Monthly Archives: January 2021
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Posted: January 29, 2021Categories: Bordeaux
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A hundred years before the modern-day era of 1855 Bordeaux Classification, there lived a famous winemaker in Bordeaux. He was the Marquis Nicolas-Alexandre de Ségur (1696 - 1755), who was given the nickname “The Prince of Vines” by Louis XV following a glowing introduction to the royal court. During his time, the Marquis de Ségur was considered the consummate winemaker with the magic touch in the whole of Europe. In an unprecedented way unfollowed by anybody since his days, he simultaneously owned these famous estates: Château Lafite (later known as Lafite Rothschild after Baron James de Rothschild bought it in 1868), Château Latour, Château Mouton (which became Mouton Rothschild in due course), and Château Calon (which later added Ségur to its name). Exactly 100 years after his death, Lafite and Latour would be classified in 1855 as First Growths, Mouton as a Second
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Posted: January 23, 2021Categories: BordeauxRead more »
Fresh off the press, the Best Wine of the World competition, sponsored by the Tasting Book, named Château Mouton Rothschild 2018 the World's Best Wine of 2021.
For the past three months, the wine information platform has been compiling votes to finalize this coveted selection. More than 190,000 wine professionals and enthusiasts from 115 countries weighed in, casting some 3 million votes against 204,675 different wines. After this voting period, the top 100 in each category went on to be judged in two blind tastings carried out by Masters of Wine, Tastingbook professionals and other connoisseurs.
The Rothschild production received the highest scores in the finals and took home the title of Best Wine and Best Red. Composed of 86 percent Cab Sauv, 12 percent Merlot, 2 percent Cab Franc and a splash of Petit Verdot, the 2018 vintage is said to be medium- to full-bodied with a palate that delivers waves of spiced black and blue fruits. To top it off, it looks good, too. The label was
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Posted: January 10, 2021Categories: BordeauxRead more »
This month's selection:
La Dame de Montrose 2015, Saint-Estèphe, rated 88-90 (Neal Martin). La Dame de Montrose is the second wine of Château Montrose, a heavy weight from Saint-Estèphe, just north of Pauillac.
Château La Dauphine 2015, Fronsac, rated 91-93 (Neal Martin). For modern day wine drinkers, Fronsac is not a household name as Pauillac, Margaux, Saint-Julien, or Saint-Emilion that define Bordeaux. But, once upon a time, Fronsac's vineyards were among the best in the Bordeaux area. In the 18th century, Fronsac’s wines enjoyed the best reputation in the Libourne area (i.e., the Right Bank of the Dordogne River), and sold at higher prices than those of Saint Emilion and Pomerol.
As the single largest property in Fronsac, Château de La Dauphine is mounting a major come-back, evoking its ties to Charlemagne (who built a fortress in Fronsac), Cardinal de Richelieu (who acquired the land and made its wine famous among the nobles), and its namesake title resulting
