 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. |
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 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. |
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  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. |
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  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. |
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  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. |
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 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. |
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