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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.7 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by JLeader on 1/22/2022 & rated 96 points: Beginning of the Year Dinner at Craft. Fantastic bottle. Still fruit present but loads of spice box, pipe tobacco, pencil shavings. Held up in the glass. Remarkable for its age. (1197 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 1/10/2019 & rated 99 points: Small friends gathering - 90 La Tache, 12 Coche CC, 37 Mouton in mag and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): I acquired five magnums from Christie’s auction in 2014 knowing that the previous owner acquired them from Ader Tajan auction, Des Trésors de la Cave de Maxim's, June 4, 1997, Lot 236. This is the first magnum that I am opening. The color is incredibly youthful and the fills are above top shoulder or better. Pop and pour, beautiful shy red fruit, cherry and strawberry, strong sous bois, leather, cedar and spearmint. With air, the nose gets sweeter and more complex. Hedonistic incredibly complex nose displaying subtle yet decadent slightly dry red fruit, strong sous bois, cedar, leather, truffle, caramel, spearmint, cinnamon, blood, a hint of lead pencil and earth. Perfectly integrated palate, very finely layered subtle red fruit, silky and weightless, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, no noticeable tannins and a seamless incredibly long finish with cinnamon, cedar and leather at the end. It gets sweeter and sweeter as the night goes on. The palate is so silky and weightless, deceptively light/watery, yet the fruit is unbelievably sweet and intense. It constantly transforms. When a really old wine shows well, it becomes a truly emotional and spiritual experience. Incredible showing. (3260 views) | | | Tasted by InTheMunee on 12/28/2017 flawed bottle: Birthday dinner at Bern's. Sadly, this was dead on arrival. Very low fill (low shoulder) and brown color. There was an aroma that this was once wine, and the bouquet was not off-putting, but was expressed vinegar and it was bitter on the palate. We gave it 10 minutes in the glass to see if anything magical would blossom, but it didn’t. Undrinkable. Cool bottle to collect as a trophy, but wine was no good. As always, the somm at Bern's was great about handling the situation. (3223 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/22/2017 & rated 92 points: Pale ruby tea in color, this was completely charming. Light in color, density and fruit, absolutely. But it was hard to resist the smoky, cherry pipe tobacco, forest leaf, spice, and sweet, cherry nose. The wine felt soft, graceful and polished with the patina of age that comes from 8 decades of cellaring. (4785 views) | | | Tasted by cooberp on 4/6/2014 flawed bottle: Very low fill. This either didn't make it through 77 years or was never right to begin with. Muddy, clipped, citric, just off. Only acid left on the palate. (7022 views) |
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Vinous, Cellar Journal: Bordeaux 1920-2015 (Dec 2019) (12/1/2019)
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Vineyard mapRed 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
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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.Pauillac Read more detailed information about Pauillac Looking full onto the river from the earliest days, with an important port activity, traces of which go back to ancient times (shipment of bronze as long ago as 2000 B.C.), Pauillac's life has always been intimately linked to the history of wine. Although port activities were at the root of its prosperity, Pauillac had to wait until the eighteenth century when Bordeaux ceased to hold its privileged position to become a wine port. The town then became the natural outlet for the wine production of neighbouring cantons before reaching its zenith in a period when the vineyards were exceptionally prosperous.
The characteristic of the Pauillac terroir is its exceptional relief: the many undulating ridges make it unique morphologically speaking. Highly favourable conditions facilitate the dissection of the layer of gravel. This thin, Garonne gravel from whose very poverty springs great richness, has an extremely effective natural drainage.
With their velvet red colour with a hint of amber, the wines from the Pauillac appellation, full-bodied and rich in tannin, are vigorous. Powerful when young, their aromas of red fruits (black-currant, raspberry) or flowers (violets, roses, irises) melt with the passing of time into a bouquet which is long in the mouth.
Rich and complex, the wines of Pauillac deserve to be laid down for a little longer.
Production conditions (Decree dated November 14, 1936)
In order to have the right to the Pauillac appellation of controlled origin, red wines must:
- come from the commune of Pauillac and from precisely defined parcels in the communes of Cissac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe and Saint-Sauveur, "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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