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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mike410 on 11/15/2018 & rated 92 points: Lost something since my last notes three years ago. Still a very good wine but it’s just not as well balanced. Tannins slightly fading. (2943 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 10/11/2018 & rated 90 points: Fully ready for drinking, the wine is medium bodied, with fresh, bright, cool, cherry and red plum notes, coupled with earth and forest leaf, with hints of tobacco. Soft textured, with bright red fruits in the finish, there is reason to age this any longer as it's already just a few months from its 20th birthday. (4109 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 5/22/2018 flawed bottle: 1999 Bordeaux @ Piccolino (Piccolino, Liverpool Street Stn, London): Slightly muddy, diffuse nose. Slightly stewed element to the fruit. Seems a lot more evolved than it should do. Hope this isn’t representative. Bad storage? (3829 views) | | | Tasted by marcolino on 5/26/2015 & rated 90 points: I would say give it another try in 5-10 years. After decanting for 6 hours you see the potential of this wine... (6400 views) | | | Tasted by jones711 on 2/23/2015 & rated 90 points: Dry, fine tannins, easy drinking but a bit austere. Would have been better with food and a good wine to pair with a meal without being spectacular. (6201 views) | | | Tasted by Zoomin Z on 12/25/2014 & rated 92 points: A wine of finesse. After letting the bottles breathe for three hours, a complex nose, evolving from red fruits and mushrooms to additional floral nuances and wet earth. A medium weight body with delicate tannins and soft, balanced acidity with enough energy for a beef Wellington. A clean medium length finish. Complemented the food beautifully. Drinking well now. (4251 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 9/17/2012 & rated 91 points: Best Bottle Dinner at The Steakhouse in Lachen. We drank this Château Clinet 1999 next to a bottle of Château Clinet 1998. We poured the wine into a decanter, served the first glass immediately and consumed the bottle over four hours. The wine was bright medium-ruby in colour, with a brick-ish touch. It offered beetroot, chocolate, espresso, coffee, tobacco and smoke on the rather closed nose. On the palate the wine was rather tightly wound, with blackberry, cherry, cucumber, rose water, and coffee and tobacco on the finish, paired with fine, firm tannins and very good length. The wine was very closed compared to a very expressive bottle of 1999 Clinet I had about a year ago, even after four hours in the decanter. I’d try again in two years.
Compared to the Château Clinet 1998 this 1999 was much darker in colour and seemed much more youthful and longer-lived, but also much tighter and in a rather closed-down phase. Also, the 1998 was not only more expressive today, but also much more elegant, with even finer tannins. We actually completely forgot the 1999 about the 1998 and spent two hours with the 1998 before we turned back to the 1999, which never opened-up completely tonight. Both wines had the same alcohol content (12.5% ABV). Interestingly, the 1998 was bottled in a green glass bottle whereas the 1999 was bottled in a brown glass bottle. (7115 views) | | | Tasted by PSPatrick on 11/24/2011 & rated 91 points: “Soirée Bordeaux” wine dinner at The Steakhouse in Lachen. As the sommelier poured the wine into the glass, the aromatics immediately started to fill the room around our table. The wine was very aromatic nose, with sweet fruit, red & dark berries, blueberry, plum, vegetal notes, bell pepper, and liquorice. On the palate the wine was medium- to full-bodied, with a solid backbone of fine tannins and great acidity, and with flavours of violets, blueberry, leather, vegetal notes, liquorice and spices. The wine had very good length. It showed better than the 1999 L’Evangile tonight, particularly due to its good acidity. A great bottle of wine. (7117 views) | | | Tasted by austinwinesalon on 2/21/2010 & rated 89 points: Definitive Bordeaux (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): In magnum, unfortunately the wine improved a lot after the tastings and it had some air. Since the magnum had not been decanted initially, the tannins were conspicuous and the wine hot and not in balance. It had some bell peppers, cigar box, and wood on the nose, earthy tones, and dark fruit on the palate. A Burgundian detected a "clos vougeot" nose, and others noted some dried mushrooms also on the nose. This was a good wine that gained some balance, had a pleasant finish, and may have been a bit young. (6739 views) | | | Tasted by yeoman on 11/18/2007 & rated 88 points: On the surface it does show a slight sign of aging with a light brown rim, nose of black fruits, jammy and gamey. The tannin is still quite significant with a hint of black fruis in the background, finish is short. I would suggest to start drinking this now till 2017, although the tannin is still there but there's not enough fruits to hold the wine till the tannins are dissolved. (5577 views) |
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- Read more about Chateau ClinetRed 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..?Pomerol Wikipedia | French wine guide - Read about Pomerol |
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