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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.4 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 54 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Skotto on 4/19/2024 & rated 94 points: From magnum and decanted about 30 mins. Elegant and graceful. This bottle was in singing, wearing its age so well. Drink! (120 views) | | | Tasted by Lewis6619 on 12/17/2023 & rated 93 points: Just a lovely well rounded Emilion. I think it still has 3-5 years left in the tank. (510 views) | | | Tasted by unc0rked on 11/10/2023 & rated 91 points: Held this wine for 17 years or so. Enjoyable wine but its showing its age on the edges. 3 hour decant. Still, nice and round on the palate. Mid-palate, a bit earthy. Hard to describe. Maybe the tannins did not mature as gracefully as other Bordeaux. But is a $50 Bordeaux.. All in an all, I am very glad I opened it up. I tasted it previously in 2018 and wrote that it had many more years ahead. Not so sure anymore. (608 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 1/14/2023 & rated 91 points: I tried this with a 2000.
Unlike the 2000, I decanted this - it was clearly in need when I opened it. I gave it five hours, which helped, but it’s not really ready yet. Blackberry and black cherries on the nose, with some earth and tobacco. In the mouth, quite different to the 2000: intense blackberry, then the dark cherries and a little plum. Very intense, but it doesn’t rise to the top of the palate like the 2000, it goes straight for the jugular, with lots of depth. More refined and elegant than the 00, more polished too, but also more tannic. The tannins are still a little fiery, hence the need to decant. The finish is wonderfully persistent but the flavours never really get out of second gear. It needs to loosen up, which I think it will in another two or three years. Still, in its own way, very enjoyable. For now, 91 points but I think it will deserve more in the future.
Trying them together, it was hard to believe they came from the same producer, such was the difference in taste profile. The 2005 is a promising wine but it never stood a chance next to the 2000. However, the 2005 is a whole lot better than any other St.Emilion 2005 I have tried, which admittedly is not difficult. Unlike the others, the Vauthier family refrained from turning everything up to eleven and the refined, restrained elegance came as a welcome relief. (1621 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 1/9/2023 & rated 92 points: This wine opened well with a still deep crimson colour and a nose of garnet plums, black currants and berries, liquorice, dark chocolate and Christmas cake. The palate is quite rich and round with nice intensity and mouth feel. There is a strong line of fine tannins that carry through the palate adding grip and balance. With lovely purity and balance this a fine example both of a mid level St Emilion Grand Cru and the 2005 vintage. (1420 views) | | | Tasted by matthewsyip on 10/29/2022 & rated 92 points: Noble dark Ruby body. Loads of rich ripe red fruits on the nose when just opened even after these 16 years ! Solid tannin indicates 2005 a vintage great for great cellar potential. The first 30 mins is a red fruit bombshell, the following hour is potent dark fruit body with a hint of vanilla and emerging herb and leather ! The after taste is warm with a medium long finish of plum and raspberry. This is a marvellous vintage at a very good price ! (1520 views) | | | Tasted by paulst on 9/28/2022 & rated 93 points: Maturing nicely; supple; plumy; coarse; raspberry; supportive tannin; coarse earthy blackberry finish. (1511 views) | | | Tasted by Alpine on 4/25/2022 & rated 91 points: Excellent concentration and very nice broad palate… Nice combination of fruit. Finish seems to be very linear and one dimensional. (1714 views) | | | Tasted by ChinaWineDude on 11/16/2021 & rated 87 points: Owned by the family of Ch. Ausone w/ 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. It may have garnered a number of 90+ scores, but 16 years later, its fruit is fading. The initial dark fruits and chocolate receded within an hour or so, leaving unresolved tannin to distract from the experience. Maybe it's the bottle variation or the lack of ideal storage condition. Sometimes even great wine-making cannot make up for the less-then-stellar terroir, after 16 years. 