En Primeur campaign for the 2024 vintage Day one
Ulysse Cazabonne
Tasted Sunday, April 13, 2025 by chatters with 271 views
Introduction
I was extremely lucky to get the opportunity to attend the huge En Primeur tasting at Ulysse Cazabonne as well as being looked after by the charming Jean de Lassee.
After the reported challenges of the vintage I was excited to be able to experience a deep dive into the vintage. Just a quick note; the wines were pretty much served at cellar temperature - so more 17 C which may have impacted the tasting slightly; pushing the tannins.
Flight 1 - En Primeur tasting (148 Notes)
Fronsac - struggling for ripeness and generosity; more reminiscent of 2013 than 2021
St Emilion - Lean, lacking in generosity and characteristic breadth, a few exceptions but best avoided unless operating at the top end or really cherry-picking at the lower end. Worth noting that lots of these had an underlying herbaceous quality.
Pomerol & Lalande de Pomerol - Again a lack of breadth but more fruit generosity here - both black and red - and a homogeneity across some wines though there were some poor showings as well. This was the first bracket that provided any promise but we're ascending the heights of 2021 rather than anything beyond that. Less herbaceous and green than the St Emilion
Pessac-Léognan and Graves - Darker fruit nose but red fruit palate, a little more balance though judicious choice required. Again, the greenness was present here as well though less intrusive. Some producers went with far lower extraction and this certainly helped in the attempt to avoid those green tannins and the slightly sharp acidity; not sure if all of these wines have fully got through Malo as well (this comment applies mostly to the left bank wines in general) though I can't believe that they haven't
Listrac, Moulis, Haut-Médoc - a tough vintage for those AOCs; the best show some dark hued fruit but all show plenty of methoxypyrazine and herbaceous notes. The worked wines all had hard green tannins and there was an overabundance of acidity (see malo comment)
Margaux - like Pomerol on the right bank there was a little more homogeneity here and, pleasingly, generosity and balance. Promising, some darker and red hued fruits in the ascendancy and nicely handled. Oak managed well in some cases, less obviously herbaceous
St Julien - Approach with caution, the most variable, plenty of green notes, the lesser of the four based on today's tasting - more akin to what was happening in St Emilion. This is usually my happy hunting ground with lots of producers who I depend upon and enjoy but this was hard work. I'm sad to say I didn't try anything that I could recommend from this village today
Pauillac - Fruit present but all with a sizeable green underpin which is, fortunately, restricted to the hardness of the tannins. Random promise here but not as good as Margaux.
St-Estèphe - dark hued fruits married to rustic tannins with a green underpin was the order of the day. Some wines were leaning into those tough tannins (Lillian Ladouys & Lafon Rochet)
Flight 2 - Lunch (7 Notes)
a positive feast of wine with magnums, imperials, double magnums a plenty...wonderful
Flight 3 - Supper (1 Note)
After I got home I popped to the local monoprix and picked up some protein to have for supper with this rather charming wine
Closing
Well, that was a lot of fun. As was the lunch full of double magnums. And the cheeky 96 for supper
2024 Château Joanin Bécot
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
Raspberry jam with a savoury underpin, a little cedar, sweet spice and a slightly rubbery note. More of the same on the palate, slightly bitter with nominal tannins on the finish, simple.
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2024 Château Marjosse
France, Bordeaux
medium minus intensity aromas of earth, muted red and black plums, slight red liquorice. Tart and hard with drying grippy tannins that have a green note on the palate. Nah
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2024 Château Montlandrie
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
medium minus intensity aromas of baking spice, non delineated back fruits, touch of fruit tea. In the mouth it's slightly tart with biscuit, a chalky rasp on the mid palate, slight cedar, a touch dilute though. Simple.
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2024 Château Puygueraud
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Francs Côtes de Bordeaux
Brambles, slight blood, a little earthy note, blackcurrant, cedar. Tart and quite hard on the palate, fruit tea, finishes bitter - nice nose but palate not so good.
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2024 Château Dalem
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Fronsac
Red liquorice and plum, muddy clay notes, touch of baking spice. Sour red fruits on the palate, lean, tannins are silk but drying, surprisingly front to back of the palate; linear; lacks breadth.
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2024 Château La Vieille Cure
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Fronsac
Herbaceous, pyrazine, lactic notes, muted non delineated red hued fruit. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, hard, tart, blocky, all of the fruit is at the front of the palate, no length.
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2024 Château de la Dauphine Fronsac
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Fronsac
medium minus intensity aromas of pyrazine, slightly ashy notes, red hued fruit. In the mouth it's tart, green, pretty rough stuff.
