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jeudi 23 février 2012

THE BEST GRAVES WINES

Château d'ARDENNES

Château d'ARDENNES

(GRAVES)
François Dubrey

33720 Illats
Téléphone :05 56 62 53 80 et 06 08 99 27 95
Télécopie : 05 56 62 43 67
Email : contact@chateau-ardennes.com
Site : www.chateau-ardennes.com

Faithful to itself, red Graves 2008, resulting from vines treated without chemicals, charmer, marked well by his soil, is well scented, with complex notes where the spices and the humusprevail. The 2007, resulting from vines treated without chemicals, beautiful garnet-red robe, good base tannic, fleshy, supple and fleshy, with the nose prevailed by blackcurrant, leather and undergrowth. The 2006, rich color, is harmonious, with the nose of characteristic smallfruits red (prune, black cherry), dense and velvety, of complex mouth. Beautiful 2005, of beautiful color crimson, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, of fullbodied mouth, a robust, very traditional wine. The 2004, of full mouth, is full and silky, of a beautiful concentration but very delicate. Nice white Graves2008, combining powerfull and smoothness, with the nose of flowers and grapefruit, all in mouth.

Château D'ARRICAUD

Château D'ARRICAUD

(GRAVES)
Vignoble Bouyx

33720 Landiras
Téléphone :05 56 62 51 29
Télécopie : 05 56 62 41 47
Email : chateaudarricaud@wanadoo.fr

Excellent red Graves Prestige 2008, of beautiful robe intense, quite robust, well-balanced, with the nose as with palate, rich and round at the same time, scented, with the notes of ripe fruits, melted in mouth. The 2007, with powerful and silky tannins at the same time, is very scented, all in mouth, quite fullbodied, a tasty and complex wine. The 2006 is fleshy as they are liked, fleshy, quite robust, a wine with nuances of plum and violet, with the full nose, suave and powerful, combining a tannic good base with a persistent smoothness in mouth. The 2005, dense, with a strong color, is a very full wine, with the nose complex and subtle at the same time, prevailed by the morello cherry, basic tannic important and very well-balanced.

Château HAUT-CALENSGRAVES Château HAUT-CALENS

Château HAUT-CALENS

(GRAVES)
Thierry Yung

33640 Beautiran
Téléphone :05 56 67 05 25
Télécopie : 05 56 67 05 25
Email : vignobles.tyung@orange.fr

At the top of the Second Great Wine Classified. Beautiful red Graves Château Haut-Calens cuvée Spéciale 2008, a success, of full mouth, a beautiful garnet-red color pronounced, with notes of ripe fruits (blackcurrant and raspberry) and humus, quite robust. The 2007, with the powerful and subtle nose at the same time, with its scents of ripe fruits(blackcurrant, morello cherry) and a peppered touch, are tasted perfectly well. Excellent 2006, intense purple color robe, tasty and elegant, with ripe and very full tannins, a wine very pleasant by its suppleness, all in mouth, of a beautiful final. The 2005 is bright color, robust, elegant, all in mouth, with full tannins, an at the same time rich and supple wine, very well-balanced, with the intense bouquet with cooked cherry and undergrowth notes, of excellent guard. TasteBordeaux Supérieur Croix de Calens 2008, generous, well coloured, delicate and fullbodied at the same time, finely spiced, a wine all in mouth. Nice rosy Bordeaux Château Croix-de-Calens 2010.

