Bordeaux and Bordeaux blends - A blind tasting

Wine Route Tel Aviv
Tasted Thursday, July 14, 2011 by madia with 910 views

Introduction

A very interesting blind tasting of Bordeaux wines and Bordeaux blends. The wines were tasted in pairs; in each flight one Bordeaux.
Conducted by Hilah; very good wines.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 2006 d'Arenberg The Galvo Garage 91 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale

    Tasted blind. Bright ruby color. Very alcoholic in the nose, with red fruits and chocolate. Good harmony, with lots of fruit in the palate too. Light to medium bodied, very good structure. Good backbone of acidity and soft tannins. Medium to long finish. I will never guess that this elegant wine is Australian!!

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  • 2006 Château Sociando-Mallet 86 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc

    Tasted blind.May be this bottle was spoiled.I really did'nt like the wine. Stinky nose, with mustiness and animality but with no fruit at all. Light to medium bodied, hollow and unbalanced. Soft tannins.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2006 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Tasted blind. Bright ruby color. Interesting and complex nose – red fruits, earth, coffee and chocolate. Medium bodied, good harmony, nice fruit in the palate too. Well balanced acidity and soft tannins. Very good.

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  • 2006 Montes Alpha M 92 Points

    Chile, Rapel Valley, Colchagua Valley

    Tasted blind. Bright purple. Peculiar nose with an excellent mix of fruit, earth and animality. Full bodied, good harmony and excellent balance, with well integrated acidity and strong but velvety tannins. Long finish. Excellent wine!

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Flight 3 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Magari 92 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    Tasted blind. Dark purple color. Nice nose of ripe/dark fruits with hints of chocolate. Full bodied and opulent. A lot of fruits in the palate too. Low acidity and soft tannins. Excellent (65$).

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  • 2007 Château Latour à Pomerol 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    Tasted blind. Clear ruby color. Earthy nose with red fruits. Red fruits in the palate too. Medium bodied, very soft tannins and low acidity.

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 2004 Famiglia Cotarella Lazio Montiano 93 Points

    Italy, Latium, Lazio

    Tasted blind. Dark and bright purple color. Very expressive and powerful nose, with both red and dark fruits, earth, hints of chocolate. Very nice fruit in the palate too. Full bodied and mouth filling, balanced acidity and very soft tannins. A nice bitterness in the palate and in the medium finish.
    This wine was the big surprise of the tasting!! (60$)

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  • 2004 Château Hosanna 94 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

    Tasted blind. Excellent! Elegant and complex. Red fruit, chocolate. Full bodied, round and elegant. Very sweet in the palate, Good acidity, soft tannins, perfect balance. Medium finish.
    The best of the tasting (143$)

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Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    Tasted blind. Opaque ruby color. Superb, expressive nose with ripe fruits, chocolate/coffee and mustiness. But in the mouth it was disappointing, with lack of balance – too much bitterness that takes over the other components. Medium to full bodied, medium acidity. Nice (130$).

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  • 2008 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove 92 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri

    Tasted blind. Bright ruby color. Exquisite, complex nose, with predominant ripe fruits and chocolate. Alcohol. Full bodied, high acidity, soft tannins. Good balance. Long finish, Excellent!! (78$)

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  • 2004 Château Léoville Barton 91 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien

    Tasted blind. A complex and hard to define nose. Ripe fruit, sweetness. Full bodied, with well integrated acidity and soft tannins.

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