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2024 Château La Gaffelière Clos La Gaffeliere
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Red over black plums, touch of fruit tea, herbal notes. Simple nose. Wetly juicy with a black tea tannic rasp, muted fruit <shrugs>
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2024 Château Bellefont-Belcier
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Savoury dark fruits, graphite, a little pencil shavings and white pepper. Sour and bitter on the palate, tannins are drying, woody but also quite green and hard. Lacks generosity.
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2024 Château Corbin Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Black hued fruits show a little berry and plum, earthy minerality, fruit tea with a touch of pot pourri. Fruit more red hued on the palate but still with some darker notes, a little red liquorice, coarse flour textured tannins persist, balanced. Okay.
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2024 Château Daugay
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Freshly tilled earth, a little red and blue fruit behind this accompanied by sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy plentiful tannic burr, a tiny jubey note to the fruit, finishes slightly bitter.
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2024 Château La Dominique
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
medium minus intensity aromas of non delineated blue fruits, touch of cedar, sweet spice, slightly unripe green notes here as well, some wet earth. Tart and hard on the palate, grainy tannins, fruit tea. Meh.
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2024 Château Fleur Cardinale
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
jubey red berry fruit with a little plummy underpin, sweet spice, fresh earth, an almost oyster shell minerality. Nice nose. Juicy, fleshy, woody tannins lend oaky tones to the palate though the fruit persist. Okay to nice.
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2024 Château Fombrauge
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
red fruits with a savoury green underpin, plenty of oak spice and a little caramel. In the mouth there is an initial splash of tart red fruits; red currant; rhubarb, silky tannins. Quite short though. Hmm
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2024 Château La Gaffelière
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Black over red plums, baking spice, touch of fruit tea. Juicy, slightly tart with a little green underpin to the fruit, cedar notes, powdery tannins persist long. Lacks breadth.
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2024 Château Grand Corbin-Despagne
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Slightly smoky black plums, earthy notes, red berry fruit hovers in the background with spiced nots. Fruit and fresh on the palate, silky tannins, just the right side of dilute, simple. nice.
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2024 Château Haut-Brisson
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Herbaceous and green, muted fruit and cedar dwell behind these verdant elements. Palate reflection of the nose with grainy green tannins. Oh dear.
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2024 Château Laroque Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Almost a little wood glue note, baking spice, touch of clay, red hued fruits shows raspberry, cherry almost. In the mouth it's a sour red fruit cordial with a little too much water, silky tannins. Meh.
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2024 Château Laroze
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Whole berry fruit lozenge notes initially, a little savoury underpin and baking spice show with time. Dilute on the palate, fruit is muted, tannins are a silky burr, all persist. Lightweight. Hmm to Okayish.
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2024 Château Mangot
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Herbaceous black fruits and fruit tea, cedar, an odd burnt jam note here as well (?) Tart, green and hard on the palate, woody tannins are drying. Crikey.
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2024 Château Puy-Blanquet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Pretty brambly fruit, polished oak both lay over slight fresh herbaceous notes. Wetly dilute on the palate with green acid and tannins, nominal fruit. Not very nice.
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2024 Saintayme
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Green almost hoppy notes, biscuit, earthy spices, non delineated red over black fruits are in the background. In the mouth the fruit is more forward, pretty with a little lozenge quality, silky burr from the tannins. Simple and pleasant but a bit on the short side.
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2024 Château Sansonnet Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Oof! Bretty horse slurry, quite farmyard on the nose and that translate to the slightly sour palate. Has to be a FLAW
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2024 Château de Set
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
medium minus intensity aromas of red liquorice tea, a little sweet spice but it is all very dialled back. On the palate it's equally dialled down and dilute, a little sour red hued fruit <shrugs>
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2024 Château Tour Saint-Christophe
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Pencil shavings, graphite, red hued fruits, touches of wet earth with herbaceous notes. Tart with hard grippy tannins that dry out the mid palate, structure too much for the fruit and other flavours.
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2024 Château Villemaurine
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
medium minus intensity aromas of fresh mud, baking spice, a little dilute brambly fruit, Sharply tart on the palate; searing acidity to the detriment of everything else. Ugh.
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2024 Château Beauregard
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Fresh plums, sweet spice, a little tarragon. Juicy, fleshy, lacks breadth but not skinny, silky tannins persist. Simple, balanced, nice.
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2024 Clos René
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
black plums, biscuit, caramel, slight roasted coffee, sweet spice. Plenty of drying woody grip, fruit strays to the red hued on the palate with a touch of red string liquorice here as well. Hmm.
