Bordeaux Futures 2007: Results (Part 11)

Saint-Emilion (Part 2/2) and satellites + two heart's delight for outsiders.Eleventh report (April, 23rd 2008) BEAUSEJOUR Montagne-St-Emilion // 86 Very lovely intense purple color. Fruity and pure nose. Delicately velvety on entry, the wine starts melting racy and plenty of fruity in the mid-palate. Quite full, it finishes with a dynamic finish and coated tannins. Pleasure and lift. Very precise in the shape of its texture BEAUSÉJOUR 1901 Montagne-St-Emilion // 88I have just retasted 2007, 2006 and 2005 from the estate. This wine has a soul. It is rare to find such personality in Montagne Saint-Emilion. This 1901 cuvée made from old vines leads the appellation. IN these vintages, the touch on the palate appears to be a model of precision given how much of an ethereal presence it provides the wine with. The violet taste is lighting up the palate and its aromatic refinement reminds of a burgundy behaviour. There is no rustic or rough tannins. I can't help but swallow this Beauséjour 1901! A great work from owners Patricia et Pierre Bernault, cellarmaster David Liorit and Stéphane Derenoncourt who seems to be loving this terroir. Lovely intense purple color. Fruity, fresh, ripe, fine and finely creamy nose. Smooth and finely pulpy on entry, the wine develops aromatic, with a silky texture and a beautiful taste of violet. Subtly fat, its presence amplifies on the second part of the palate. It finishes long and sappy, with a beautiful return of aromas. Delicious! A blend of 50% cabernet franc and 50% merlot.Contact : http://www.chateau-beausejour.comBELLEVUE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 88New : Château Angélus has taken a 50% stake in this estate. This year the wine is made from 98% merlot. Winemaking has been made under management of Nicolas Thienpont and not Hubert de Bouard. Lovely dark color. Vibrant nose of fruit, appearing pure and floral. This fruit provides the palate with all the elegance from this great terroir. Melting, dense and with an aromatic depth on the palate, the wine is also floral (violet). It is very good despite not being powerful on finish. CANON LA GAFFELIERE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 88 - 89 Dark color of good intensity. Fruity, ripe and floral nose. Smooth on entry, finely mellow on the mid-palate, appearing very aromatic, the wine evolves with fine tannins and medium body. The finish has a very strong taste and this wine quite rapidly becomes impossible to spit out. Lots of pleasure. CLOS DE L'ORATOIRE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 85 - 86 Vivid purple color of medium intensity. Fruity nose of medium aromatic intensity. Round on the palate, of medium body, fruity and finishing with a slightly firm grain on the persistence. CLOS DES JACOBINS St-Emilion Grand Cru // 87 - 88 Intense and purple color. Fruity and pure nose. Velvety on the palate and of medium body, this wine evolves with quite chubby tannins. The wood very finely marks the finish. Medium length. CLOS SAINT JULIEN St-Emilion Grand Cru // 85 - 86 Intense dark red color. Fruity, fresh, pure and ripe nose. Smooth on entry, the wine evolves fruity, tasty, with a finely mellow body. It shows coated tannins followed by a good length. CORBIN St-Emilion Grand Cru // 87 - 88 Very lovely, intense red and purple color. Fruity, creamy, fresh and aromatic nose. Smooth and a tad discreet on entry (the sand influence) the wine quickly picks up some weaving before the mid-palate. Evolving tasty, with body, flavors and fine tannins. Very good and finely textured length. Great work. DESTIEUX St-Emilion Grand Cru // 87 - 88 Dark purple color. Fruity nose smelling of grilled pépin. Smooth on entry, the wine follows by a caressing touch and plenty of fruit. Rounded everywhere. The wine evolves smooth, with chubby tannins and a normal length. EDMUS Saint-Emilion // 85 This is a selection of 4ha of vineyards located in the château de Lescours. Stéphane Derenoncourt is acting as consultant. Intense and purple color. Fruity nose, of ripe type. Smooth and enjoyable on the palate, the wine shows medium body. Evolving melting and tasty. It will be enjoyable early. GUIBOT LA FOURVIEILLE Puisseguin-St-Emilion // 84 - 85 Intense dark purple color. Fruity and slightly creamy nose of average aromatic intensity. Smooth and fruity on the palate, the wine shows a medium body, appearing tasty while