Château LA ROSE SARRONGRAVES Château LA ROSE SARRON

Château LA ROSE SARRON

(GRAVES)
Philippe Rochet

33210 Saint-Pierre-de-Mons
Téléphone :05 56 76 29 42
Télécopie : 05 56 63 52 31
Email : contact@la-rose-sarron.com
Site : www.la-rose-sarron.com

Classified very well, and can go up. The wine history of this property, dating from XIXe century, starts 25 years ago. This winegrowing is repurchased in 1985 by Vignobles Roland Belloc and entirely replanted. It is currently Philippe Rochet helped by his two children Damien and Anaïs which takes care of the perenniality of the vineyard which extends on 35 ha, including 25 ha of red Graves (5 ha intended for the production of Cuvée Damien, matured 12 months out of barrels of oak) and 10 ha of white Graves including 2 ha intended for the production ofCuvée Anaïs, vinified and matured 9 months out of barrels of oak. Red Graves Cuvée Damien 2009, rich and generous beautiful, with nuances of ripe red fruits (cherry, strawberry of wood), spiced, of solid and delicate structure at the same time, excellent guard. WhiteGraves Cuvée Anaïs 2009 is fleshy, subtle and suave mouth, very elegant, quite persistent, of a nice smoothness, very harmonious finally with nuances of fresh nut and lemon. Nice white Graves La Rose Sarron 2010, of mouth finely floral as it should be, with small notes of grapefruit and lily, a beautiful harmony, all in smoothness. Excellent red 2008, of nice robe steady ruby, prevailed by perfumes of blackcurrant and raspberry, structured and fullbodied mouth.

Château TOULOUZEGRAVES DE VAYRES Château TOULOUZE

Château TOULOUZE

(GRAVES DE VAYRES)
Évelyne et Alain Cailley
Rue de la Ruade - BP 28
33450 Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac
Téléphone :05 56 30 85 47
Télécopie : 05 56 30 87 29
Email : alaincailley@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/chateautoulouze
Site : www.chateauxcailley.com

Reached a very enviable place in classification 2011, which comes to reward a quality-price-typicité ratio. Winegrowing of 48 ha including 25 of vines. The grounds of Château Toulouze depended on a vast land unit, property of Château de Vayres. This last built in XIIIe century with the site of a Gallo-Roman oppidum which prevails the Dordogne, was one of the residences of the king Henri IV. Property in its current form, 27 ha of only one holding, buildings and vineyard, corresponds to what remains of a wine vast domain and maturing of more than 70 ha, built at the end of XVIIIe century, following the French revolution and dismantled gradually by the play of the successions. The vineyard completely restructured in 1986, starts to express the rise to power of the expression of the soil. That gives wines to the flesh fuller, generous, fruity but with impressed elegant tannins of smoothness. Well-balanced and harmonious wines, that one can taste young people after a ventilation out of carafe, but who offer according to the vintages an excellent potential of guard, from 10 to 15 years. Beautiful redGraves de Vayres 2008 (75% Merlot and 25% Cabernets), fleshy, of a beautiful fullness, quite well-balanced, which feels the strawberry of wood and the humus, of robust and supple mouth at the same time. The 2007 is rich color as out of matter, with the red noses offruits with core and spices, with a beautiful tannic base. The 2006 continue its evolution, with the complex and subtle nose at the same time, with notes of undergrowth and ripe plum, full and dense mouth. Excellent Bordeaux Supérieur Château Maine Martin (65% Merlot, 20% Cabernet franc, and 15% Cabernet-Sauvignon), scented (blackcurrant, strawberry of wood), of a beautiful structure, full and bulky, with molten and velvety tannins, quite fleshy as it should be. Rosy Bordeaux Château Frégent is very pleasant, combining roundness and nervousness, of persistent mouth.

Domaine de GRANDMAISON

Domaine de GRANDMAISON

(PESSAC-LÉOGNAN)
Jean et François Bouquier
182, avenue de la Duragne
33850 Léognan
Téléphone :05 56 64 75 37
Télécopie : 05 56 64 55 24
Email : courrier@domaine-de-grandmaison.fr
Site : www.vinsdusiecle.com/domaine-de-grandmaison
Site : www.domaine-de-grandmaison.fr

