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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by sempervinum on 12/20/2023 & rated 88 points: From Magnum stored in a perfect cellar. Mushrooms and forest floor. Some fruit left. Soft tannins. OK to drink but not a wine to look for. (223 views) | | | Tasted by olioli on 10/29/2021 & rated 93 points: Très beau vin malgré un millésime difficile.
Bordeaux-like nez+bouche.
Hypersouple, texture soyeuse, peu tannique, cuir fin, passablement long.
Ne fait pas ses 32 ans.
Personne n'a callé Italie.. (983 views) | | | Tasted by Winemaker227 on 6/5/2021 & rated 93 points: Tolle Nase, dunkle Beeren, Johannisbeere, präsente Tannine, vielschichtig und vollmundig im Geschmack. Kann noch liegen. (1078 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 12/9/2013 & rated 92 points: The GP's birthday; 17 special bottles: Beautiful bouquet with autumn impressions, fennel, tobacco and some pleasant barnyard. On the palate red berries, beautiful spiciness, a firm amount of (Italian) acidity and bitterness and lovely soft tannin. A very beautiful and luxurious wine. (4448 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 7/20/2013 & rated 93 points: Nyetimber Vertical + some Unexpected Gems (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): Sweet seduction - I was charmed by this wine. It had such a beautiful nose to begin with, almost dripping out of glass with sweet notes of ripe cherries and red berries, rich, even with an edge of candy, before they ceded way to deeper cassis aromas and then bits of herb and tobacco and a pat of earth - really nice stuff. It could almost have been a Bordeaux if not for that extra edge of sunny sweetness. Just lovely on the palate too – very round, ripe, but so wonderfully balanced and juicy, with mouthwatering flavours of sweet red berries, sunny cherries and cassis laced with delightful little notes of herb and spice. So very yummy, and so youthful too; this was practically glowing with a lovely verve and energy lent to it by lovely, supple acidity. It ended very suitably in a long, wonderfully integrated finish sprinkled with some warm spice and the lightest shades of tobacco and tea leaf. Wow. It may lack some of the complex nuance of a great Bordeaux at its age, but this was nevertheless beautiful stuff, already drinking well now, with its tannins having softened into a velvety robe, but this was still so youthful and lively that it could easily go one for decades yet. This was easily a match for both the excellent and far more expensive 1970 Lafite and 1979 Haut-Brion that we drank alongside. (6977 views) |
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Producer Location (Google Maps)Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.OrnellaiaIn 1994 something significant happened for Ornellaia and many of the highest quality wines from Bolgheri in Tuscany. After years of laboring under the humble 'Vino da Tavola' label, these wines were granted a new and unprecedented DOC which not only permitted, but mandated non-traditional Italian grapes. From the 1994 vintage on, Ornellaia has used the DOC Bolgheri Rosso Superiore. [TermOrnellaia (Read more about Ornellaia classification on CellarTracker)].
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