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Zachys Grands Crus de Bordeaux 2016
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Tasted Monday, January 21, 2019 by tomoem with 633 views
Flight 1 (17 Notes)
Flight 2 (7 Notes)
2016 Château Beauregard 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Round and vertically easy to like but.... hard to love. Found myself disliking on the second swirl. Cherry up front but quickly dissolves to the tannin and overall unbalanced.
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2016 Château Le Bon Pasteur 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
I love the use of new barrels and this is a shining example. With the velvety character of merlot this wine is doubly creamy textured on the palette with a biting tannin which tells me that this is built to age. Find some and put away.
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2016 Château La Cabanne 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Lacking the promised fruit, thus wine delivers a melancholy mix of blackberry, yeast and some apricot. The wine is thin, lacks depth but is hard to hate.
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2016 Château Clinet 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
A well produced Pomerol and one worth aging. Tonight this was simply opened too young. Loved the fruit and surprised given the tannin that it even emerged. Merlot dominated and hence a velvety texture bug oh that tannic presence.
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2016 Château Gazin Pomerol 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
I echo the notes of CT member La Cave d'Argent. The notes were spot on with my precepts.
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2016 Château La Pointe 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Weak watery and nothing like the other Pomerol's I have had. Hard to find fruit and even harder to find balance.
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2016 Château Rouget 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Once again I echo the notes of La Cave d'Argent. Spot on.
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Flight 3 (11 Notes)
2016 Château Brane-Cantenac 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Definetly soft, very round and a ready to drink Margaux. One of the better wines tonight from the Margaux region. This is mostly Cabernet 55% but also 40% merlot.
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2016 Château Rauzan-Gassies 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Not very desirable in mouth. This wine tastes of unripened fruit. Slightly sour and green.
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2016 Château Desmirail 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
More plum than most of the other Margaux wines. Thinner mouthfeel and also slightly more green and underdeveloped. Suffers from its place on the lineup. Followed a wonderful Cantenac Brown.
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2016 Château Giscours 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
The medium balanced and reserved Margaux wine. Just so hard to judge tonight. More present tannin than I would prefer but I get the long range design intention of the wine maker. Less silky and more harsh acidity again in the same vein of a well built wine.
I would rate this wine on the optimistic side of 91-92Post a Comment / 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Cantenac Brown 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Another great Margaux tonight. This one has 65% Cabernet. Soft like the Brane Cantenac yet slightly more aromatic with earth and slight amount of leather.
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2016 Château du Tertre 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
More modern and more forward than most other Margaux's tonight. Overall medium viscosity and medium body mouthfeel. Hard to hate and yet hard to really love. I suppose just ok but at these pricing levels it needs to be better.
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2016 Château Kirwan 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
More aromatic than in mouth pleasantries. Sort of over rated this year. Did not stand out. Round for sure but nothing in terms depth. Mostly cherry and slightly unripened at that.
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2016 Château Lascombes 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Again La Cave d'Argent nailed the notes. I echo his conclusions.
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2016 Château Marquis de Terme 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Well produced and easy drinking right now. Lovely fragrant fruits which are more present than most tonight. Not as tight tannin and approachable.
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2016 Château Rauzan-Ségla 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Wow this was the best of both worlds in the Margaux wine sampling tonight. It was balanced with tannins in check and a vivid acidity. Just felt young and yet ready to drink.
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2016 Château Prieuré-Lichine 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Hmmmm... I don't quite get a Margaux. Thin and a little more like a Medoc than I prefer. Some harshness to the mid-palette. Flatter finish
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Flight 4 (24 Notes)
2016 Château de Chantegrive Graves 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves
This did show well. Quite faulty and where do I start. Unbalanced and slightly watery mouthfeel. Perhaps some smokey fruit to it. Tight finish which needs more time.
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2016 Château de Chantegrive Blanc 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves
Refreshing and light given that this followed 2 dozen red wines tonight. Not quite in the category of the other wines so this was another victim of being tasted in the wrong order. That said I get a semillion dominated wine with a mouthfeel which is lacking minerality.
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2016 Château Bouscaut 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Light bodied in mouth. Hard to find fruit and generally a "just ok" wine.