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2024 Château Feytit Clinet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Black plums with a little blackcurrant and red berry in support. Baking spice and cedar completes the nose. Juicy, fleshy, savoury underpin to the dark hued fruits, oaky tannins are drying but in check. Balanced. Nice.
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2024 Château Gazin Pomerol
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Clay, red over blue fruit; raspberry, blueberry, a little purple plum behind this, dialled back oak offers a little dusty spice. Slightly tart and green on the palate, tannins are a touch hard, fruit a little drawn back from the structure, touch of non intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish. out of whack.
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2024 Château La Chenade
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
Fruit tea, touch of red berry lozenge. Sweet spice, berry and cherry in support. Juicy red over black fruit has a touch of green underpin, tannins are powdery, drying and tight. Hmm.
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2024 Château La Pointe
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Graphite, earthy notes, sweet spices, cedar, a little fruit tea and muted black fruits play behind this. It's a bit green flavoured on the palate, fruit a touch lost, talc textured tannins are persistent. Pity.
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2024 Château les Cruzelles
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
Cream, black plums, sweet oak spice; polished nose. It's s quite oak driven on the palate; fruit plays second fiddle here, tannic rasp dries things out. Hmm.
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2024 Château Petit Village
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Herbaceous and green, muted non delineated fruit behind this, a touch of wet clay. Hard, tart and quite unpleasant on the palate. Nah.
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2024 Château de Sales
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
medium minus intensity aromas of red hued fruits, fruit tea, slight star anise, a kind of stalky greenness here as well. Hard and bitter on the palate, tannins are drying and grainy. Lacks generosity.
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2024 Château Branon
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Graphite, muted black and red currant, earthy, cedar, muted sweet spice. Green and tart on the palate, touches of raspberry behind this, grainy tannins are a little green. Meh.
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2024 Château Brown
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Brambles, blackcurrant, pencil shavings, pyrazine, a little cream and cedar, earthy notes. A little more generosity on the palate than the Branon but still more red than black fruits, silky tannins. Quite simple after the nose. Hmm.
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2024 Château Carbonnieux
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
medium minus intensity aromas of freshly tilled earth, red over black fruits. With time a little fruit lozenge note and some herbaceous underpin. In the mouth it's juicy with slightly hard red hued fruits and plenty of drying, slightly woody and coarse tannic burr, finishes with a quite savoury quality. Hmm.
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2024 Château Couhins
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Herbaceous, touch of wild ferment funkiness here (surely not), meaty with touches of berried fruit but all quite savoury. In the mouth it's quite bitter, savoury and unpleasant. Nah.
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2024 Domaine de Chevalier L'Esprit de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Perfumed and pretty aromas are positively delicate, red over black berry fruit, touches of fruit lozenges, pinch of sweet spice. It's quite dilute on the palate tangy, oak flavours more noticeable on the palate but the tannins are quite silky. S'okay.
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2024 Domaine de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Biscuit, toast, muted black fruits, sweet spice, slight cedar, herbaceous underpin. On the palate it's quite hard and foursquare; closed down, fruit is muted though the tannins are silky and integrated. Damn.
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2024 Château de Fieuzal
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
medium minus intensity aromas of non delineated black fruits, slight cedar, a little lactic creamy note. And the palate is a reflection f the nose, fruit forward, silky tannins are cedary, balanced. Simple but good.
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2024 Château Haut-Bergey
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Brambly black hued fruits, sweet oak spice, cedar, very slightly herbaceous underpin. Fresh, fleshy and juicy with a little sour edge that grows with time, chewy tannins lend cedar notes but are still quite silky, Time will help here (obviously) but shows a little promise.
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2024 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Medium minus intensity aromas of green capsicum, blue and red berry, a pinch of oak spice and cedar, fresh earthy notes. Juicy , slightly sour with those green capsicum notes on the palate as well joining the more red hued fruits, it's a touch hard on the finish with silky though drying tannins. Hmm.
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2024 Château Latour-Martillac
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Cedar, red fruit tea, clay/earth, muted brambles, plums and blackcurrant complete the nose. Juicy and fleshy with a little tough green hardness to the tannins, fruit is behind this. Slight non alcoholic warmth on the finish. Hmm.
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2024 Château Pape Clément
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
medium minus intensity aromas brambly black fruit, cedar, oaky sweet spices, slightly creamy notes. In the mouth it's red hued, slightly bitter with chewy tannins. Meh.