not very dense, and finishing fruity with wood and truffles characteristics. Medium length. HAUT VILLET St-Emilion Grand Cru // 84 Dark color of average intensity. Ripe and very fruity nose. Smooth and fruity on the palate, yet lacking a bit of fatness. HAUT VILLET cuvée Pomone St-Emilion Grand Cru // 87 Dark and intense color. Fruity and pure nose of average aromatic intensity, with a licorice characteristic. Hints of wood. Dense, fruity, chubby and enjoyable, the wine is quite juicy on the mid-palate. Tasty finish with coated and slightly woody tannins. This is good. LA BIENFAISANCE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 87 - 88 As it shows now, the wine appears better than the 2006 (at the same time). Purple color, with a fruity nose of medium aromatic intensity. Smooth on entry, the wine develops very fruity, woven on the mid-palate and finishing long and tasty, with fine and always aromatic tannins. Good length. LA MAURIANE Puisseguin-St-Emilion // 89 - 90A heart's delight.This is a great outsider! Dense and profound, this wine competes with the best crus of Saint-Emilion. I would just like to remind that in New-York last month, the 2004 from this estate finished on par with the best classified growths. And as for 2007, Mr. Taix says: “it was necessary to understand this very fruity grape and keep it as an asset. One shouldn't have used the criteria's from recent vintages. The obstacle of this vintage is the short aspect on the palate. By keeping the flavor, the finish exists. This is the most precious asset of the vintage. Barrel ageing can fill-in the mid-palate, erase a vegetal characteristic but will not bring any aromatic persistence. The best wines from 2007 will be those that are not powerhouses today. We had the same situation in 2001”. I have tasted this wine four times consistently and side by side to the best. It is likely that its rating will increase towards the end of ageing in barrel. Do not miss it. Dark and intense color. Fine, aromatic and powerful nose of ripe and fruity type. Very lovely on entry, the wine appears very fruity and fat. Then it develops with a taste of fresh fruits, especially lively. Smooth on the mid-palate, yet very aromatic and rather fat, it finishes fruity, with coated tannins, a great length of licorice flavor where cherry and mulberry characteristics return. A great success of the estate, which confirms the talent of Mr. Taix. Excellent QPR. Contact: lamauriane@yahoo.frLA MONDOTTE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 91 - 92 Lovely intense purple color. Fine, fruity, fresh, pure and distinguished nose. Subtle violet characteristics, intermixed with plum eau-de-vie notes. Quite large and showing well on entry. The wine develops chubby, powerful, melting and juicy. Very aromatic in the mid-palate, it is well built and very tasty, finishing on a tannic weaving initially refined, then appearing a bit more firm. Beautiful wine. LA ROSE PERRIERE Lussac-Saint-Emilion //85 The fruit and tannic balance on the palate makes this wine very enjoyable. It offers the benefit of having a caressing body without tough tannins for the appellation. This style, made of a silky touch is very frequent at this estate. LAFON LA TUILERIE Saint-Emilion // 87 - 88M.Lafon has produced another great piece of work with this wine made from 100 % merlot on a clay-limestone soil. It is better than the 2006. Lovely intense, profound and dark red color. Fruity nose of ripe type. Large on entry, the wine develops ample and powerful, with body and taste. Evolving with a lovely finish mixing south accents to a violet characteristic. I love this honest expression of taste. Beautiful authentic work. Excellent QPR. LAROZE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 88 Dark purple color of medium intensity. Fruity and fresh nose along with a blackcurrant bud characteristic. Quite complex. Very lovely on entry, the wine is caressing and develops very fruity, silky and tasty with an elegant touch. Rich on the mid-palate, it slowly develops with taste, density and depth. Fine and well-coated tannins. Another good nice work from Guy Meslin. A blend of 80 % merlot and 20 % cabernet franc.LASSEGUE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 88 - 89 Dark vivid purple color. Discreet nose with a background of ripe red fruits. Pulpy and smooth, the wine is well built on the palate, evolving full with fatness and a tasty