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2016 Château Bouscaut Blanc 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Wonderful white with an expressive floral nose. In mouth pineapple, some honey and just the right amount of creamy texture.
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2016 Château Carbonnieux Blanc 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Lemon driven and mineral finish. Seems very restrained and perhaps just needs more decanting or perhaps bottle time. Too young to make vivid notes. Sorry but I think this wine is bette than my notes tonight.
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2016 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
I loved this wine. I love the story in speaking with the wine rep and I was most impressed with the viscous fruit driven and modern wine that this was.
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2016 Domaine de Chevalier 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Just ok given the remarkable lineup. Reserved and quite tannic. Hard to sense the fruit or even the acidity. I much preferred the white.
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2016 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
So this was tasted near the end of the evening of a spectacluar array of 16's. I found it open and definitely wood has influenced the tasting. That said it has been almost 2 hours so air maybe has helped.
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2016 Château de Fieuzal 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Nothing really jumped out. Certainly some earthy character but oh that tannin finish. I could not get the nuances that distinguish this wine. I believe it has the goods to age but I simply am not convinced that the flavors are there to improve. Tough lineup and this probably suffered to the order of consumption.
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2016 Château de Fieuzal Blanc 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A more creamy texture than I expected. It's ok but not great.
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2016 Château Haut-Bailly 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Wow is this closed right now. Hard to find any fruit but the mulitple non fruit background flavors I find tells me this is a worthy wine. There is an earthy character with some lead pencil presence. I sense cedarwood and tobacco leaf. Hard to really score but I believe this is a winner.
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2016 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Nothing great. In fact I think that given tonight's line up this wine represented one of the least expensive wines which places this on a higher QPR status. Still not my style.
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2016 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion Blanc 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A respectable showing with balance. Nothing particularly special but not bad. Semillion really does balance the SB moreso in this wines than others tonight.
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2016 Château Latour-Martillac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
I did not find this special but did find it enjoyable. Fruits were more present than most tonight which made this wine not entirely unlikable. Black cherry dominated with a balanced character and approachable right now.
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2016 Château Latour-Martillac Blanc 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A mineral driven and mostly SB white. Lemon dominates the palette with a soft mid palette. Well produced and enjoyable now. Not likely to improve
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2016 Château Malartic-Lagravière 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A large spice driven and black fruit oriented wine. Actually lovely and balanced too. The best Passac-Leognan so far tonight. That is .... so far.
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2016 Château Pape Clément 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A reserved and ready to age beauty. Medium bodied but with tannins that are simply too large to explain. Yet the fruit is present and is surrounded by earthy characters like tobacco leaf, a small amount of vegetable and asphalt.
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2016 Château Pape Clément Blanc 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A big let down. I had this just after the pape Clement red. This was immediately enjoyable but so flat and so much of a let down. Small amounts of lemon fruit, some wood in the mid palette but mostly a ,ore acidic expression than I desired. I would say that this is ageable and worth trying again in 5 years.
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2016 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A big wine and worthy of aging. Large viscous mouthfeel with flavors of tobacco with a presence of berry and also dark cherry. The best of the Passac-Leognan tonight.
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2016 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
The white Passac-Leognan WOTN. Near perfect. Balanced acidity, balanced fruit. Just when I thought the creamy fruity semillion dominated I got mineral notes of lemon and citrus and was reminded that the SB is present as well. So much complexity and depth.
I would say that this competes well with an Haut Brion Blanc at a fraction f the price. Bravo !!!!!Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Olivier 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
An elegant but this red. I would add balanced but lacking depth.
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2016 Château Olivier Blanc 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Perhaps too young but I found this closed and unbalanced. Dominated by sharp minerlality and lacking fruit.
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2016 Château de France 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Mediocre and blahhh. Closed, unbalanced and perhaps needing time. Tonight this did not show well but then again ....tough setting given the great 16' s present
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2016 Château de France Blanc 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
I have this at 80% SB and 20% semillion. That said I found this as a blah wine. Hard to find fruit and harder to find ageable qualities.
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Flight 5 (9 Notes)
2016 Château Lynch-Bages 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
This was the number 2 wine among the Pauillac's tonight for me.