A winegrowing of 19 ha resulting from an exceptional siliceous low register soil and the gravelly clays strewn with calcareous hardcores. Much liked their red Pessac-Léognan 2008, of deep color, structured, full, with rich tannins that bland well, of the aromas of quite ripe fruits(blackcurrant, morello cherry…), all finally, very promising. The 2007, of garnet-red color to the reflections purple, it is all in mouth, with much of structure, quite well-balanced, with the nose of cherry and humus, very elegant structure. The 2006, dense, where the morello cherry, the currant and the humus mix, with silky tannins, is quite fleshy, tasty and robust, of beautiful guard. The 2005, combining a tannic smoothness with a roundness in persistent mouth, is very aromatic, warm, fullbodied, of very good evolution. Remarkable 2004, of beautiful robe steady crimson, with the cinnamon and raspberry notes, of a great harmony, very scented, with a well balanced mellowness, generous and persistent. The 2003, of garnet-red robe, with the intensebouquet (notes of undergrowth and morello cherry blackberry), is of round and rich mouth. The 2001 is rich, charmer, marked by his soil, scented, a wine where the spices and the humus prevail, of excellent evolution like the 2000, with the nose persistent, firm tannins, well-balanced, fleshy, of a great fullness in mouth. Beautiful white Pessac-Léognan 2009, with these aromas of fresh fruits, roasted and flowers, combining nervousness and fleshy with the palate, a wine all in nuances and distinction. The 2008, with scents of hazel nut and honeysuckle, is firm and suave, all harmonizes some, really very pleasant. Excellent 2007, with this key of allied acidity to a pleasant roundness, where intermingle with the notes of almond, ripe fruits and heather, of powerful mouth. The white 2006, ofrobe of a beautiful yellow aspect and gold, where one finds scents of white flowers and hazel nut, and also of the nuances of fresh peach to the papillae, a tasty wine and charmer. The 2005 of beautiful color yellow scented with amber, is finely spiced, suave, elegant, quite persistent, of a nice smoothness, very harmonious finally with nuances of fresh nut and lemon.

dimanche 12 février 2012

THE BEST SAINT-EMILION WINES

Château FARGUET

Château FARGUET

(MONTAGNE-SAINT-ÉMILION)
Pascal Pobeda
Parsac
33570 Montagne
Téléphone :05 57 24 61 80
Télécopie : 05 57 24 65 81
Email : chateaufarguet@orange.fr

Son of a business man of Gironde, Pascal Pobeda concretized his dream to become wine grower there is already nearly 20 years. The winegrowing of 6.27 ha extends on grounds argilo-limestones (majority Merlot, 15% of Cabernet-Sauvignon, and 10% of Cabernet franc, vines from 25 to 30 years, maturing 12 months including 60% out of new barrels). Beautiful Montagne Saint-Émilion 2008, maturing in oak barrel, with the deep robe, the aromas of spices, leather and bilberries, a beautiful complexity, with fleshy and harmonious tannins, with notes melted finally.

Château CHENE-VIEUX

Château CHENE-VIEUX

(PUISSEGUIN-SAINT-ÉMILION)
Sce Y.Foucard et Fils
34, route de Saint-Émilion
33570 Puisseguin
Téléphone :05 57 51 11 40
Télécopie : 05 57 25 36 45
Email : foucardetfils@orange.fr

Vineyard of 11 ha acquired in 1937, with a ground argilo-limestone (79% Merlot, 12% Cabernet-Sauvignon and others, vines 25 year old). Beautiful Puisseguin cuvée Première 2006, silver medal with competition Bordeaux wines of Aquitaine 2008, melted and scented well, with the complex nose where prevail the plum, the blackberry and the undergrowth, a wine of mouth flattering and rich, suave, with velvety and well structured tannins. Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion 2006, all in mouth, delicate and fullbodied at the same time, associating structure and distinction, fleshy, of color crimson, with raspberry notes and of smoked, with mellow tannins. Remarkable 2005, of at the same time powerful and supple structure, with aromas of red fruits complex (morello cherry, blackberry), of mouth prevailed by persistent nuances of morello cherry, cinnamon and smoked, guard. Lalande-in-PomerolChâteau de Musset 2006, fullbodied, is typified, a round fleshy wine, all in aromas, of full mouth, of intense color, with scents of cookedfruits and spices.


