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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 93 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JonnyG on 10/2/2023: Black fruit, pepper and mocha notes, polished but not in an overly modern way, with fully integrated oak and a medium length finish. A touch drying but nonetheless an impressive value nearly two decades on. (748 views) | | | Tasted by juffer on 7/16/2023 & rated 92 points: Nose of ripe red plums, tobacco, licorice. Full bodied. Firm mix of wood and fruit tannins on the finish. (830 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 9/12/2022 & rated 92 points: 醒酒三个小时不到，深宝石红色，闻香有森林地表，陈年的坚果气息，醋栗，话梅，和橡木桶充分融合的香料味，入口酸度高，单宁紧涩，颗粒细腻如粉，口中和闻香一样复杂，森林地表，湿石头，泥土的气息，些许老酒酱味，话梅混合着辛香料味，余味是话梅的香气，石墨，胭脂香料还有悠长的香草巧克力味。一款陈年老酒，处在适饮巅峰期，有些氧化特征，但并不影响它的发挥，结构不小，严肃深邃，口感和香气层次丰富，经典的旧世界风味。 (1790 views) | | | Tasted by lake.vino on 2/26/2022 & rated 88 points: This is definitely on the modern, extractive, fruit-forward, big Bordeaux. Nose shows immense fruit, cedar, forest, raspberry, black currant, some oak/vanillin notes still. Palate slightly hot, oaky, big, jammy fruit. This is not my style, but it's not badly made at all. Still tannic (2259 views) | | | Tasted by rwpalmer on 11/28/2021 & rated 88 points: This bottle seemed rather tough going and did not show a lot of complexity or generosity even with air. (2468 views) | | | Tasted by EBWineGuy on 3/12/2021 & rated 90 points: Drinking very well, perhaps beginning to decline. Still, a very enjoyable wine. Opened and poured a sip and decided not to decant due to some brick-edge in the color. After an hour, began to open up. Paired with a leg of lamb stuffed with sage and pancetta - nice match. Undoubtedly Bordeaux - a touch austere, but the graphite and plummy fruit is solid, plus there are some firm/integrated tannins to maintain structure. Very pleasurable. Happy to have had it and would not be disappointed if I had more - but drink up. (2799 views) | | | Tasted by KristianT on 1/30/2021 & rated 93 points: What a lovely surprise. I got this bottle as a gift about 12 years ago. I was in the mood for a mature Bordeaux and saw the positive notes on this bottle on Cellartracker and decided to try it. The smell was georgeus from the start and after about 20 minutes it really opened up. Very dark colour and quite dense and with very distinct forresty and earthy notes (smelled just like the shitake mushrooms I was cutting for the risotto). Perfectly mature now. Balanced and elegant with a very long and concentrated taste. Distinctly Bordeaux but actually almost more left-bank than right - perhaps the concentration is what takes at least my thoughts a bit away from St. Emilion. (2726 views) | | | Tasted by CDH on 5/16/2020 & rated 90 points: Not in decline at all. (2723 views) | | | Tasted by JackLynch00@gmail.com on 2/7/2020 & rated 91 points: Classic aged Bordeaux. Drinking very well now. (2557 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 1/18/2020 & rated 92 points: Académie des Cinquante Saint-Emilion Tasting (Restaurant Bolenius *, Amsterdam, NL): Tasted blind (wine 3): Rich nose, classical palate, lots of tannins, potential, 92. Tasted semi-blind: Lovely warm nose, slightly meaty, toasty, ripe fruit, relatively generous and supple, broad, accessible, 92. Two different impressions with the same score. (3245 views) | | | Tasted by JGinMO on 12/2/2019 & rated 91 points: Good if not great. Well integrated, soft tannins, but by no means too old. Decent secondary flavors including that flint I noticed 6 years ago, touch of medicinal. Definitely benefited from 2 hrs air. (2009 views) | | | Tasted by havana4 🍾🍇 on 7/31/2019 & rated 89 points: Did not decant. Likely should have . Would have helped the 14% etoh content to blow off. ( i personally think the alcohol content is higher like 15%. Still its sleek and structured with plenty of dark red fruit. A real pleasure to drink. (2159 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 3/1/2019 & rated 95 points: My go to favorite!! Tremendous QPR! 30+ minute decant and could have used more. Dark cherry color. Nose of cherries and earth. Wine is inky & deep with black cherries, tar, and tobacco. Medium+ finish. I’ll buy as much as I can find or afford!! (1976 views) | | | Tasted by curtr on 1/24/2019 & rated 89 points: Smooth, ready now, not a lot of structure. (1653 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 12/31/2018 & rated 92 points: Happy New Year!! Always good, but not as stellar as previous bottles. Dark purple color. Phenomenal nose that is very rustic. No decant and wine was very reserved. Cork came out a little too easy, which probably had something to do with it. Still good, but a little disappointing. (1808 views) | | | Tasted by Connaître on 12/24/2018 & rated 91 points: From the cellar. Opened up 2 1/2 hours before.