Wonderful and just filled with potential. Fell short of the great Pichon Lalande but still a close second.
Earthy, and filled with herbal notes. On the palette it's tobacco leaf, slightly rotted blueberry, and just so sweet. Can't imagine how this wine is in five years.Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
One of the great wines tonight and in a great class. You can sense the quality differences with lead pencil shavings, cassis, and slightly rotted mulberry fruit. So sweet and approachable right now.
The Pauillac's dominated tonight. Among the Pauillac wines this was #3 tonight.Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Clerc Milon 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
One of my fav's tonight. The wine is just so approachable and ready to open tonight. I am sure that the rep of the wine tonight at the UGS event did not properly give this wine the time it needed. That said it drank fabulously but not to its potential.
I found restrained blackberry, some black cherry, certainly Cassis but it also had a finish of tobacco leaf. One of the great left bank wines.Read 1 Comment / Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 97 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
The best of the Pauillac wines tonight and among the best of the vintage for Bordeaux. This one has lead pencil shavings, strong aromatics of cassis and blackberry fruit. Just so balanced despite the slightly closed initial impression of tannins. Why open these so young .... I say.
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2016 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
This was a definetly strange wine. Do they not pick out the grapes with fungus on them ? Pains me to give this score as the wine seems better.
There was evidence of fruit on the palette. Mostly cherry, a hint of overripened strawberry, and also unripened plum.
Acidic both in the mid palette and on the finish.Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
One of those wow wines. I scratched my head at not having had this beauty before. It followed the poor showing of Puy Ducasse.
This one had classic Pauillac flavors. Left bank lead pencil shavings, blackberry fruit and earth. Loved it and would highly recommend putting this away for the next decade.Post a Comment / 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Croizet-Bages 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Just ok
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2016 Château Croizet-Bages 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Nothing standing out here. A bit unbalanced and acidic. For a pauillac I would say that the wine is below par.
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2016 Château d'Armailhac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
I have loved ch. d'armailhac's for years. This one is no different but also nothing more special. This one is bing cherry, some lead pencil, a floral sense and certainly an earthy quality which I have come to expect from these wines, but it lacks that expected special 16' vintage difference.
I suppose it is fair to say that the wine is below expectations. It is just so young and so unfair to judge.Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
Flight 6 (11 Notes)
2016 Château Fonréaud 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
A really sunstandard wine given the lineup tonight. Yes it's under $20 but it is still overpriced. Wine was so closed it's not funny. The wine rep should really prep the bottles or open them at least a couple of hours ahead.
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2016 Château Maucaillou 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Way way too closed. Why serve this in this company. I am sure this wine is better than tonight's showing. I sensed fruit but oh those tannins !!
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2016 Château Poujeaux 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Dense and chewy but closed and difficult to judge. I got some chocolate or is that cocoa ? I believe this wine would benefit from age. It seems the wares are there to benefit from some bottle age.
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2016 Château de Camensac 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Good for a Haut Medoc. Not neccesarily my style but here goes. Sort of this (lacking viscosity) but packed with berry, some earthy notes, and a finish of chocolate. Still this needs time and is not ready.
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2016 Château Belgrave 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Fruit forward and modern style. Pricey for what it is delivering but I liked it.
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2016 Château Cantemerle 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
A great wine and ..... year after year Cantemerle achieves ! Don't expect blockbuster but try this and then try to locate fault. Great structure with hints of tobacco, bright berry fruit, and some tannic backbone.
This wine could very well be the best value on the night.Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Citran 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Dominated by unripened plum and a sour acidic mouthfeel, the wine is undesirable and simply not worthy of the company it is keeping tonight.
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2016 Château Coufran 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Totally closed and makes me wonder ....why serve this tonight in this company ? Mostly unripened and sour fruit. Could perhaps improve but I am not here to judge this tonight.
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2016 Château La Lagune 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
A great example of Haut Medoc. Simply one of the best given the cost versus the quality. I think that I will let my notes mimic those of CT member Purple Tooth. Those notes are spot on with my thoughts on the wine.
