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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.5 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wine&roses on 6/18/2017 & rated 89 points: Of four of these from WineBid, two were essentially past it, & two were lovely mature claret, complex more on the palate than the nose. Even so, the two good ones had more acid in the finish than your ideal St. Emilion. But that's a quibble. Let M. Macron encourage this industry, & the world will line up at his door. (3036 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/19/2017 & rated 89 points: Fully mature, with a smoky, tobacco, cigar box, floral and cherry nose, with a touch of herbs. The wine is medium bodied, soft, refined and at the perfect stage of development for maximum enjoyment. (4320 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 11/4/2015 & rated 90 points: My favorite Corbin of the evening for current drinking. Ripe dark fruits, mellowed soil tones, white and bell pepper, and overall good mature complexity on the nose and palate. A good wine for mid-savory food in its current state. (4473 views) | | | Tasted by nsellen on 3/8/2015: Remembering my previous note, this bottle had a similarly inviting profile on the nose but I approached the first taste with no great enthusiasm. This time however, I had plenty of sweet fruit to round out the palate and balance the dusty tannins. This is much more like it. (4802 views) | | | Tasted by nsellen on 1/5/2015 & rated 87 points: Ruby with a clear rim. Nose full of claret. Mouth full of dust. Fruitless and dry. Good collection of savoury notes to provide compensation of a sort. I like secondaries but this really needs some fruit. (4961 views) | | | Tasted by grapist on 3/23/2011 & rated 88 points: Unmistakably Bordeaux. Close to really good, but a bit too acidic at the back of the mouth. Definitely for sipping, not quaffing. Opened but not decanted for about an hour before pouring. Perhaps more air? (5075 views) | | | Tasted by ctc2 on 9/11/2008 & rated 88 points: Attractive nose of berries, black fruit and spice. A medium-bodied wine with a velvety feel and medium finish. Benefits from being decanted - there is a slight alcohol taste when first opened, which disappears with exposure to air. An enjoyable wine for everyday drinking, especially since it costs next to nothing. I like it. (5668 views) | | | Tasted by pjaines on 7/11/2008 & rated 79 points: Thwarted by the Deus of wine. Capricious maiden that she is. Corbin. "Nice wine" I think. "2001, good year" I think. "A bit of age on the wine" I think. "Friday night" I think. What can possibly go wrong?
A tricky cork - crumbling. Decant. Dull wine. Flat. Let it breathe. Quick taste. "Hmmmmmm, a bit dull". Let it breathe for another hour. A bit dull in appearance, a bit of a fuzzy taste.
In the meantime I open up another bottle (Matahiwi pinot noir 2006 - that is dull too). Is it my taste buds tonight? Should I just stick to gin and tonic tonight?
Try an hour later but this wine is not good, but not bad either, just flat and dull. Probably a badly stored bottle - it wasn't corked, just fuzzy and furry like Fozzy Bear wearing a woolly hat. Missed a crisp clearness that you would expect from such a vineyard in such a good year. Shut down? Only Bacchus knows?
Marking the bottle as average, rather than flawed because the wine was not that bad but seemed either locked down or badly stored. (4679 views) | | | Tasted by Bornis on 5/22/2008 & rated 86 points: Deep ruby red with garnet core. Dark cherry, leather and some tobacco on the nose. Med tannin and body with tobacco, raisins, ripe red fruits on the palate but more intensity on nose. drinking ok now but i would keep it (4223 views) | | | Tasted by the drops of god on 5/8/2008 & rated 89 points: Drinking so well right now. Bit one demensional, but I like wines like this like Grand destieu, goes down effortlessly. (4404 views) | | | Tasted by zerhart on 8/30/2006 & rated 85 points: Aroma of black and green pepper with a little strawberry. Smooth, tasting of pepper and fruit. Medium finish. (3269 views) | | | Tasted by 128 on 7/17/2006: Lunch at L'Emver du Décor with the wife together with Muriel & Benoit from Bon Pasteur.
Benoit suggested trying the Corbin 01 to compare with the Bon Pasteur 01 we had tasted earlier. There seemed to be parallels in ripeness (overripeness) and concentration. (3962 views) | | | Tasted by Russell Faulkner on 11/2/2005: 2001 Claret Tasting (Vintners' Hall, London): Black tea on nose, a little one dimensional, lacks fruit (6610 views) | | | Tasted by TGHaddon on 11/20/2004: More concentrated than the XX but with a similar, fairly green Merlot style, but more concentration and a touch of jamminess. Round gamey palate, some structure. Rather a raw finish, could use just a little time in bottle. Good length and a strong hit of tobacco on the finish. (3388 views) |
| Château Corbin Producer website - Read more about Chateau CorbinRed 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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