Dark plum/garnet color. Sweet oak- spiced fruit and lots of licorice. Still a little toasty and with its black cherry and blackcurrant fruit still fresh. It is ripe, round, generous and seductive.
At peak - 91 points. (1819 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 10/26/2018 & rated 95 points: Awesome as usual! Similar to my first note! Can’t beat this vintage. Insane QPR! (2022 views) | | | Tasted by rwpalmer on 10/21/2018 & rated 92 points: Very dark and glossy. Dark fruit, mineral nose with some quite charred oak in the background. Almost a creaminess to the palate, but still lots of 2005 acidity and tannin. Quite sleek, firm and elegant. Will easily go another 10 years. (1913 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 9/29/2018 & rated 93 points: Similar to previous bottle and note. Wine is very consistent and very good! (1912 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 8/18/2018 & rated 93 points: I don’t think you can call an ‘05 Bordeaux your go to when you discovered it in 2018, but I’m sure glad I have 4 more bottles! Great value! 45+ minutes open in the bottle. Still working on acquiring a decanter across the pond. Dark purple color with dark cherries on the nose, as well as more OH than I remember from the last bottle. Nice structure, with more cherries and tar on the palate. Medium finish. Great find! (1913 views) | | | Tasted by PMJak11 on 7/28/2018 & rated 95 points: 30-45 open in the bottle, got better and better with more air. Medium purple color. Massive oak and vanilla on the nose. One of the better Bordeaux’s I’ve ever had! Very complex as the fruit (black cherry) is well proportioned with tar and earth/dirt. Finish is deep and long! The ‘05 Bordeaux’s are insane. Great way to settle into our in new home in London!! (1957 views) | | | Tasted by rjlud on 11/20/2017 & rated 89 points: Magnum for "Friendsgiving" with some French friends (and French speaking friends). Popped and poured. A pleasant wine. Light, toasty, with some mocha/coffee notes. A good wine with Turkey! (with a bunch of turkeys!) Thought it would have a bit more punch out of a magnum but was OK. (2383 views) | | | Tasted by mike l. on 10/14/2017 & rated 88 points: Enjoyed more the second day. Too ripe and new world in style when first opened. (2472 views) | | | Tasted by JackLynch00@gmail.com on 9/21/2017 & rated 90 points: A fine and mature, if otherwise not especially memorable, right-bank Bordeaux. A crowd-pleaser. (2469 views) | | | Tasted by wine&roses on 3/19/2017 & rated 90 points: Textbook St. Emilion. Complex and lovely. (3403 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, 2005 Bordeaux: Here and Now (Apr 2021) (4/1/2021)
(Dassault Dassault Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/4/2009)
(Ch Dassault St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, November 2009
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Winedoctor, November 2009
(Château Dassault St Emilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/12/2008)
(Ch Dassault, Grand Cru Classé St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2008, Issue #13, The 2005 Bordeaux Vintage: A Snapshot of a Few Communes
(Château Dassault) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (12/10/2007)
(Ch Dassault St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2007, IWC Issue #132
(Chateau Dassault Saint Emilion) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (4/18/2006)
(Ch Dassault St-Émilion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack
Winedoctor, April 2012
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| Château Dassault Producer website | Read more about Chateau DassualtRed 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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