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Château HAUT-SAINT-CLAIRPUISSEGUIN-SAINT-ÉMILION Château HAUT-SAINT-CLAIR

Château HAUT-SAINT-CLAIR

(PUISSEGUIN-SAINT-ÉMILION)
Yannick et Andrea Le Menn

33570 Puisseguin
Téléphone :05 57 74 66 82
Télécopie : 05 57 74 51 50
Email : chateau.haut.saint.clair@orange.fr
Site : www.hautsaintclair.fr

At the top. These likeable owners brood their small vineyard whose vines are 35 years old. The type of vines Merlot (65%), Cabernet franc (25%) and Cabernet-Sauvignon (10%) are associated with this soil argilo-limestone and meticulous care (stripping, grapes sorted before de-stalking, long macerations, maturing out of barrels, of which 1/3 is renewed each year…). One gives pleasure with their Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion2008, of robe garnet-red, rich, with the nose intense, complex, of a beautiful final where the ripe black cherry and the undergrowth prevail, wine of a flattering and rich mouth at the same time. “I find that the 2008 is one vintagecharmer, very pleasant to drink, we says Andrea Le Menn. Beautiful tannic presence which allows him a potential of guard. Nice very dark color, spiced notes, much of matter and complexity. 2007: wine charmer pleasant to taste before the 2008. On beef accompanied by boletus to the pronounced taste, I advise a wine more concentrated like the 2008, on a poultry, the 2007 will be more suitable. In this moment I regale myself with the 2002, a wine melted very charmer. Cuvée Moulin Saint Clair 2009 is a very nice wine with the very light timbered note (passage in some 2 year old barrels), just a small touch which is appropriate very well for the vintage. It is a wine with the superb potential.” All in mouth, indeed, the 2007 is a wine well-balanced and supple, with melted tannins, very pleasant with this nose of violet and ripe small fruits red, which associates distinction and richness, full and fleshy in mouth, it tastes itself already very well. Structure and roundness, characterize this excellent 2006, all in mouth, delicate and fleshy, a very scented wine (violet, black cherry) which continues its beautiful evolution. Beautiful 2005, where the spices and the blackcurrant intermingle harmoniously, a wine where the suppleness prevails, with these notes very characteristic of leather and slightly crystallized fruits finally, with rich tannins, robust, which continues its beautiful evolution. The 2004 very traditional, is coloured and fullbodied, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, of a nice concentration in mouth, with the notes of currant, humus and spices. “The 2006 and 2004, Yannick Menn continues, are Atlantic vintages with floral aromas, whereas 2005 and 2003 are of the wines of the southernmost type, with the black fruit aromas. In fact, the 2006 and 2004 are “female” wines more. They have each one their own characters but they resemble each other because the climatic conditions were similar, two vintages rather traditional of Bordelais which have a beautiful elegance and complexity. They “were framed” by very media vintages and it is damage, because I am sure, that, when these bottles are opened, in a few years, one will have much pleasure to taste them.” Taste their excellent second wine, the vintage Moulin Saint-Clair, regularly successful, with prevailing of roundness. Very beautiful quality-price-typicité ratio.

Château BALESTARD la TONNELLESAINT-ÉMILION Château BALESTARD la TONNELLE

Château BALESTARD la TONNELLE

(SAINT-ÉMILION)
Jacques Capdemourlin

33330 Saint-Émilion
Téléphone :05 57 74 62 06
Télécopie : 05 57 74 59 34
Email : info@vignoblescapdemourlin.com
Site : www.vignoblescapdemourlin.com

