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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Docteur A on 7/21/2023 & rated 91 points: Second bottle from auction purchase last tasted a year ago. Delightful, fully mature, holding together, have no reason to believe the remaining bottle will be any different and happy to leave it longer before opening. (494 views) | | | Tasted by senesd on 11/27/2022 & rated 92 points: no browning nice red color classic pencil. lead nose great flavors and long finish this wine was incredible given its age (672 views) | | | Tasted by Docteur A on 7/20/2021 & rated 91 points: A recent auction purchase, with good level and excellent appearance. A delightful surprise, fully mature. (1152 views) | | | Tasted by Paul D on 9/7/2016: Deep garnet/mahogany. Smoky black fruit, cedar, touch of green pepper. Medium bodied, fully resolved tannins, cedary black fruit, minerally, very good length slightly sandy finish. Excellent **** (4220 views) | | | Tasted by OW_SOSPEL on 5/24/2015 & rated 96 points: Belle couleur rubis profond, brillant, ocelle légèrement orangée, assez mobile, léger dépôt de matière.
Légères notes de bonbons anglais, fruits noir (cassis) compotés sur un fond poivré et réglissé. Nez minéral. Petites notes de fruits rouges et de tabac.
Attaque souple laissant apparaitre de jolis fruits rouges (cerises) et noirs (cassis) mélangés aux épices et à la réglisse. Petite note de bois brulé et de tabac blond.
Très belle finale , longue et gourmande sur les fruits colorés (rouges et noirs), la réglisse, le tabac et le chocolat.
Dégusté en pure aveugle. Largement devant Cheval Blanc 1986. Un Clos du Marquis immense en pleine maturité. Une fraicheur incomparable, et une présence en bouche monumentale.
Unanimité des 4 dégustateurs ! (4714 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 6/11/2013 & rated 92 points: This bottle is showing an immense joy to me! Bright ruby in color with a touch orange rim! Very refreshing nose of licorice, and also very deep red fruits showing, after an hour we have cigar box and a touch of mint, this is so pure, so classy! Slightly sweet on the palate, very smooth, the red fruit is very presence and again very deep and pure! Showing no complexity this bottle but this is tremendous! Quintessential Bordeaux! Beautifully made and by no means this is thirty one years of age!! Viva la France!! (6640 views) | | | Tasted by Old Claret on 1/20/2013 & rated 90 points: From the great 82 vintage, a good mature St. Julien. Perfectably enjoyable with some lingering fruit. (5966 views) | | | Tasted by 911henrik on 9/7/2012 & rated 90 points: Very good for an overdue like this. Fruit well kept, black currant, red berries and clear cedar tones. Lacks tannins, but still good duration. Over expectations and better than the previous one we had. (6242 views) | | | Tasted by 911henrik on 2/5/2012 & rated 87 points: Not bad for an old fart like this. Overdue, yes, but still classic note and some mild tannins left. (4013 views) | | | Tasted by Old Claret on 11/11/2011 & rated 95 points: AN brought to Proof tasting dinner. Utterly delicious! Despite significant competition, and nly 3 tasters, every last drop was consumed! (2156 views) | | | Tasted by Old Claret on 11/11/2011 & rated 94 points: SN drank with Jodi and Allan in Del Mar. Great! (3339 views) | | | Tasted by Old Claret on 8/28/2011 & rated 87 points: Drank with Joe and Melanie Yun an Proof in DC. Opened one hour ahead and was lovely. But by the time we drank it, it was a dud. No fruit. Lifeless. (2185 views) | | | Tasted by Old Claret on 7/28/2011 & rated 91 points: (91-92) Drank with Jim and Sonia in Aarhus DK on our last night there, at a lovely little restaurant called Olive. Slightly disappointing, but still quite good. (1836 views) | | | Tasted by Fur in the glass on 9/29/2010: Last glass of this about eight hours after we originally opened it saved me from disappointment. Started off highly acidic with some really nice fruit but overall it was a thin and light wine. Was expecting something fuller/rounder. The acid dropped away and the really bright, lively fruit came through on that last glass but it still just felt like it was lacking something after that. Especially having read so much of how great a vintage 1982 is. (2086 views) | | | Tasted by Herbie Win on 1/5/2010 & rated 90 points: Very nice nose and smooth palate
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Had with fillet/reduction/pots/mush (2253 views) | | | Tasted by Tao on 1/24/2009 & rated 90 points: Very fragrant nose but not much fruit left, passed its peak! Need to drink up! (2350 views) | | | Tasted by KeithAkers on 12/31/2008 & rated 90 points: ending the year with bordeaux (ward's apartment, chicago): nose: lively nose with rich tones of cedar box, cranberries, dark red cherries, spice box, and bits of mushrooms and slight floral hints. Very lovely nose that belies its age and is so well balanced with nice layering and depth behind it too
taste: beautiful and elegant with a lovely medium body and fully resolved tannins giving way to balanced tones of cedar box, spices, bits of florals, and round tones of dark red cherries. far from tired on the palate, this just flows so well and seamless like a true aged bordeaux should
overall: a great experience. When this was revealed I was shocked at it being an 82 second label(of which I would figure that a Las Cases 2nd label would be great from this vintage, I just wouldn't expect it like this). Very beautiful right now and at its peak. I don't know how long it can hold, but this is just great right now (2998 views) | | | Tasted by Zitan on 12/5/2008 & rated 93 points: Lovely, soft, and fully mature. Not over the hill (I was afraid it was), but drink up. Just starting to go orange around the edges. No tannins. Nose of truffles and violets. Midweight, elegant, and terriffic. (2577 views) |
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This is the second wine of Château Léoville Las CasesRed 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
VdB
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.St. Julien VdB
Read more detailed information on St. Julien and its wines The seventeenth century pioneers Traces are to be found of a Saint-Julien de Rintrac, perhaps Saint-Julien's earliest name, as from the thirteenth century. But we have to wait until the seventeenth century pioneers, urban and rural aristocrats, discover the exceptional merits of these terroirs.
Traces of this system still exist today in the structure of estates within the appellation: by the side of the two villages of Beychevelle and Saint-Julien, the large estates are heavily preponderant, representing more than four fifths of the total surface of vineyards.
The terrain is practically identical over all the commune. Only the proximity of the estuary, sometimes close, sometimes further away, can cause slight variations in climate. In fact, Saint-Julien-Beychevelle's layer of gravel takes the form of a huge rectangle over 3 miles long and 2 miles wide. And the alluvial deposits are particularly well fragmented into ridges of Garonne gravel of the early Quaternary. Accordingly, the vines are safeguarded from stagnant water.
The wines from the Saint-Julien appellation may be recognized by their unparalleled bouquet, particularly harmonious and mild. They have a fine deep colour and combine the finesse of their aromas and a solid constitution. They have body, are very rich in flavour and have a delicious and delicate bouquet.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Saint-Julien appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Saint-Julien and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cussac, and Saint-Laurent, "excluding the parcels situated on recent alluvium and sand on impermeable subsoils",
- satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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