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2024 Château Smith Haut Lafitte
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Polished oak, cream, bramble and blackcurrant, slight black cherry and herbaceous underpin, cedar, earthy notes, wetly dilute, dark hued fruit, slightly blocky tannins, finishes quite fleshy. It's all right this. Nice.
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2024 Château Peyrat
France, Bordeaux, Graves
Ashy whole bunch territory (!?), super green and herbaceous with methoxypyrazine the master of the nose and palate, a little jubey red berry fruit is somewhere in the shrubbery.
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2024 Château Chasse-Spleen
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Pyrazine married to muted black fruits, sweet spice, a little dried woody note Quite tart on the palate, lean, green and mean. Nah.
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2024 Château Belgrave
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Low intensity aromas, a little roasted green capsicum, muted fruit, oak spice. Tough, tart, chewy tannins, lacks generosity and fruit.
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2024 Clos Manou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
Brambles over pyrazine, slight cedar, earthy, fresh grass. Chewy green tannins dominate the palate, a little sour fruit here as well.
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2024 Château Corconnac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
A touch of nettle, slightly jubey red fruits, cedar, fresh wet earth. Wetly dilute on the palate, drying tannins are silky but close the palate, a little red hued fruit behind this. Phew.
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2024 Château L' Eden
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
Methoxypyrazine is in charge of the nose with cedar, cream and black hued fruits its supporters. Palate is a reflection of this with quite hard and drying tannins that have a slight green undercurrent.
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2024 Château Beaumont
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Brambles over red berry fruit, touch of cream, slightly spiced notes. Juicy savoury, dilute fruit, slightly green tannins, Hmm
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2024 Château Fonréaud
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
Bramble and blueberry, sweet spice, cedar, a little biscuit and pencil shavings. It's a little less generous on the palate; grippy tannins are coarse and quite rustic, fruit lost but somewhere here. Hmm to okay.
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2024 Château Fourcas Hosten
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
Biscuit, fresh and slightly unripe blackcurrant, earthy notes. Chewy slightly green tannins, cedar, muted blackcurrant, simple but okay.
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2024 Château La Lagune
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Fresh cut wet grass, herbaceous a little bramble behind this, clay. Wet and dilute on the palate, earthy , clay, muted dark fruits, silky drying tannins are slightly green.
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2024 Château Lanessan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
medium minus intensity aromas of pyrazine, pencil shavings, non delineated red over black fruits, touch of spice. Juicy, fleshy, slightly green herbaceous notes that increase with time, tough tannins.
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2024 Château Larrivaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Unripe blackcurrant over red fruits; cranberry, red currant, sweet spice and cedar is controlled and in support joined by a little biscuit. On the palate the fruit tends to the red hued and has the associated sourness, tannins are grainy, tight and grooved, drying. a little palate fatiguing.
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2024 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Haut-Médoc Madame de Beaucaillou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Polished oak, creamy and buttery notes, brambly black fruits with a slightly meaty underpin. Promising nose. In the mouth, though, it's sour with super drying tannins that close down the palate completely. Good grief.
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2024 Château Martinho
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Listrac-Médoc
herbaceous notes, brambly fruit and wet earth vie for attention on the nose. The shrubbery wines the tussle. The palate is a reflection of this, tannins are tight but integrated (rather than dominant), sill on the green side but the one eyed man is king so this is okay.
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2024 Château Maucaillou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Blackcurrant and brambles, sweet spice, pyrazine. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, dilute fruit tends to the red hued, tannins are drying, silky textured, Hmm.
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2024 Château Mauvesin Barton
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Brambles and blackcurrant, fresh earth, sweet spice all with a savoury underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, cedar, green and touch, tannins are chewy, unyielding, lactic notes on the finish, lacks fruit. Meh.
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2024 Château Potensac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc
Cedar pyrazine, quite green notes, a little red over black fruit. Pyrazine on the palate as well, clumsy tannins, unwieldy. Sigh.
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2024 Château Poujeaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
A little blackcurrant, blackcurrant leaf, nettle, very slight violet, creamy notes, cedar. Slightly sour and green tannins with a touch of black hued fruit in the background and slightly leafy notes. Hmm
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2024 Château Sénéjac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Black fruits and fruit tea, sweet spice, touch of cedar. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, slight green with those black fruit and fruit tea notes, tannins are drying, grippy, finishes with a herbaceous note; almost dill and some chalky minerality. Bit of a stylistic departure enforced by the vintage? Hmm.
