Favorites list: red wines (among the few I’ve tasted!, unordered, in construction…)
Notes
Château Cos d'Estournel (Saint Estèphe, Bordeaux)
Mid range Ribera del Duero-s (Spain)
Campo Viejo [Gran] Reserva (Rioja, Spain)
Domaine de la vigne blanche (Geneva, Switzerland)
Chateau de La Riviere (Fronsac, Bordeaux)
Château de Lamarque (Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux)
Fetzer Eagle Peak Merlot (California, USA)
Tasted: "grand crus de Bordeaux"
"To taste" list
Miscellaneous
Crus bourgeois.
70% cabernet-sauvignon, 20% merlot, 10% petit-verdot.
Rustic, black, dusty fruit palate; nose of smoke. + I love the name (equals “sadness/anguish repeller” in french)!
best years: 1985, 1990, (1999), 2000, 2002
http://www.chasse-spleen.com/home.htm
http://www.wine-journal.com/chasse.html
http://www.thewinedoctor.com/bordeaux/chassespleen.shtml
Second cru classé.
60% Cabernet Sauvignon , 38% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc.
Dark, rich and deeply concentrated. Coffee, herb, spice palate. The best of Saint-Estèphe, and one of the very first in Bordeaux (>92-94/100 Parker).
best years: (~all!) 1966, 1982, 2003
http://www.wine-journal.com/cos.html
http://www.cosestournel.com
Not Vega Sicilia, but good value for the price
Legaris
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Crianza, or better: Reserva (12 months maturing in oak barrels), 100% Tempranillo Deep cherry-red colour. Plum, tobacco, coffee and mineral flavors with berry and vanilla notes. |
Marques de Velilla
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100% Tempranillo. Dark reddish-purple. Nose of ripe berry fruit and toasted vanilla oak. Palate of ripened fruit and wood; pleasant. |
Tempranillo. Cheap good wine.
Rich and smooth.
Yes! It is possible (and quite frequent in fact): good Swiss (Geneva) red wine!
Cuvée Cologny Gamaret + Cabernet-Sauvignon.
ou (mieux):
Reserve de la commune de Cologny
Elevé en fûts de chêne. Intense!
“Armoiries” of Geneva
Cuvée Cologny, vintage 2001: nice; 2002: less nice.
Reserve de la commune, 2002: nice.
‘Domaine de la vigne blanche’ map
http://www.terre-avenir.ch/complement.php?IDcomplement=35&IDcat=35&IDpage=45
Cru bourgeois.
Merlot 82%, Cabernet Sauvignon 13%, Cabernet Franc 4%, Pressac (Malbec) 1%.
Discovered in a degustation after a “scientific oenology” talk by Denis Dubourdieu (now Oenologie faculty, “laboratoire d’oenologie générale” and “Institut des sciences de la vigne et du vin” head, Bordeaux) at the university of Geneva (one of the most “popular” talk I’ve ever seen! as the degustation was part of the talk…): strong smoky nose, chocolaty, fruity palate!...
Crus bourgeois.
Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Merlot, Petit-Verdot.
My first ‘enjoyed’ glass of wine: a revelation, realizing that wine can be good! (I was young!). Don’t know if I still like it!?
100% Merlot. Cheap pleasant wine!
Strong (artificial?) palate of vanilla!
No precise recollection! = Maybe I didn’t like them that much!? (or when you expect too much, you are often ~disappointed). “To do” : re-taste them!
château Canon (Saint Emilion, Bordeaux):
1er grand cru classé B.
Merlot 80%!, Cabernet-franc 20%.
château Margaux (Margaux, Bordeaux):
1er grand cru classé.
Cabernet-sauvignon 75%, Merlot 20%, Petit verdot 5%.
(1996 is Parker 99/100!, 1990: 100/100 !, 1920 still great!)
http://www.chateau-margaux.com
Château La Mission Haut-Brion (Pessac-léognan, Bordeaux):
Cru Classé.
Cabernet-sauvignon 48%, Merlot 45%, Cabernet-franc 7%.
http://haut-brion.com/home/fr/chateau/mhb-initial.php
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou (Saint-Julien, Bordeaux):
Grand cru classé.
This one (year?), I remember that I’ve really enjoyed it.
Dec. 2006: Retasted a 1999 bottle together with molecular food @ Denis Martin : great
Cabernet-sauvignon 65%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet-franc 5%, Petit verdot 5%.
(1996 is Parker 96/100! same for 1961)
http://www.chateau-ducru-beaucaillou.com
Chateau La Conseillante (Pomerol, Bordeaux):
80% merlot! 20% cabernet franc.
http://www.laconseillante.fr
Wines I’m longing to taste:
Vega Sicilia (Ribera del Duero, Spain):
“Legendary” Ribera del Duero wine (tempranillo)!
http://www.vega-sicilia.com
Vinedo Chadwick (2000) and Sena (2001) (Chile):
Cabernet Sauvignon blends, won first places in the Berlin Wine Tasting of 2004, beating France’s prestigious Château Lafite-Rothschild and Château Margaux!
Whilst Chile’s stereotype is fruity, simple good value and cheap, more and more very high quality wines at super-Premium level are being made.
http://www.wine-pages.com/organise/chile4.htm
Note: I’ve finally tasted Sena 2001; amazing, I ‘ll buy more bottles of it…
Gantenbein Pinot Noir (2004) (Swiss):
Considered to be the best Swiss red wine and one of the best Pinot Noir…
Vintage chart (for many regions):
http://www.erobertparker.com/info/vintagechart1.asp