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| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2017 (based on 10 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.1 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by FrideSA on 9/17/2023 & rated 87 points: Helt ødelagt kork som gav oss litt trøbbel. Mørk rød på fargen og en litt innestengt luft til å begynne med. Etter hvert litt mørke bær, lær, noe treverk og alkohol. Avrunda tanniner, forholdsvis syrefrisk og med modne, litt sødmefull smak. Sitter lenge. Fint følge til årets første lammeskank. (507 views) | | | Tasted by Sombremonte on 5/20/2023 & rated 88 points: Well aged Bourdeaux. At opening, smells like moist cellar and mildew. Decant for at least 4 hrs. Tastes of cherry, leather, earth and wood. Still hints of fruityness left, but may be at the end of it’s drinking window. (780 views) | | | Tasted by Roy Bang-Johansen on 5/1/2023 & rated 85 points: Dyp rødbrun farge.
Tertiære aromaer på nesen. Høstløv, sopp og lær.
Smaken skuffer nok og er ikke særlig kompleks. Tobakk, lær og krydder, våt skogbunn. Mangler frukt og lengde.
En litt sliten Bordeaux som var bedre for 3-4 år siden? (823 views) | | | Tasted by Dugis on 4/22/2023 & rated 90 points: Lovely. Earthy tones. Soft tannins. Great value for an aged Bordeaux (870 views) | | | Tasted by RMyrick on 4/8/2023 & rated 87 points: Stewed cherries and savory notes. Still vibrant but may be near peak at this point (856 views) | | | Tasted by NCWineGator on 4/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Quite nice. Cherry, light mineral, earth and wood notes on the palate. Light, smooth, and well integrated. (503 views) | | | Tasted by WinePT on 12/17/2022 & rated 89 points: Lots of sediment. Smooth body from the opening with flavors of red and black fruit, leather, earth with mild tannins on the finish. Good drinking at year 20. (478 views) | | | Tasted by The OC on 9/19/2022 & rated 86 points: Very drinkable, not blow your mind amazing, but decent dinner party wine! Have 7 more bottles so will revisit another day :-) (653 views) | | | Tasted by grizzlymarmot on 2/25/2022: Cherry red color with pink halo. Aroma dominated by cherry with some spice and fading vegetal notes. Excellent mouthfeel and solid deep red fruit flavor. Tertiary aging components are pretty subtle. Long finish that really still seems tannin driven even at this age. (898 views) | | | Tasted by frode@reitan.cc on 10/2/2020 & rated 86 points: Lovely tannins, clear dark berries, hint of leather, smoke and earthiness. Played just awesome with Culotte steak on mushroom with Creamsicle. (2006 views) | | | Tasted by To86 on 9/7/2020 & rated 91 points: Drank with friends while eating BBQ beef ribs. What a nice pairing. Tannins are so smooth and layers of flavor. (206 views) | | | Tasted by WinePT on 8/22/2020 & rated 87 points: Initial notes of sharper cherry, tobacco, oak with moderate tannins on the finish. Opened up into a smoother, moderate weight body with a darker berries, tobacco, earth. Went well with fliet mignon which smoothed out the tannins. Tasted from decanter over 4 hours.
Update - Not any better, but still drinking well on Day 2. (1955 views) | | | Tasted by manonthemoon on 4/4/2020 & rated 85 points: N tobacco, dark fruit,
P dark cherry, earth, leather, pepper
F average and a little flat on the rear (2024 views) | | | Tasted by aleksds on 3/13/2020 & rated 88 points: An interesting nose with leather, tobacco, and leaves. I also smelled oak at first, but this subsided after 1-2 hours in the decanter. Gentle on the palate, suggesting a fair amount of Cabernet Franc. The finish is brighter with berries and dense tannins, and it is also long, leaving a residue of leather and oak, which I can still taste minutes later. Perhaps a bit past its prime, but I enjoyed it. (1835 views) |
| Red 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..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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