For more than 400 years, Saint-émilion has been the cradle of the family. Jacques Capdemourlin, his Thierry son at his sides, is impassioned and untiring, carrying the fine words with the four corners of the world. Balestard was the name of a canon of the chapter of Saint-émilion. This vintage is very old and the François Villon poet, in XVe century praised already qualities of the wine in a poem being reproduced besides on his label. The 10.60 ha (70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet franc and 5% Cabernet-Sauvignon) open out on a rock plate, a soil enjoying an excellent sunning. “We are satisfied with the 2010 harvest, says Jacques Capdemourlin, the wine is currently with the maturing. We really sought to obtain most beautiful maturity by pushing back the date of the grape harvest. To treat the vintage as well as possible, we used a table with tri optics, only the nicest grapes entered out of tanks. Our goal on the various properties is to obtain best possible quality, a beautiful expression of our soils. The 2010 is announced like a very nice wine, the 2009 has a beautiful richness, a great concentration, it is a very very full wine, a very large bottle. The 2008 is a wine of color steady, very on the fruit, rich, of a beautiful concentration, very harmonious, of a great elegance, with wooded well-balanced.” The GCC Château Balestard Tonnelle 2008, indeed, with a nose where the currant and the spices prevail, all in aromatic complexity, is a wine which associates richness and harmony, very promising. Attractive 2007, with the nuances of blackberries and of roasted, a wine powerful and yet very round, very full, with silky tannins full, dense and firm with prevailing of prune finally, a coloured wine, of beautiful amplitude. The 2006, is well-balanced, generous and of an exquisite smoothness, a very tempting wine. Coming from a winegrowing of 14 ha vines, Saint-ÉmilionGCC Cap de Mourlin 2008, garnet-red robe, all in aromas, with rich tannins, the nose of prune and humus, all in mouth, of excellent guard. The 2007, where the smoothness is combined with velvety in mouth persisting, is charmer, with the scents of spices and morello cherry, intense color, consistent, with tasty tannins, of a beautiful concentration. The 2006, with the notes of truffle and strawberry of wood, of a great harmony, very scented, with a well balanced mellowness, generous and persistent in mouth, of very good structure, rich and supple at the same time. Saint-Émilion GCC Petit Faurie de Soutard 2008, resulting from 8 ha vines, with these notes of blackberry and morello cherry, rich color, combines smoothness and structure, with quite well-balanced tannins. Excellent 2007, all in mouth, with the plum nose, associating powerfull and smoothness, a rich and quite fleshy wine as they are liked, of beautiful steady robe, of a nice concentration, with the powerful and subtle nose at the same time, the connotations of truffle, melted in mouth. The 2006 is characterized by its smoothness, with wooded still well marked, a wine very suave mouth. Château ROUDIER A tasty Montagne-Saint-Émilion 2008, resulting from 30 ha vines located full south, very successful, combining aromatic concentration, roundness of tannins and persistence in mouth. The 2007, with the ripe fruit aromas are tender, attractive and crunching in mouth. Denser, the 2006 is of color cherry steady, with the powerful cooked fruit aromas, tannins firm and melted at the same time.

Château FONROQUE

Château FONROQUE

(SAINT-ÉMILION)
Direction : Alain Moueix

33330 Saint-Émilion
Téléphone :05 57 24 60 02
Télécopie : 05 57 24 74 59
Email : info@chateaufonroque.com
Site : www.chateaufonroque.com

Beautiful Saint-Émilion GCC 2008 (88% Merlot and 12% Cabernet franc, wine resulting from grapes in conversion towards the organic farming), combining structure and aromatic presence, with well-balanced tannins, spiced, of a very nice concentration in mouth but also all in smoothness, of very good guard. The 2007, of a beautiful color deep ruby, with aromas of ripe red fruits, spices and of vanilla, is a full wine, of a remarkable balance in mouth, with much of suppleness, very successful. The 2006, typified, with firm and silky tannins at the same time, is a powerful great wine and always prevailed by elegance, with currant scents and of smoked, of very good guard. The 2005, with the nuances of blackberry and of roasted, with tannins of a great sweetness and a beautiful length, is a wine rich in bouquet as out of matter, all in mouth, of guard.