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2024 Château Sociando-Mallet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Blackcurrant, clay & earth, pyrazine, cedar, sweet spice, leafy notes. medium plus intensity acidity, slightly dilute, muted fruit shows red over black hues, talc textured tannins, Hmm to okay
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2024 Château La Tour Carnet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc
Brambles and blackcurrant, methoxypyrazine, cream, cedar. medium plus intensity acidity lean, green but only just, muted fruit, talc textured tannins Hmm.
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2024 Château Cantenac Brown
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Sweet spice, plum, blackcurrant, cedar, slight roasted green capsicum, toast. medium plus intensity acidity hard tannins, sour green, slightly bitter: Not very nice palate after the promising nose.
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2024 Château d'Issan Blason d'Issan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Muted black fruits, a little spice, herby. Simple nose. Juicy with more red hued fruit on the palate, silky tannins are a little grainy on the finish. Simple. Okay.
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2024 Château d'Issan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Cedar, non delineated red over black fruits, touch of spice, violet. Juicy, fleshy, a little green undertone to the red and black fruit tannins are tacky and slightly drying, persistent. Balanced. Nice.
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2024 Château Kirwan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
A touch of clay, cream, blackcurrant, oak spice, earthy underpin with a little green note. Juicy , fleshy, a sourness to the black currant, blackcurrant leaf, tannins are a touch hard and slightly green. Hmm.
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2024 Château Labégorce
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Blackcurrant and cassis, cedar, slight mint, sweet spice. medium plus intensity acidity but fleshy, green underpin to the tannins, fruit less well delineated on the palate. hmm.
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2024 Château Larruau Margaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Pyrazine and bramble vie for attention, earthy spices, greener than the previous Margaux wines I've tried today and this translates to the palate, coarse flour textured tannins, a little brambly fruit and spice as well. Meh
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2024 Château Lascombes
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
biscuit, pyrazine, brambles, sweet spice, savoury underpin. Oh, it's a little sour on the palate, drying tannins have a green underpin, finishes woody and drying Not very nice on this tasting.
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2024 Château Malescot St. Exupéry
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Brambles over blackcurrant, cedar, sweet spice, a little floral lift. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy, oak doing some lifting here, fruit is present but slightly lost behind the drying woody grippy tannins, there are some austere green notes here but better controlled that other wines here today.
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2024 Château Marquis d'Alesme
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Red and black fruits show plums, currants sweet spice. Sourly juicy; sour snakes, coarse grippy tannins are tight, quite red spectrum on the palate.
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2024 Château Marquis de Terme
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Raspberry, blackberry, slight blackcurrant and leafy notes, sweet spice and a little savoury, earthy underpin. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy, chewy tannins are integrated, fruit as per the nose. Nice
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2024 Château Monbrison
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
medium minus intensity aromas are slight anonymous showing red and black fruit; this is straying to the Medium Dry Red space, a little raspberry coulis with time lends a bit of interest. Juicy but with rather intensive drying and chewy tannins,; fruit is somewhat lost underneath this woody blanket.
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2024 Château Prieuré-Lichine
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
medium minus intensity aromas of muted black over red fruits, a little candied note, touches of sweet baking spice, opens with time to show some boiled black fruit notes. That lozenge quality translates to the palate with chalky drying tannins that close down the fruit, Quite pleasant and balanced though.
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2024 Château Rauzan-Gassies
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
medium minus intensity aromas of black hued fruits; sweet and savoury spice feel oak derived. Juicy, savoury, slightly green here, hard and tough. Meh
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2024 Château Siran
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
biscuit, slightly reductive notes, red berry fruit, baking spice, earthy underpin. Wetly juicy, dilute palate, slightly bitter and astringent tannic grip. Nah.
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2024 Château Tayac Margaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Cream, blackcurrant with dirty raspberry (if you can imagine such a thing), a little clay. In the mouth its juicy, straying to sour red fruits are accompanied by slightly shouty drying tannins, shrugs.
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2024 Château du Tertre
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Red over black fruits, sweet spice, a little cedar, very slight herbaceous notes. Sourly juicy on the palate, red hued fruits, drying chalky tannins, a bit of rinse and repeat for the lesser 2024 wines.
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2024 Château La Tour de Mons
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Cream, raspberry and slight strawberry, touch of brambles here as well as some cedary notes Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, red hued fruits are supported by plentiful powdery oak tannins.
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2024 Château Bellegrave (Pauillac)
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Herbaceous with blackcurrant, oak spice, cedar and slight red plums but all tinged with a smidge of greenness. In the mouth the wine has medium plus intensity acidity, green here as well, dilute, hard tannins are silky textured but, overall, out of whack.
