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As ever when tasting the two together, the striking thing is the difference in character rather than quality between...
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The 2013 Haut Batailley wraps around the palate with lovely depth and nuance. A layered, resonant wine, the 2013...
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As with other 2010s, this Kirwan is especially youthful in aspect and rather foreboding, with power and structure...
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Concentrated and closed on the nose, this has silky, seductive, finely-layered tannins, with tons of fruit and...
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Beautiful nose with cocoa powder, exotic flowers, candied violets and loads of dark berries. Great aromatic...
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This is more precise and focused with black truffle and berry. Full body, layered and refined. Beautiful freshness...
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Licorice and dried orange peel in the nose. Red tangy fruit and some leather. Nice sweet fruit and velvety texture on...
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This is crazy. The nose is so unique with the iodine, stones and currant aromas with wet earth and mushroom. Aromas...
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The thing that impresses here is the long finish of subtle currant, chocolate and walnut. Full body, silky tannins...
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Inky colour, more so than in many years of Lafite, imprinted by the vintage. It is at this level, in these type of...
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Deep garnet in color, the 2010 Lafon-Rochet comes bounding out of the glass with sit-up-and-beg notes of creme de...
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Loads of tension and form. It can be cellared for decades, but it’s balanced and beautiful already. Lots of...
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Very spicy and intense, with dark berries and sweet tobacco. Full and velvety. Very long and intense.
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Lascombes in 2010 has exuberance and precision and confidence, and a sense of fun. At the 10 year mark the power of...
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I get the same peony and violet aromatics here as I did in Forts de Latour. This is powerful, muscular, not even...
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This is a magnificently solid wine, initially even a bit severe. At this young stage, the tannins dominate, but it's...
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Layered, textured, deep, cigar box, cassis and earth, managing to simultaneously stretch out, and burrow down. The...
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The wine out distances both Leoville Las Cases and Leoville Barton, but all three of them are compelling efforts....
Red Bordeaux Sauvignon Blanc 2010 2013
There are few regions in the world with stricter regulations in regards to wine production and grape varietals than those found in Bordeaux, France. Here, in the home of the world's finest wines, the type and quality of grapes used is of utmost importance, and the legendary wineries which work on the banks of the Gironde river have mastered the careful art of juice blending to find the perfect balance for their produce. Whilst there are six 'official' Bordeaux grapes, the two key varietals for almost every fine Bordeaux wine are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and with good reason. Whilst Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are renowned for their acidity and astringency, strong fruit and spice flavors and full body, Merlot grapes are notably rounded, soft, fleshy and lighter on tannin. The combination of these two varietals, along with a small percentage of (commonly) Petit Verdot or Cabernet Franc, is the perfect balancing act – the two grape varietals cancel out each others weaker points, and accentuate all that is good about the other.
The green skinned grapes of the Sauvignon Blanc varietal had their origins in Southern France, where they are still widely grown and used for many of the excellent young and aged white wines the region is famous for. Today, however, they are grown in almost every wine producing country in the world, and are widely revered for their fresh and grassy flavors, full of tropical notes and refreshing, zesty character. Sauvignon Blanc grapes thrive best in moderate climates, and ripen relatively early in the year. This has made them a favorite for many wineries in the New World, where they can still produce healthy and high yields in the earlier part of the summer before the temperatures become too hot. Too much heat has a massively adverse effect on Sauvignon Blanc, as the grapes become dull in their flavor, and the wine produced from them loses all its unique character and high points. As such, Sauvignon Blanc farmers have had a lot of trouble from global warming and climate change, as they are being forced to harvest their crops increasingly earlier in the year when it is cool enough to do so.