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2013 Chateau La Vieille Cure
- Fronsac, France
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- Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 22 / 750ml
- Red - Savory and Classic
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Critic tasting note: "Licorice, mocha and black raspberries and oak are open and already easy to drink. This will be best in its youth. 87-89" - 88/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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2013 Bottle (750ml)
2013 Chateau la Vieilles Cure 750ml Fronsac Bordeaux France Red Dry Wine ^ANLV 0113 ^
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Chateau La Vieille Cure - Fronsac 2013, petits chateaux bordeaux
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Highlights
- From Fronsac, France
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 22 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Savory and Classic
- Bordeaux Blend Red
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Winery
Château La Vieille Cure is a well-regarded Bordeaux wine estate in the northeastern Fronsac appellation. Its grand vin and second wines are made principally from Merlot, blended with Cabernet Franc and small amounts of Caberne...
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Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Blend
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Merlot, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Vineyard Notes
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The clay-limestone soils and a third of Cabernets in the blend are no strangers to the success of this Fronsac.
- Producer Tasting Notes
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Alliance of concentration and precision, the nose deploys a beautiful expression of black fruits that the aging underlines with elegance. Powerful and unctuous on the palate, the wine gradually gives way to ripe and powerful tannins that stretch the finish. Beautiful aromatic expression until the end of the mouth.
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About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Lamb kreatopita Starter Course
- Meat in filo pastry
- Contains: lamb mince
- Greek
- Lamb leg with garlic Main Course
- Western
- Galician bone-in-ribeye Main Course
- Intense, creamy beef cooked with with red wine
- Western
- Steak and kidney pie Main Course
- Contains: beef steak, lamb kidneys, puff pastry
- British
2013 vintage
88 / 100
10 scores
95 - 100
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90 - 94
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85 - 89
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80 - 84
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75 - 79
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0 - 74
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When to drink: 2014 to 2023
2013 Vintage
Tasted: May 2014
Licorice, mocha and black raspberries and oak are open and already easy to drink. This will be best in its youth. 87-89
2013 Vintage
Tasted: Apr 2014
Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarter Wasserrand, rauchig-blättrig unterlegte Kirschenfrucht, tabakige Nuancen, feine erdige Noten. Mittlerer Körper, prominenter Säurebogen, salzig-mineralisch, spürbare Tannine im Abgang, kernig, verfügt über gewisses Entwicklungspotenzial.
2013 Vintage
Tasted: Apr 2014
Quite ripe nose of sweet dark berries, aniseed and spices. Medium weight, a bit restrained with elevated acidity, rigid tannin and medium length.
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Critics Score
Avg. Price (ex-tax)
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90 / 100
$ 39
2022
91 / 100
$ 40
2021
90 / 100
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2020
90 / 100
$ 34
2019
90 / 100
$ 36
2018
90 / 100
$ 36
2017
90 / 100
$ 35
2016
91 / 100
$ 44
2015
90 / 100
$ 46
2014
89 / 100
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2013
88 / 100
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2012
88 / 100
$ 42
2011
88 / 100
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2010
89 / 100
$ 51
2009
89 / 100
$ 50
2008
87 / 100
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2007
87 / 100
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2006
89 / 100
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2005
89 / 100
$ 80
2004
88 / 100
$ 24
2003
87 / 100
$ 70
2002
87 / 100
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2001
88 / 100
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2000
87 / 100
$ 30
1999
86 / 100
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1998
88 / 100
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1997
86 / 100
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1996
86 / 100
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1995
87 / 100
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1994
86 / 100
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1993
82 / 100
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1992
82 / 100
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1990
89 / 100
$ 50
1989
87 / 100
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1988
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$ 54
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2013 Vintage: Bordeaux Learn more
Vintage quality: Poor
Current condition: Ready to drink
The 2013 vintage was mostly a shoddy affair for Bordeaux.
A wet winter transitioned into an equally soggy spring delaying budburst; March also saw some grapes suffer from coulure. April remained wet with temperatures marginally improving over the course of the month, but...
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