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2024 Château Croizet-Bages
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Blackcurrant, earthy, fruit lozenge, pyrazine notes offer tinned peas, clay. medium plus intensity acidity plentiful woody grip coats the entire palate, a little red and black hued fruit persists past this. Hmm to okay
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2024 Château Pedesclaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Blackcurrant, cedar, herbaceous notes give a quite green quality to the nose. medium plus intensity acidity red hued fruits with a little blackcurrant in support, tannins are silky but drying. Hmm
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2024 Château Grand-Puy Ducasse
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
biscuit, brambles have a little sweet spice and toasted notes, cedar, plain chocolate. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, red and black fruits, powdery tannins close down the palate and prove a little hard and green.
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2024 Château Haut-Batailley
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
A little chocolate, sweet spice, wet clay, grass pyrazine, bramble fruit. Juicy, savoury lashings of woody tannins close the palate, fruit shows from behind this, it's a bit tough.
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2024 Château Lynch-Moussas
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Touches of fruit lozenge join brambles and black berry with plenty of oak spice in support, a little caramel note. It's initially fleshy and fruit on the plate before the slightly green and quite hard tannins close things down a little, flavours just about persist. Okay.
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2024 Château Haut-Marbuzet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Brambles, wild blackcurrant, green capsicum, slight asparagus, those green notes dominate the nose with time. In the mouth more of the same; fruit initially present then plentiful chalky and coarse tannins and more green notes take over.
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2024 Château Le Boscq Saint-Estèphe
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
brambly fruit but with a leafy underpin, biscuit notes feel oak derived, sweet spice. medium plus intensity acidity, dilute black fruits, tannins are coarse flour textured, persistent, fruit present . Balanced. Hmm to okay.
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2024 Château Lafon-Rochet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Medium minus intensity aromas of brambles and biscuit, slight plum, touch of cardboard (?), sweet spice and cedar, a little graphite. It's a touch bitter and hard on the palate, woody drying tannins, fruit dialled down.
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2024 Château Lilian Ladouys
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Herbaceous green nots initially, cedar and muted fruit behind this. Hard and green on the palate, lacks redemption based on this tasting. Tough and unyielding.
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2024 Château Meyney
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Clay, earthy, caramel, wood glue, sweet spice, herbaceous notes. Medium plus intensity acidity bbut quite oak water with no discernible fruit, perhaps the tiniest touch of brambles, Meh
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2024 Château Ormes de Pez
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Pretty jubey black hued fruits show currants and berries, oaky spice, medium plus intensity acidity, fruit translates to the palate accompanied by gum and cheek gripping tannic rasp. Okay.
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2024 Château Beychevelle
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Herbaceous with slightly unripe black fruits; brambles over currants and a little red berry underpin, cedar. More of the same on the palate, green and slightly unripe black fruits married to chewy tannins, austerity rules here. Shame.
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2024 Château du Glana
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Quite green and herbaceous, behind this a little fruit and a smidge of cedar. In the mouth it's tough and chewy, sour fruit and pretty awful. Nah.
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2024 Château Gloria
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Medium minus intensity aromas show a little black hued fruits; plums, fresh blackcurrant, brambles, but quite dialled back, sweet spice, earthy notes. Medium plus intensity acidity, touch and hard, chewy drying tannins close the palate down, fruit persists with a little peppery savoury note on the finish. Time and lots of it.
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2024 Château Léoville Barton
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
a little earthy blackcurrant, plum, herbaceous and creamy notes in support. It's dilute and slightly dried out and green on the palate. What a pity. Hope to get to taste this again and reappraise.
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2024 Château Langoa Barton
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Red and black fruits; plums, berry, sweet spice, simple nose but pleasant. Medium plus intensity acidity dilute but with a contrary bitter concentration. Odd. Hmm.
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2024 Château Saint-Pierre
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
medium minus intensity aromas black hued fruit, clay, a little plum, sweet spice, cedar. In the mouth it has Medium plus acidity but has a herbaceous green underpin with detracts and impacts the tannins. Nah
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2024 Château Teynac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Meaty and savoury, dark berry fruit, a little sweet spice. Meaty, savoury, slightly green underpin, talc textured tannins, simple. Hmm.
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2024 Château Rocheyron
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Soft red plums and berries, sweet spice, slight cedar, simple nose. Quite sour and unpleasant on the palate, bitter tannins and this finishes quite astringent. Nah
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2024 Château Boyd-Cantenac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Biscuit, a little asparagus note, pretty jubey red and blue berry fruits provide an interesting contrast, touch of oak spice. medium plus intensity acidity, quite bitter and hard on the palate, disappointingly so after the nice nose.
