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| Drinking window: Drink between 2021 and 2027 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 2/28/2024 & rated 92 points: I heard from a few on a chat that this was a drink now. I had a bottle I left out of my wine room for over a year (kept meaning to drink it and it always got pushed back), so I decided it try it (of note, my downstairs is kept at 70 degrees). When 1st opened there was some acidity to it that made me question if it was not going to fully mature before falling apart. Then, bam, the acidity integrated and whoa a delicious youthful bordeaux drinking well now with primary fruit and some secondary notes that is just entering the window of prime drinking, but showing that it will improve further with age. Dark color with ruby edges. Bouquet of sweet ripe dark fruits with hints of smoke and minerals. Medium to full bodied with dense dark ripe dark fruits, minerals, smoke, tobacco, cedar. Long finish. DELICIOUS. QPR HOME RUN!!!! Drinkable now, has further development in the bottle. Drink now to 2031, maybe longer (but if so keep an eye on it). (562 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 5/20/2022 & rated 92 points: Still a little young, but approchable and enjoyable. Dark earthy fruit with concentration, tannins. Well balanced. Needs a couple more years bottle age. Likely best from 2024-2030. Great QPR (734 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 7/26/2021 & rated 92 points: Still great. Dark color. Explosive bouquet. Dense, concentrated, ripe fruit with flavors of dark plums, cassis, earth, chocolate, smoke, mineral, sweet ripe fruit. Tons of fruit and tons of tannins. Drinks well now, but will improve with age. Super delicious. Insane QPR. Drink now to 2031, possibly longer, but probably best to consume before then (1095 views) | | | Tasted by Jhzippin on 4/12/2020 & rated 94 points: Wonderful fruit, well balanced. Great kosher wine. (687 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 11/24/2019 & rated 92 points: Very dark purple color. Intense bouquet of cassis, blueberry, dark fruits, dark plums, sweet Earth. Medium to full-bodied. Intense right fruit flavors of cassis, dark berries, dark plums, and some smoke, wet sweet Earth. With a long Jammy fruity finish with loads of fruit and loads of tannins. While enjoyable now this one is built to age and is certainly not at peak. Drink from 2024 to 2031. Possibly to 2036. Great QPR. Amazing wine. I must get. 14.5% ABV. Delicious (855 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 9/16/2019 & rated 91 points: Inky dark color. Nice bouquet of crushed violets dark plums with a hint of spice and Earth. On the palate, it is layered and extracted with modest complexity. Great fruit and structure along with great concentration. Nice ripe fruit flavors fresh dark plums, dark berries, Earth. While it has loads of fruit it also has loads of tannins. One can drink this with enjoyment now but it is nowhere near showing what it has to offer and will greatly reward cellaring with much more complexity. 14.5% ABV. Great QPR. Another beauty from Jean Guyon. with high-quality Bordeaux like this it is hard to justify paying the premiums commanded by the more famous wines. Of note, this wine has been an overachiever and good vintages for at least the last 30 years. In my humble opinion, a must get. (827 views) | | | Tasted by Adam Pritzker on 3/24/2019 & rated 91 points: Super dark Inky opaque color. Explosive sweet ripe cassis bouquet. Intense flavors with ripe jammy berry red fruits blue fruits blueberry and cassis and incredible concenration. Long finish. Loads of tannins and acitidity prevent this wine from showing all it's got. Delicious. 14.5% ABV. Very enjoyable now it is not showing a fraction of what it has to offer. Great QPR. While enjoyable now, best from 2026 to 2031. Highly recommended (638 views) |
| Château Greysac Producer websiteRed 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 RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Médoc Appellation Webpage (Conseil des Vins du Médoc)
The land with the Médoc appellation links three kinds of Médoc terroirs: Garonne gravel, Pyrenees gravel and soils of clayey limestone. Taking account of the huge area the appellation covers, these terroirs are extremely varied in character. Thanks to this variety of terroirs, the infinite palette of the wines with the Médoc appellation has distinction, roundness and a balanced personality. They may be full bodied with a fine ruby red colour. They should be kept a long time for their many nuances to develop. Others are elegant, subtle, with a fine bouquet, ready to be drunk younger, though this in no way reflects on their exemplary finesse.In order to have the right to the Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the peninsula bounded on the east by the Garonne and the Gironde, on the south by Blanquefort Brook, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean but excluding the communes of Carcans and Hourtin, Brach, Salaunes, Lacanau, Le Temple, Le Porge and "land of recent alluvium and sand lying on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (170 grammes - 6 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°) base yield (50 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Merlot
Soil: Alluvial terraces of gravel deposits, light, good for Cabernet, and deep and clay-like, good for Merlot
Surface Area: 5,522 ha |
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