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2016 Château La Tour Carnet 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Undrinkable and totally shut down. I ask you at what point is an overly tannic wine to be enjoyed ?
The fruit on this wine simply can't be found. Unjudgeable !!! Why open these tannic beasts in the company of the wines tonight ?Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Beaumont 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Nothing that deserves to be in the company of the wine tonight. Rough and closed wine. Tannin and acidity are totally unbalanced. Quite unripened picked fruit.
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Flight 7 (9 Notes)
2016 Château Talbot 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Lighter both in mouthfeel and in flavor. A just ok St Julien.
I was told that this is 68% Cabernet 28% merlot and 4% petit Verdot.
Unfortunate victem to the tasting order. Followed the fabulous Leoville Poyferre.Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Gruaud Larose 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
A well produced and more delicate Saint Julien than I was expecting. Good balance immediately out of the bottle. In the finish the wine closes to all tannin. I suspect the wine will need some time. I was told it was Produced with 61% cabernet and 29% merlot 7% Cab Franc and 3% petit Verdot.
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2016 Château Léoville Poyferré 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
The real deal. I can sense this today and can sense the bones of improvement going forward. The St Julien wine of the night. Berries graphite, some tobacco leaf.
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2016 Château Léoville Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
So difficult to judge. Tannic and closed. I spent 2 minutes swirling and tasting. I get a tremendous potential wine here. Has all of the tools in place. Great acidity, mild fruits, tannins, viscosity but just to young for me to state that this is a 95 plus wine.
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2016 Château Langoa Barton 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
An elegant and mid bodied wine. Classic St Julien but not quite the wine I prefer. Frankly a step sister to the wineries main Leoville Barton.
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2016 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Just so young and yet so powerful today. Built with a strong tannic presence. Today it seems elegant but powerful. Was told 67% Cabernet. 28% merlot 5% petit Verdot and 60% new wood.
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2016 Château Beychevelle 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Just so reserved and yet slightly smooth in mouth. This wine is better than most notes. It is reserved and quite melancholy. It has a fruit presence and yet loaded with asphalt in the nose and gaphite on the palette. I get a mulberry fruit and some vegetable at the mid palette. The best of the St. julien tonight
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2016 Château Branaire-Ducru 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
There is a tremendous difference in this wine from the one that preceded it. This one is more full bodied. On the palette there are violet and floral aromatics with a mouthfeel that is full and viscous. The mid palette reveals a tannin laiden core of blackberry fruit. Finish shows a restrained fruit driven modern wine which I do believe shows ageable characteristics. The problem here is the unbalanced combo. Could potentially be 92 +
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2016 Château Gloria 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Just so difficult to judge. Immediately closed and medium body mouthfeel. I recently opened an 05 and it was immediately nothing special. The next day it was signing with notes of tobacco, bkakcberry fruit and velvety mouthfeel.
That said I did not get the feeling that this wine would really fit that same improvement.Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
Flight 8 (4 Notes)
2016 Château Cos Labory 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
What a fabulous wine and likewise fabulous story for this Vineyard. I liked both tonight. The wine is way to young to judge and I don't know how they expect anyone to thoroughly do so. That said there are signs of a winner here. I sensed the melancholy in the wine from the 50% new oak barrels. It is mouth coating, (yes really dry) .... but quite complex with tobacco leaf and earth.
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2016 Château Phélan Ségur 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Such a high expectation from me for this tonight. That said, it delivered but barely delivered. The vintage is just ok here. As expected great structure but .... OH THOSE TANNINS !!!! How can we judge this tonight?
Similar to 15' but it fails to show the ripened fruits I was expecting. Yet it is in the finish that this wine excels. The finish is all tobacco and some asphalt. So dense and packed in that the fruit is simply not present.
So I expect that this would improve greatly. So for now 91+Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue
2016 Château Ormes de Pez 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Hard to believe this is in the tasting Tonight. I found this wine was a tad bit tannic and lacking any acidity. Why would it improve. Mediocre at best but also us offensive.
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2016 Château de Pez 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Lovely but so young to judge. Tremendous potential but if I am here to judge only acidity and tannin then this wine scores 95 for its potential, however for enjoyment and presence today...... it is a 85.