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2024 Château Pouget
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Medium minus intensity aromas of raspberry, slight sweet spice, quite dialled back nose. medium plus intensity acidity, super herbaceous on the palate, green and unpleasant, tough and woody.
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2024 Château Saint-Pierre (Pomerol)
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Red plums, cedar, slightly herbaceous underpin. Tight tannins, juicy , fleshy, slightly dilute, simple. Hmm.
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2024 Château Bellevue Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Biscuit, toasted oak, sweet spice, muted dark fruit shows as little plum and cherry. Juicy, fleshy, slightly bitter and tough, graining tannins. Meh.
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2024 Château Malartic-Lagravière
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Medium minus intensity aromas of herbaceous notes, a little muted non delineated fruit behind this, touch of sweet oak spice & wet earth. On the palate its slightly tart, green and unripe, muted fruit behind this, tannins are grippy and hard. Meh
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2024 Château Calon-Ségur
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Red hued fruit, a little sweet spice, green underpin, palate a reflection of the nose, quite lean, and tart and hard. Nah.
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2024 Château Vray Croix de Gay
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Earthy and herbaceous, spiced, a little red hued plummy fruit. Juicy, red plumb fruit, silky tannins, quite fleshy as well, pleasing. Okay.
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2024 Château Siaurac
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Lalande de Pomerol
Cream, plums, sweet spice, very slightly herbaceous notes, touch of slightly burnt wood. A little cola note on the palate slightly bitter tannins prove a touch coarse. Hmm.
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2024 Château Léoville Poyferré
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
A little biscuit, red and black fruit, sweet spice, meaty notes, green herbaceous notes, slightly green, tara and hard on the palate, dilute. Not for me.
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2024 Château Franc-Mayne
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
A little red over black plum with a touch of unripeness, sweet spice. medium plus intensity acidity has a slightly green underpin, fruits are equally red hued and slightly unripe here as well. The tannins prove quite tough and chewy. Meh
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2024 Château Rauzan-Ségla
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Red berry fruit, sweet spice, wet grass, cedar. Juicy, fleshy, tannins are a touch green and fairly hard, muted fruit, it's a bit on the tough side. Meh.
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2024 Château Berliquet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Red plums, rock candy, slight wet leaf, a little chalky minerality. In the mouth it's dilute and red hued, lean and lacking in generosity, chalky tannic rasp. Bah.
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2024 Château Clinet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Sweet oak spice dominates the nose, candied plum with a sprinkling of micro herbs and an almost ashy underpin, cream. More of the same on the palate, chalky tannins but fruit is present and it's quite rich, touch of non intrusive alcohol warmth and a hint of bitterness but overall quite nice
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2024 Château Brane-Cantenac Le Baron de Brane
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Plums over blackcurrant, sweet spice, cream, a little cedar, herbaceous underpin completes the nose. On the palate medium plus intensity acidity is slightly disguised by plentiful silky but green tannins that detract from the fruit. Time will help (obviously)
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2024 Château Brane-Cantenac
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Blackcurrant and blackcurrant leaf, plum, sweet spice, cedar, cream, medium plus intensity acidity, talc textured tannins, fruit persist, slight green underpin but balanced. Good
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2024 Château Canon
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Black plums, slight herbaceous underpin, sweet spice, cedar, clay. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly more red hued on the palate grippy tannins are quite silky textured, simple, balanced. Okay.
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2024 Château Clos de Sarpe Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Wood glue, unripe smelling plums, not quite right…and so it proves on the palate. Going with FLAW
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2024 Château Lagrange (St. Julien)
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Perfumed red and black fruit tiny touch of pyrazine, cedar, sweet spice. Lean, tight, red over black fruits, chewy tannins offer a chalky rasp, a little herbaceous on the finish. Hmm.
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2024 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste Lacoste Borie
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Touch of fruit cordial, a little sweet spice, plum, earthy, very slight herbaceous underpin. Hard, savoury, bitter, chewy tannins are too much, not enough fruit to support the structure.
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2024 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Polished oak, cream, black hued fruits offer plums, berry and currants. Savoury, tight and almost gravelly tannins are chewy, muted dark hued fruit, green notes less evident here. Hmm, nice.
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2024 Château Clinet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Went back to taste another bottle. Plums, earth, sweet spice, very slight herbaceous underpin. Juicy, savoury, plummy fruit, tight chewy tannins, simple. Tiny touch of bitterness, simple. Okay.
