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<strong>Bordeaux</strong><strong>2018</strong> | Satellites<br />
extraprima<br />
82<br />
Satellites Bourg, Cadillac, Canon-Fronsac,<br />
Castillon, Francs, Fronsac, Lalande de Pomerol,<br />
Lussac-St.-Emilion, Montagne-Saint-Emilion<br />
94 – 95 LE PLUS DE LA FLEUR DE BOÜARD Lalande de Pomerol<br />
Parker 91 – 93 | WeinWisser 18.5/20<br />
Le Plus de La Fleur de Boüard is a 4,500-bottle cuvée<br />
made from pure Merlot from 80- to 100-year-old<br />
vines. Black color, viscous. Sweetish on the nose, incredibly<br />
dense, with concentrated fruit and slightly<br />
jammy reflexes, covering a dark fruit base with blueberries.<br />
Dense and massive in the mouth, full and<br />
harmonious, with enormous richness and excellent<br />
acidity. Very creamy and saturated, with high intensity and opulent,<br />
with a good tension, very polished and bright. An impressively<br />
full-bodied wine, which consciously operates without terroir character,<br />
because in Lalande there is no expression in the expected class anyway.<br />
Roc de Cambes<br />
93 – 94 HAUT CARLES Fronsac Suckling 91 – 92 |<br />
The Haut-Carles is a parcellar selection of the<br />
best and oldest Merlots of the Château de Carles<br />
in the Fronsac area. The consulting oenologist is<br />
Hubert de Boüard of the Château Angélus. Massive<br />
color. Sweet and multilayered, the Haut<br />
Carles appears in the nose, elegant and delicate with plenty of fruit<br />
and depth. Tight, full, and massive in the mouth, with a lot of structure<br />
and dull tannins, good melting, and long in the aftertaste.<br />
94 – 95 ROC DE CAMBES Bourg WeinWisser 17/20<br />
The Roc de Cambes consists of 80 % Merlot and<br />
20 % Cabernet Sauvignon; it always ripens in<br />
100 % new barrels and reached in <strong>2018</strong> around<br />
15.6 % of alcohol. But the family Mitjavile cares<br />
much more about the perfect ripeness of their<br />
grapes, than about sugar levels. That their vines<br />
produce a lot of sugar, lies in the nature of things. That’s it. Quite<br />
fresh and deep, with a dark-berry aroma, it exposes an opulent fruit<br />
base and enormously ripeness, velvety, rich tannins, expressive, enormously<br />
full, and highly concentrated. It carries lots of juice, a gigantic<br />
aromatic profile, broad and overwhelmingly structured; at the other<br />
hand, it is extremely fine-grained and massive, with an outstanding,<br />
independent character. One of the most powerful Roc de Cambes,<br />
reminiscent of the phenomenal 2010. Appealing, great fun wine!<br />
93 – 94 MONTLANDRIE Castillon Parker 92 – 94 | Suckling 92 – 93 |<br />
The Montlandrie by Denis Durantou (l’Eglise-Clinet<br />
in Pomerol) consists of 75 % Merlot and<br />
20 % Cabernet Franc and 5 % Cabernet Sauvignon,<br />
aged in 40 % new barrels with 14.5 % alcohol. It<br />
was harvested from 1 st to the 8 th of October. Massive,<br />
with a dark fruit-component and intense,<br />
with a lot of pressure and enormous concentration. Spicy tannins,<br />
long, salty, with dark-berried scents in the finish. Usually, Montlandrie<br />
is just better than the Les Cruzelles, this year, however, they are<br />
closer to each other with the same rating.<br />
92 – 93 D’AIGUILHE Castillon Suckling 92 – 93 | WeinWisser 18.5/20<br />
The d’Aigulhe again is an inspiring wine with<br />
generous abundance. Despite organic farming,<br />
Count Stephane von Neipperg had mastered the<br />
mildew attack and harvested 42 hl per hectare<br />
from the 25 th of September to the 5 th of October.<br />
The grape variety ratio is of 80/20 Merlot to Cabernet Franc, with<br />
14.5 % alcohol, the wine is aged in 20 % new barrels. Massive, dense<br />
style, with beautiful rich fullness and chocolaty reflections. Great<br />
freshness on the palate, very deep and racy, with excellent transparency<br />
of low pH from calcareous terroir, good length, and big pull. A<br />
hedonistic fun wine!<br />
93 – 94 LES CRUZELLES Lalande de Pomerol Parker 91 – 93 |<br />
Suckling 91 – 92 | WeinWisser 18/20<br />
The Les Cruzelles by Denis Durantou (l’Eglise-Clinet in<br />
Pomerol) consists of 80 % Merlot and 20 % Cabernet<br />
Franc, which is aged in 40 % new barrels with 14.5 %<br />
alcohol. The harvest took place early from 18 th to the<br />
28 th of September. Dense and full, quite fresh and<br />
bright, concentrated, creamy, and with great fullness, it has fine tannins<br />
and rich intensity. Deep and long, quite spicy, with a lot of tension,<br />
pressure, and power, it shows good length with a slightly dry<br />
finish. The Les Cruzelles does not look as deep and fulfilled as expected.
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