87 points. November 2021 (1575 views) | | | Tasted by snsharma on 11/27/2020 & rated 90 points: 90m decant. Very little fruit left but also didn’t see much secondary of a profile emerge. Maybe a longer decant next time. (2368 views) | | | Tasted by Sniffy-Sniff on 9/22/2020 & rated 93 points: Fruit is there but it’s more secondary flavors at this point. Super long finish. Best on day-3. (2357 views) | | | Tasted by iobtoel on 12/18/2019 & rated 92 points: From bottle. Dark purple still. Perfumed, seductive nose. Some secondary flavours just starting to show on the plate. Tannins a little drying at the end. (3171 views) | | | Tasted by signotim on 10/10/2019 & rated 92 points: 1st bottle of 6. Glad I was patient as it comes across as quite youthful. Deep blue and red fruit with strong herbal accents and a hint of minerality on the finish. The fruit is ripe but not overripe and there is a nice dryness on the palate to go along with the smooth, silky texture. This has a strong presence on the medium long finish. Excellent wine and may improve with more time. (3094 views) | | | Tasted by unc0rked on 4/1/2018 & rated 93 points: Really enjoyed this wine. Great purity of fruit with focus, this wine has many more years ahead of it. Nice finish, however, I agree that the wine may need to settle out just a bit more due to the tannins. Score could go up once it reaches it peak. (4817 views) | | | Tasted by iobtoel on 12/25/2017 & rated 92 points: Raspberries, cherries, plums on nose. Lovely fruit on palate, with hints of mineral, chocolate, tobacco. Tannins silky smooth but have softened a lot. Much more approachable now - coming together. Good finish. Very enjoyable. (4175 views) | | | Tasted by O'Meara on 12/1/2017: Beautiful wine. This is approachable now, but probably needs another two years to hit its peak. It’s a focused wine with compact flavors that should broaden with some more cellaring. A quintessential St Em with none of the jammy overdone style that this appellation can be guilty of. I wish I had more...lots, lots more. (4028 views) | | | Tasted by JerryMaybe on 7/9/2017 & rated 93 points: Agree w Paul. Great flavors. Tannins really smoothing out but still has years left to go. Def decant at least an hour. St. Em's only place to get Merlot this good! The balance is there (4593 views) | | | Tasted by PaulHig on 6/2/2017 & rated 91 points: Love the acidity in this wine now, no longer a fight of acidity v tannin, now a more balanced presentation.
Very food worthy and early days into the wine's maturation. Great flavours and concentration worthy of 92-93 points. (4716 views) | | | Tasted by lumpyelbow on 12/31/2016: Closed tight and not offering up much pleasure. Wait 3 years min. (3759 views) | | | Tasted by iobtoel on 11/10/2016 & rated 92 points: Appears to be coming along nicely. Delicious dark fruit on the nose, which carries through onto the palate. Powerful fruit, just a hint of chewiness on the fine grained tannins. Pretty well balanced at present. (3514 views) | | | Tasted by cnordstr on 8/2/2016 & rated 92 points: Much more mature and better than 4 years ago, all ready to go. (4013 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 5/25/2016 & rated 93 points: Delicious - still quite closed initially but with air revealed a lovely nose of black fruits, liquorice, dark chocolate and spice. Very pure and linear palate with that intense fruit shining through. Excellent at this level. (3471 views) | | | Tasted by paulst on 5/16/2016 & rated 91 points: Light licorice; some blackberry; tannic and green; lingering finish. (3466 views) | | | Tasted by JBaughman on 11/27/2015 & rated 85 points: Not much nose upon opening or even after pouring into the decanter. An hour seemed to help the nose only slightly. Color and feel both seem a bit thin. More mineral than fruit. Needs more time. (3515 views) | | | Tasted by iobtoel on 10/24/2015 & rated 92 points: Dark fruit, concentrated nose. Plums. Just a whiff of secondary delopment in the palate but this is soon overpowered by fruit. Fine grained tannins, still perceptible but chewy. Eased after a couple of hours. Nice long sweet finish. (3433 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Moulin Saint-Georges Producer website - Read more about Chateau Moulin St. Georges
Chateau Moulin Saint Georges is produced from the Vauthier famly’s seven hectare St. Emilion vineyard located close to their more famous property, Château Ausone, and just a short walk from the St. Emilion village. In fact, when you are at the vineyards of Chateau Ausone, you can look down and get a clear image of the Chateau Moulin Saint Georges vines.
Red 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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