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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 193 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by shallIshantI on 4/19/2024 & rated 91 points: See previous entries. What stood out this time was the very powerful perfume on the nose. Wow. Just permeated everwhere when pouring into the decanter and then from decanter to glasses. Such a big wine feel from nose to long palate. Impressive. (592 views) | | | Tasted by Mhbeaune on 3/28/2024 & rated 92 points: 3hour decant served at 18c . Everything was perfect re service & storage BUT I forgot the comments from SHRIKE. I should have waited about 5 more years which I shall for the next one. Lovely nose lots of typical Pauillac flavours going on. Better after an hour at the end just too soon to get the very best from it I suspect just as SHRIKE told me.
I have learnt my lesson but still a positive experience to taste along the journey. There is much more to come (701 views) | | | Tasted by curtr on 3/10/2024 & rated 91 points: Dec 30 minutes, resolved, medium, paired well with roast chicken. Drink now to 2029. (785 views) | | | Tasted by Nutty08 on 1/13/2024 & rated 92 points: Seemingly mature, with tobacco and a bit of brown sugar on the nose. Fine palate, tannins mostly integrated and again with tertiary notes. Has the typical blend of cedar, tobacco and a bit of mint. Comes across as rather stately and four square— but developed and seemingly mature at this juncture lacking some energy on the palate. Based on recent tastings, I think this will drink before the ‘05 or ‘08. Doesn't seem to have the depth or complexity of the best years. (1466 views) | | | Tasted by DPetrone on 12/24/2023 & rated 95 points: Bought for Christmas holidays and it delivers!! Fully mature and smooth as silk while being full bodied. A mix of red fruits perfectly balanced from earthy and leather. Long finish (1286 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 10/19/2023 & rated 92 points: Academie de Vin dinner. Mature and ready to drink. Dark fruit and gingerbread aromas. Solid but the mediocre 2006 vintage can't fully hide. (2320 views) | | | Tasted by Arcturus on 10/8/2023 & rated 93 points: Classic Pauillac- graphite, tobacco, stone, earth…well balanced. The palate is soft and rounded with enough structure to provide a smooth layered finish. (1771 views) | | | Tasted by StewartWent on 10/6/2023 & rated 89 points: Always thought I was 2 or 3 years too late on this one (& I reckon I'm right). Average vintage, 17yrs old, sound, drinking ok but not great. Decented and I think this helped. Soft fruits, some chocolate, a little astringency. Low tannin and next to no oak impact. Would be super educational to line this up against the 2005. (1750 views) | | | Tasted by Julian Marshall on 9/17/2023 & rated 93 points: The usual notes of cassis and cigar box on the nose, together with some creamier vanilla and plums. In the mouth, it's a real charmer - oodles of creamy blackcurrant and plum, very fresh and open, with a second wave of raspberry and blackberry, before a long finish with just enough grip to give it a few more years. I much prefer this to the 2005 for now. (1806 views) | | | Tasted by shallIshantI on 9/10/2023 & rated 90 points: This is a smooth, elegant, 'proper' wine, the one you expect to do everything right, gentlemanly and gracefully. Everything you would expect from a top flight left bank Pauillac. It's peaked though and no longer has the punch, so needs opening beforehand and left to warm up to fully enjoy. I am bringing the drinking window forward to consume within next 2 years. (1582 views) | | | Tasted by randyjc on 6/16/2023 & rated 91 points: Beautiful color, no significant age showing. Assertive, spicy nose of red plum, old wood, and a bit of cigar box (maybe power of suggestion - hard to tell the difference). Flavor profile is austere, with a better showing day two - more open and not as shy. Medium-bodied and not nearly as impressive in the mouth as on the finish which starts with a small burst of acidity, then a long glide path to the end. Lovely to taste a Bordeaux with over 15 years and GPL is almost always solid. Sixty seconds into the finish and still engaging. (1716 views) | | | Tasted by Mhbeaune on 4/3/2023 & rated 90 points: Ok, if not spectacular. Very interesting upon opening of dark fruits with a little graphite.
