Académie des Cinquante Tasting and Dinner with the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux
Restaurant Entrepot, Amsterdam, NL
Tasted Sunday, March 5, 2023 by Xavier Auerbach with 383 views
Introduction
An event to confirm and strengthen the ties between the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux and the Académie des Cinquante. The tasting was also attended by a good number of young Dutch sommeliers. All wines directly from the participating Châteaux.
2003 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. The warmth is noticeable, but the wine has not suffered, harmonious and generous, light structure, completely ready.
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2005 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Masculine and structured, well managed tannins, firm and covered in flesh, youthful but just on its plateau of maturity.
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2015 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Marvellous purity in the fruit expression, excellent balance, generous but very precise, beautiful oak integration, a stunning wine.
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2003 Château Lynch-Bages 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Hint of currants, the warmth is noticeable, firm tannins are a bit dry.
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2005 Château Lynch-Bages 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Still firm and youthful, quite firm extraction, tight and dry finish.
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2009 Château Lynch-Bages 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Fruit is rich and ripe but fresh, there is a lot of phenolic extraction but the balance and fruit are there. Needs time.
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2015 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Ripe and generous, velvety, tannins enveloped in flesh, lovely balance, deep and spicy.
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2010 Château Smith Haut Lafitte 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Ripe fruit, firm tannins, fresher style than 2015 but less accessible.
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2019 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Ripe and fresh, beautifully pure expression, mild pyrazines and subtly tropical fruit, barely visible oak provides grip on the finish.
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2015 Château Gazin Pomerol 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Walkaround tasting, brief note. This is a beautiful wine, clearly expressing its terroir and its vintage. Generous and elegant, with papery tannins and a lovely freshness, flowers, just starting to develop some truffly evolution.
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2010 Château Gazin Pomerol
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Corked.
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2005 Château Gazin Pomerol 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Firm but elegant, still youthful, lovely tertiary evolution, tannins need more time to resolve but they are ripe, long and flowing finish.
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2018 Château La Louvière 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Very successful in this warm vintage, ripe fruit and spices but hot jammy or baked at all, firm but velvety tannins, lovely freshness, marries weight and elegance, good substance on the finish.
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2013 Château Prieuré-Lichine 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Elegant, light on its feet, fully mature, well managed, precise wine making.
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2015 Château Prieuré-Lichine
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Corked
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2009 Château Prieuré-Lichine 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Powerful, spicy depth, velvety texture, firm but moderate extraction, had balance and freshness. Starting to drink well.
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2015 Château Corbin Michotte 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Walkaround tasting, brief note. The Cabernet-Sauvignon is noticeable, a little old fashioned, needs food.
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2006 Château Corbin Michotte 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Classic style, slightly dusty, mature but fresh and lively, well balanced.
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2010 Château Corbin Michotte 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Glossy fruit, dusty tannins, noticeable cs influence, nice balance, youthful, good length.
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2005 Château Léoville Barton 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Confirms recent impressions, is starting to mellow.
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2006 Château Léoville Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Sturdier tannins than the 2005 at the moment, good fruit and lovely precision.
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2016 Château Léoville Barton 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. A beautiful composition, everything in the right place.
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2006 Château Langoa Barton 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Very similar in style to the Léoville-Barton, perhaps not as complex.
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2009 Château Langoa Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Un régal. One of those rare wines that is charming in all stages of its life.
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2015 Château Langoa Barton 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Walkaround tasting, brief note. A cracking Langoa, generous and precise, serious and structured but accessible.
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2015 Château Chasse-Spleen 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Sturdy, slightly earthy, generous, harmonious and supple but serious and structured.
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2016 Château Chasse-Spleen 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Very similar to the 2015 but a bit more fresher and more floral, feels more energetic.
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2005 Château de Fargues 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Walkaround tasting, brief note. A real classic, pure and balanced, power and finesse.
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2009 Château de Fargues 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Very rich, tropical fruit, marvellous botrytis, acidity to match.
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2015 Château Phélan Ségur 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Solid, generous, nice and fleshy, oyster shells, ripe fruit, hint of evolution, good weight and length.
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2016 Château Haut-Bailly 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Fresh and elegant, silky texture, flowers and spices, hint of earth, perfect weight, long and flowing.
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2010 Château Giscours 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Fresh, spicy, marvellous freshness and energy, muscular but elegant, real drive and length.
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2015 Château Giscours 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Walkaround tasting, brief note. More generous than the 2010, power and elegance, impresses every time I taste it.
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2018 Domaine de Chevalier 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Very precise wine making here, ripe and sweet fruit but there is a sense of elegance too, very refined tannins.
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2009 Domaine de Chevalier 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. Classic Domaine de Chevalier, with more power and extraction than usual, but with fleshy fruit to match, and it does not lose its sense of elegance.
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2005 Domaine de Chevalier 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Walkaround tasting, brief note. A classically composed Chevalier, cassis and cedar, tobacco, firm tannins but with enough fruit to last the course. Early maturity.
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