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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.9 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Kozakofthewest on 12/18/2022 & rated 86 points: Nothing bad but nothing memorable either (309 views) | | | Tasted by 559Cheers on 12/12/2021 & rated 92 points: Well made clean wine. Perhaps needs more time and more Saint Emillion dark power.
*Finally opens up completely. Nice aromas and drinking better on the palette. Some nori peeking through. (668 views) | | | Tasted by GaelTir on 12/10/2017 & rated 93 points: Decanted 2 hours, served with Beef Wellington. Not even close to peak. Dark purple with no bricking and little sign of age. Nose of graphite and plum, mouth-coating viscosity with tar, plum and grip. Outstanding and hard to believe the age. (2414 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 3/24/2017 & rated 90 points: Composé de 85% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Franc et 5% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Bu avec Claude (Meursault) et René (Bulle) au resto AVV L’Entre Amis de Sherbrooke.
Laissé debout 2 jours et ouvert le matin en prévision du repas le soir.
Soigneusement décanté à lumière vive pour voir le dépôt substanciel.
Remis en bouteille laissée ouverte tout la journée et rebouchée pour le transport au resto.
Beau nez sur le cuir, le tabac, le chocolat et le boisé.
En bouche, hyper souple at suave. Du cassis et des cerises noires avec un peu de moka.
Les tannins sont lisses et la finale de longueur moyenne.
Très bon et encore fringant. (2318 views) | | | Tasted by strijbosmh on 2/7/2016 & rated 87 points: Nice everyday wine. Almost no tannins left. Probably just past its peak. (2692 views) | | | Tasted by BoireBio on 1/17/2015 & rated 92 points: 17/20 * * * * COUP de COEUR
VISUEL : beau marron sombre
OLFACTIF : nez distingué avec un classe à part. Notes de figues, de pruneaux. Voilà un nez qui promet pour la suite.....
GUSTATIF : et la suite est loin de déplaire. On a une texture fine dès l'attaque. C'est tout de velours en bouche. Les saveurs sont bien fondues dans l'ensemble avec une harmonie difficilement comparable.
ENSEMBLE : voilà un Saint-Émilion 2004 Grand Cru très réussi. (2990 views) | | | Tasted by Tavastgatan on 5/19/2013 & rated 89 points: Solid Bourdeaux, quite dark and some maturity on the nose. Still very young in the mouth with a somewhat dryness in the finish. This will be fine if you let it rest in the cellar. (4321 views) | | | Tasted by asparagus on 10/4/2012 & rated 87 points: Cedar, blackcurrant, light spice. Tannins almost fully integrated. Shortish finish. Good for everyday drinking. (3850 views) | | | Tasted by Bucephale on 9/16/2012 & rated 90 points: Nice, smooth elegant right bank Bordeaux. Nice color and deposits in he decanter...Soft tannins, blackberry, hint of mint in the final but not too much. Well integrated cab franc. First of 4 bottles, good now but maybe 3-4 years more. (3724 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 10/20/2011 & rated 90 points: Beautiful leather and cigar box nose with classic core of ripe cassis and blackberry, and maybe a touch of truffle; soft and smooth mouthfeel, soft, almost sweet tannins, flavors mirroring the nose; elegant yet full flavored with a medium long finish. Approachable, lovely style. Maybe 91. (2848 views) | | | Tasted by tcfishler on 11/22/2010: Dark red. Perfumed aromas are fairly high toned, with smoke, graphite, perfectly cooked beef, sweet oak, and herbal whiffs. The palate here is gentle, both from an obviously modern upbringing and from a bit of bottle age. Eventually the oak fatigues somewhat, and I don't ever seeing it get digested before the rest of the wine decays. (3718 views) | | | Tasted by chambolle on 12/13/2009: So, is this what Bordeaux has become? Color is quite blood red. The nose is a dead ringer for Washington State merlot -- somewhat bell-peppery, black cherry and hints of sweet cinnamon roll. Do I detect Good n Plenty? On the palate, the wine is a bit thick, tannins just perceptible. Then a slight hollowness at the back palate, followed by a reasonable dose of fruit acidity as a reminder this is wine, after all, not cherry cola. But the finish is sweet, leaving behind a stewed fruit sensation and more than a hint of coffee/cocoa/torrefaction. There is an earthy/peaty quality as well, again a reminder this is actually wine, from grapes grown in dirt, maybe even from France.
This was an inexpensive bottle of wine -- posted off to under $20 a bottle, although it is still seen here and there for quite a bit more. It's definitely a wine you can serve up at a party of occasional wine drinkers with good results. At that, I suppose it is a bargain and good "for what it is." Question is, what is it? Decent, generic, modern "Bore d'Eaux style" wine that might come from anywhere. I'm gonna hazard a wild guess -- might Michel Rolland have anything to do with this wine? (3291 views) | | | Tasted by tbabes on 5/2/2009 & rated 89 points: Fill was into the neck and the cork was sound. Purple core turning to ruby at the rim. Notes of black fruits, anise, earth and tapenade. Medium-bodied, with decent concentration, classic structure, and a focused finish. (2765 views) | | | Tasted by jasonh on 1/13/2009 & rated 89 points: Big aromas at first. Tar, asphalt and other earth and mineral elements. With time, the aromas became more subdued and intriguing. It has a very slight stewed quality. Dark earthy flavors with big ripe fruit. The next day there were more vegetative elements as the fruit seemed to settle down. Heavy mid-palate but nice finishing acid and tannin. (2862 views) | | | Tasted by ludwigbpm on 8/3/2008 & rated 90 points: Sans notes (2796 views) | | | Tasted by mmurry on 2/23/2008 & rated 88 points: Bordeaux vs. Burgundy (Farpointe Cellar): The nose was all fruit - black currant, plum, and cherry. The palate had plum and black currant, and finished with a little spice and oak. (3592 views) |
| 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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