2 hour decant. In the mouth it was a touch thin given it was 18c maybe understandable, it got better with time throughout the meal with fruit fading but more flavours of the forest typical of a pauillac. (2060 views) | | | Tasted by J'agnes on 4/2/2023 & rated 92 points: Good closure with no seepage. Definite garnet colour. Nose is a little reticent perhaps but that is more than compensated by the palate. Full blackberry - quite tart - fleshy and delicious in the mouth. Soft tannins on a decent finish. This wine is much improved on its last showing a year ago and is now more expressive. (1853 views) | | | Tasted by hargy on 3/19/2023 & rated 89 points: drunk a few days after the sensational 2005, this paled in comparison - quite closed and ungiving, the wine was quite unbalanced with the tannins dominating the fruit - time may help but I am not optimistic (1950 views) | | | Tasted by hkbob on 3/3/2023 flawed bottle: Bought on release and well-stored. Perfect fill and cork but poured a bit cloudy. Nose and palate both off. Cork taint? Down the drain. (2076 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 1/8/2023: Coravin fun - Grand Puy Lacoste (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Very slightly reductive notes lend rubbery and baked cabbage which blow off to show black fruits; plums and blackberry, toast and sweet spice, a tiny little menthol with a balsam underpin and some yeast extract and meaty notes. With time the fruit shows a little more jubey. Juicy, dark hued fruits, tight drying, slightly chalky tannins, finishes with those meaty notes and a touch of bitterness. Hmm. (2761 views) | | | Tasted by sjfunkenhauser on 11/6/2022 & rated 90 points: Deep garnet colour.
Medium (+) intensity aromas of rich blackberry, black plum, black cherry, cassis, dried red cherry, mint, mocha, cedar, dark chocolate, tobacco, dried dirt, forest floor, cinnamon and vanilla.
Pronounced palate.
Medium (+) body, high acidity, medium (+) smooth tannins, long finish.
If the nose and palate were more cohesive I think this would have been a significantly better wine. It felt bipolar with a rich black fruit nose, and strictly tertiary palate. (781 views) | | | Tasted by Irish_Wine on 11/1/2022 & rated 90 points: Deep garnet.
Medium plus intensity on the nose with blackberry, black cherry, black plum, bramble, blackcurrant leaf, mint, cedar, earth, tobacco and leather. Developing.
Pronounced and dry on the palate with coffee and dark chocolate coming through. Medium plus acidity, high slightly chalky tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium plus finish.
Can drink now but has potential for aging or further aging. (815 views) | | | Tasted by Brucie69 on 10/8/2022 & rated 91 points: Really solid middle aged Bordeaux. Not spectacular but very enjoyable.
Strong graphite, blackcurrant and leather on the nose.
The nose flows through to the palate. With plums joining the blackcurrant. And a touch of creaminess too. The fruit is still at the forefront but just lacking a little intensity while the tannic structure is still prominent.
I don’t see the tannins calming anytime soon whilst the fruit isn’t intense now so will fade moving forwards
An enjoyable drop and no need to drink up in the near term but I don’t see it as a long term keeper, as I think the fruit will fade before the tannins resolve. So I
would guess best drink in the next 5 years or so. (2524 views) | | | Tasted by randyjc on 10/2/2022 & rated 91 points: Last time I had this was 18 months ago. I expected some development but there is none. Nose is quite muted, even after 3 hour decant. Alcohol and a reticent Bordeaux nose. Smooth and somewhat lush mouth feel but, again, alcohol is the forefront. Tastes remarkably primary for a wine that’s 16 years old. Pauillac is, of course, pretty austere but this wins a prize. Fruit is repressed, but what is there is blackberry and black raspberry. New leather, earth and rocks. I wish I had been more patient with the bottles I have and was drinking this at age 25 because that’s when I think it’s going to shine. Just not today. (2633 views) | | | Tasted by CabIsKing on 9/11/2022 & rated 91 points: Definitely showing it’s age of old world, classic Bordeaux notes. I would say drink sooner than later. (2501 views) | | | Tasted by MrBrege on 7/20/2022 & rated 94 points: I always thought that this (and most other 2006s) were angular and not at all charming. Having not tried this since 2018 I decided to serve it with burgers when having a few friends over (who was going to complain in that setting?). But it was terrific now, smooth without being too sweet, almost a classic Bordeaux. Now I wish I still had the rest of my bottles left. (2989 views) | | | Tasted by PaulHig on 6/19/2022 & rated 94 points: 2 hour decant, nice rich and broad fruited Pauillac. More generous than the 06 Lynch tasted alongside. (2680 views) | | | Tasted by J'agnes on 6/2/2022 & rated 90 points: Good cork. Garnet colour with quite a distinct clear rim. Nose has a definite graphite/pencil. Very much blackcurrant lead on the palate - quite thin with a heavy tannin on the finish. Not unpleasant but no classic in the making - drink up I would say, (2363 views) | | | Tasted by Nick72wine on 4/19/2022 & rated 91 points: A very nice Pauillac from an average Vintage,aired-out for 6 hours, lots of creamy dark fruit on the nose, lead pencil, was a bit shut at first.
Went very well with braised lamb Leg, still feel like this did not open up to it's full potential, the mouth is lovely with Cassis, leather and hints of tobacco, tannins are super well integrated , lacking a little wow factor and complexity ,the vintage could be reason here, nevertheless a fine wine with our meal and sure it still has another 5/10 years left in the tank. (2866 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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
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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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