To be clear That means it is .... not enjoyable. I will give this wine a high mark of splitting the difference at 90.Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue
Flight 9 (2 Notes)
2016 Château Bastor-Lamontagne 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Fresh lemon aromas give way to a sweet Orange flavored juice. Really nice right now.
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2016 Château Doisy-Daëne 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
To me this tied for the top wine among the Sauternes. Mango flavors, tropical flavors, viscous juice.
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2016 Château Balestard La Tonnelle 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Brief tasting but not particularly exciting. Well rounded aromatics of black fruits but dried mouthfeel and impossible to discern finish. Way to young to taste (I hope !) but for now not deserving of any significant scoring.
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2016 Château Cap de Mourlin 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
While brief in tasting I simply did not get worthiness. Pricey for the quality. Dried earth, surrounding muted red fruits. Unpleasant and perhaps simply too young to be tasting. I remain hopeful that this achieves its potential but .... I doubt this wine gets there.
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2016 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I really liked this. Much more ready to drink compared to other Saint Emilion tonight's and certainly pleasant (even though the age). In mouth it is viscous, rich and certainly modern. I expect that this wine will even improve !
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2016 Château Canon 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
The WOTN along with the 16' Pichon Lalande. This is black fruit laden up front with a viscous mouthfeel and quite closed finish. This formula is totally a winner (however) and this needs 10 years to show. Find and store.
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2016 Château Canon-la-Gaffelière 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Not quite the 15' but clearly a great wine. Certainly this requires patience but the style here is one I like (and that is coming from a Napa Cab guy).
There are black cherry fruits, some boysenberry fruit sourness but overall fresh sweet fruits. Wonderful finish which is no where near as closed as others tonight.
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2016 Château La Dominique 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I cannot better the notes of CT member Jefe Leve. His notes mirror mine.
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2016 Clos Fourtet 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Fabulous wine. Forward, visocous, and dry. Worthy of holding for 10+ years. Now it is slightly closed but contains all of the wares of a great wine.
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2016 Château La Couspaude 86 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Nothing near what I like in a wine and certainly not at this price. Unbalanced.... and I say this knowing that it is a young Bordeaux. I don't see the stuff that guys will improve.
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2016 Château Dassault 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I am neutral to this one. Frankly I have never had a Dassault. Seems like a value oriented wine with some earthy quality. This and not as viscous as I would have expected but the presence of dark cherry and prune counters my impressions and makes me scratch my head about this wine.
I think that this is a sleeper tonight amidst a grouping of simply great wines.
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2016 Château Franc-Mayne 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Medium body wine, slightly this in mouth and a little unbalanced. I assume that the wine would improve given its acidity and tannic structure but tonight it seems unbalanced and .... unpleasant.
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2016 Château La Gaffelière 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Quite fruit forward for a left bank and worthy of attention. Viscous, black fruit driven mouthfeel and a worthy contender for the WOTN. Falls short whe the finish is acidity driven and closed. Still a fabulous and ageworthy wine
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2016 Château Grand Mayne 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I agree totally wit the notes of CT member PanosKakaviatos his notes are spot on I cannot improve them.
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2016 Château Larcis Ducasse 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I found this wine challenging but with potential. Fruits are closed up front but seem to me that they might be present in the background. I beleive that this wine is simply to young to judge but I am faced with judging it. I am going on the limb and saying that I found a 90 point here.
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2016 Château Pavie Macquin 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
A well produced and balanced wine. I get a black cherry dominated wine which is drinking so well right now. High expectations here
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2016 Château La Tour Figeac 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
I get a bright slightly acidic driven start to the wine with a light to mid bodied mouthfeel. The finish is awesome as the fruit becomes slightly more evident. This was is just ok among the company it is keeping tonight. Unfortunately following a Pavie Macquin.
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2016 Château Valandraud 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Fabulous, fruit driven forward and in my humble opinion more new world than old world. I loved it. Finish is blackberry and quite viscous. Totally balanced
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2016 Château Saint-Pierre St. Émilion Grand Cru 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Notes of vegetable, cassis, some tobacco and an overall pleasing mouthfeel. Quite tannic tonight but it seems to have the wares to improve
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