AudunG on 1/13/2012 & rated 88 points: Quite dense in color. Very elegant, attractive bouquet right after opening. Then somewhat closed for an hour, before it opened up again. A big wine with a lot of tannins, of which quite a few come from the oak barrels, I believe. Sweet taste, almost "jammy", which paired with oak cause a combination that does not please my palate. I am not an expert on Pomerols, but I feel this is typical of its origin, and very different from the dryer, more structured Medocs. Because of the large amounts of tannins and fruit I believe the wine will hold, and hopefully improve for the years to come. (4073 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 11/28/2011 & rated 92 points: A super wine for the price. Always has been but tonight I believe this wine to be at its absolute best. Medium garnet color with a nose that shows plum, cedar and a hint of smoke. Everything blends together nicely in a sweet, medium bodies package. Seamless and velvety. Decent length. I will drink my remaining bottles this holiday season. A nice mouthful of Pomerol. (92) (4068 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 8/15/2011: Dark red. Soft red fruit, cherry and earth. Comes on a bit after some swirling, develops a bit of pong. Decent red fruit flavours and a softish finish. Not served in a great place after a few big rustic wines. (4170 views) | | | Tasted by Wamrod on 7/19/2011 & rated 89 points: Bumped into this in the cellar of a friend we were staying with. Remembered that 1998 Pomerols have a really good rep, so decided to have this with the duck tonight, despite not hearing of it before.
To the eye, a deep dark ruby, with just a tinge of color change starting to show.
Really nice nose, with blackberry, black cherry, some earth , cigar box - all of which carried thru to the palate.
Wine was very nice, very surprising. Not altogether balanced, as it had (still) way more tannins that were supportable by the body. That's about the only reason I'm not giving it 90 points here.
Read the Parker review after dinner and saw that he gave it 86 points in his last review, but I think it has DEFINITELY improved over the years since then - just that it still has too much tannin. I note that he also gave it a higher score in his initial review.
Very enjoyable. (4312 views) | | | Tasted by BailliSacks on 2/16/2011: Very nice. Not particularly improved by the last few years' age. Still holding on well. (4333 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château La Pointe Producer website | Read more about Chateau La PointeRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?Pomerol Wikipedia | French wine guide - Read about Pomerol |
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