Château PIGANEAUSAINT-ÉMILION Château PIGANEAU

Château PIGANEAU

(SAINT-ÉMILION)
Jean-Baptiste et Vincent Brunot
1, Jean-Melin
33330 Saint-Émilion
Téléphone :05 57 55 09 99
Télécopie : 05 57 55 09 95
Email : vignobles.brunot@wanadoo.fr
Site : www.vignobles-brunot.fr

At the top, which comes to reward a formidable quality-price-pleasure ratio. “Under the impulse of my Vincent son, we slightly modified the way of maturing our wines. We privilege the fruit and reduce the new wood contribution. The wines are always matured a year out of barrels but with only new wood 25%, that makes it possible to avoid oxidation and a taste of wooded too which prevails. One obtains more velvety wines, fruitier, more attractive, with an aptitude to be aged but also ready to be appreciated in their youth. We remain reasonable in the maturing out of barrels which should not mask our nice low register and sand soil, it is thanks to that our wines are not too tannic.” One can only approve and give pleasure with this Saint-Émilion GC 2008 (6 ha, of a gravelo-sandy soil (83% of Merlot and 17% of Cabernet franc, gravelo-sandy soil), with full tannins, robust, a wine of beautiful structure, with the subtle and intense bouquet at the same time (morello cherry, currant, pepper…), all in persistence, of guard. Tasty 2007, with this powerful and delicate nose at the same time, a wine of a great harmony in mouth, with much of fruit, rich and delicate, typified well, of beautiful deeprobe, with the persistent aromas of ripe red small fruits with spice notes. Very beautiful 2006, silver medals in Paris and of Bronze with Bourg, robe crimson, fullbodied, with the intense nose of ripe red small fruits and leather, with the nuances of blackcurrant and of roasted, with tannins of a great sweetness and a beautiful length in mouth. Superb 2005, of very dark color, with the nuances of morello cherry and raspberry, a wine with very well-balanced tannins, of full mouth, all in aromas, of beautiful guard. Tasty 2004, of very good structure, with the nose where intermingle with the red undergrowth and ripe fruit notes good, quite fullbodied, a wine which start to be appreciated, a beautiful length. The 2003 is very tasty, very representative of this vintage charmer, coloured, with the complex notes where the blackberry, the spices and the humus prevail, of persistent mouth. The 2002 is of beautiful robe crimson steady, with the black cherry and truffle, spice notes, harmonious, with a well balanced mellowness, generous and persistent in mouth. The 2001 is very well matured out of barrels, of a beautiful color pronounced ruby, with notes of ripe fruits (blackcurrant and raspberry) and of liquorice. Beautiful 2000, rich in aromas, of a beautiful structure with much of elegance, marked by the fruits, cinnamon and thehumus, very well-balanced with the nose as in mouth. Superb quality-price-pleasure ratio, which is nothing.

Château CLOS DES PRINCE

Château CLOS DES PRINCE

(SAINT-ÉMILION)
Marie-Christine Prince
À Saint-Laurent-des-Combes
33330 Saint-Émilion
Téléphone :05 57 84 64 14 et 06 76 81 04 11
Télécopie : 05 57 84 64 54
Email : vignobles-prince@wanadoo.fr

A vineyard of 2 ha, on siliceous and deep sands and of iron filths in basement, with an average age of the 35 year old vines (90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet franc). Here is a great success with this Saint-Émilion GC 2007, traditional and powerful, delicate, elegant, with matter, of beautiful steady color, with the aromas of red fruits intense (plum, blackberry) and a note of violet, of a nice final. The 2006 is very charmer as it should be in this vintage all in suppleness, with delicate tannins, of fruity and fleshy mouth, a robust wine, with the nuances of blackberry andhumus, intense mouth. The 2005 combine structure and distinction, a wine of a nice concentration in mouth, with the notes of currant, smoked and pepper, guard. Excellent 2004, with the characteristic spice and black cherry scents, of beautiful structure, rich, fleshy, all in subtlety, a wine all n mouth, distinguished, which rained us much.