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2024 Château Branaire-Ducru
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Polished, creamy, black fruits, savoury meaty underpin. Oof! It's quite sour and unpleasant on the palate. Not very nice at all! Nah
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2024 Château Croix de Labrie
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
herbaceous, slightly stalky red hued fruit, sweet oak spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, muted red hued fruits, tight, chewy tannins are quite silky textured but grippy. All travels long. Hmm.
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2024 Château Giscours
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Cedar, sweet spice, savoury, meaty, chalky minerality. Juicy black fruit lozenge and coarse flour textured tannins with a slight green underpin. Interesting.
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2024 Château Phélan Ségur
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Plums, blackcurrant, sweet spice, a touch of pyrazine and red hued fruits in support. Lashings of grippy tannins up from on the palate, then a pleasant wave of fruit takes over, not all that green all things considered
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2024 Château Cos Labory
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Red and black fruit lozenge, cedar, sweet spice, polished oak. Medium plus intensity acidity, red over black fruit, black tea tannins are woody, drying and intrusive, fruit persist though. Hmm
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2024 Château Cos d'Estournel
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Plums, sweet spice, cream, grassy notes. Juicy, tight, chewy, grippy tannins, red hued fruits have a slightly green underpin. Simple. Shrugs.
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2024 Château Cos d'Estournel Bordeaux Les Pagodes de Cos Blanc
France, Bordeaux
Gooseberry under passion fruit, slight sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, fruit sweet, tangy with slight texture burr
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2024 Château Cos d'Estournel Bordeaux Blanc
France, Bordeaux
Slight candy floss notes, passion fruit, apple, candied tropical fruit; a little pineapple. Tangy, slightly tart on the palate with medium plus intensity acidity, oak spice, a bit out of whack at the moment but no doubt will harmonise with time.
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2024 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) Les Arums de Lagrange
France, Bordeaux
Passion fruit, unripe pineapple, slight sweet spice, and a little gooseberry. Tangy and slightly tart on the palate but very much in the fruit forward space.
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2024 Château du Tertre Tertre blanc
France, Bordeaux
Gooseberry, sweaty notes, herbaceous underpin. Juicy, tart but also fleshy, flavours translate from the nose. Quite compelling.
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2024 Château Fourcas Hosten Grand Vin Blanc de Bordeaux
France, Bordeaux
This is like a slightly dilute version of the Tertre, same fruit profile, same sweaty quality, charming nose but slightly dilute and bitter on the palate. Bah.
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2024 Château Latour-Martillac Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Gooseberry fool, touches of green gages, tiny touch of passion fruit and green apple. Acid is slightly sharp, grainy tannins but the fruit is as per the nose. Okay
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2024 Château Brown Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Mineral, gooseberry, passion fruit, slight tropical fruit; pineapple, even a little mango. Medium plus intensity acidity, touch of bitterness lends complexity rather than detracting, tangy, textured burr. Nice
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2024 Château Couhins Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Chalky minerality, gooseberry, touch of spice, cedar, slightly bitter and hard on the palate. Juicy acidity, quite green and mineral. Hmm.
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2024 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Apricot and orange marmalade, sweet oak spices, more of the same on the palate, glycerol fatness, super rich, concentrated, young but woof.
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2006 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou Croix de Beaucaillou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
blackcurrant, sweet spice, slight cedar, cream. Medium plus intensity acidity, tight, leathery and earthy . Bitter, dried out. Nah.
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2006 Château Brane-Cantenac Le Baron de Brane
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Biscuit, plums, brambles, sweet spice, slight lactic notes, earthy, simple nose. Earthy, savoury, tannins are a little green. Bit meh really
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2016 Domaine de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Red berry , blackcurrant, sweet spice, cedar. Juicy, a touch more bitter than I expected, slightly coarse tannins. I was expecting things to be better here. Bah.
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2015 Château Branaire-Ducru
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Meaty, savoury, gamey, quite forward for its age with muted black hued fruits and cedar. Juicy, fleshy, dark hued fruits, silky but drying tannins have a wet stone quality. Hmm.
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2022 Château Clos de Sarpe
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Ripe and rich red over black plums, sweet spice, slight candied notes, cedar. On the palate though it's a bit oaky and overdone, slightly burnt notes. Not very nice.
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2022 Château Croix de Labrie
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Plumy, pretty, earthy notes, touch of red fruit underpin. Pretty and clean. Juicy, tangy, fruit translates to the palate and is joined by slightly bitter tannins. Time to integrate still required here for me.
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2019 Château Berliquet
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Slightly meaty, plummy fruit, touch of sweet spice. Juicy, savoury but the fruits a little dried out, touch of oaky grip. Non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Hmm.
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