finish, made with powerful accents in the style of wines from the slopes. Good length. MAGDELAINE St-Emilion Grand Cru//88 Dark purple color. Discreet and fruity nose. Smooth, silky and very fruity on the palate, the wine has a quite elegant development yet displaying a medium body. The finish offers fine tannins and aromas. MILENS St-Emilion Grand Cru // 86 Quite intensely colored, the wine is fruity, offering a finely pulpy palate, a medium body and a tasty finish. Persistent with coated and aromatic tannins. MOULIN DU CADET St-Emilion Grand Cru//85 - 86 This estate shows a rise in quality. Dark red color of average intensity. Fruity and slight peppery nose, yet rather aromatic. From entry, the perception of its pulp shows immediately that this wine has changed. I have never found it so finely chubby and enjoyable. It shows neither toughness nor tannic dryness. It still remains slightly light. Good and aromatic length in its persistence. MOULIN SAINT GEORGES St-Emilion Grand Cru//85 - 86 Showing good color and a discreet nose. Fat both on entry and on the mid-palate, the wine finishes a bit more rustic on the finish. Average length. PAS DE L'ANE Saint-Emilion//88 - 89 Dark intense red color. Very fruity, ripe, intense and fine nose. Well built from entry. The wine develops very fruity, then caressing, tasty and evolving velvety with a good body. Lovely tasty and aromatic finish, evoking of cabernet franc. A success of the vintage. PATRIS St-Emilion Grand Cru//85 Dark color. Fruity and slightly tar nose. Smooth on the palate, the wine shows an enjoyable body and medium length. PAVIE St-Emilion Grand Cru // 88 - 89 Dark purple color. Fruity nose of average aromatic intensity. Caressing on entry, the wine evolves with a vivid body on the mid-palate and average taste. Firm tannins followed by a good length. Lots of stuffing, but less taste. PAVIE MACQUIN St-Emilion Grand Cru//89 Intense purple color. Nose of average aromatic intensity. Smooth and caressing, the wine has an aromatic mid-palate, with more tension on the finish while still appearing fruity with coated tannins. Medium length. PÉBY FAUGÈRES St-Emilion Grand Cru//87 Intense and deep color. Undefined nose at the moment, given the rather low free sulfate level. Fat on entry and mid-palate. Medium body. The wine is slightly peppery on the finish, with coated tannins and an average length. PETIT CHEVAL St-Emilion Grand Cru//87 - 88 Lovely purple color of good intensity. Nose of average aromatic intensity, appearing fruity and fresh. Very smooth on entry, the wine melts on the mid-palate, becomes graceful, and evolves with fruity and fine cocoa flavors. With well coated tannins, it finishes on a good tasty length. PETIT GRAVET AÎNÉ St-Emilion Grand Cru//84 Lovely dark color. Fruity nose of average intensity, which could be riper. This is a smooth, fruity and enjoyable wine that lacks presence on the mid-palate. Finish of medium length. I had higher expectations. PETIT GRAVET Cuvée Marie Louise St-Emilion Grand Cru // 86 Dark color of good intensity. Fruity and discreet nose. Smooth on entry, the wine develops mellow on the mid-palate, aromatic and finishes tasty, with fine tannins. Normal length. A very enjoyable wine. PRESSAC (DE) St-Emilion Grand Cru // 85 - 86 Very dark color. Fresh and fruity nose of ripe type and average aromatic intensity. Quite pure. Dense on entry, showing a good body, this wine quite rapidly evolves firm on the palate with a good length. Barrel ageing will reveal more. QUINAULT L'ENCLOS St-Emilion Grand Cru//87 - 88 Intense red purple color. Very ripe, fresh, fruity and aromatic nose. Smoothly caressing on the palate, the wine is velvety and chubby. It develops well structured, melting and enjoyable. It is above all, very difficult not to swallow! There is pleasure in perspective, and straight from bottling. QUINAULT L'ENCLOS cuvée Muda Saint-Emilion//88 This cuvée represents only less than one barrel and was made by Jean-Pierre Sweerts, who is passionate about wine. The wine appears very intensely colored, with a riper and fresher nose than the normal cuvee of the estate. Smooth, melting and ethereal, the wine is above all very, very fruity on the mid-palate. Evolving fat, with ripe and particularly well-coated tannins. I can only taste pleasure in this wine. Medium length. RIPEAU Saint-Emilion//83 Dark red color of medium intensity. Fruity nose slightly more precise than usual. Smooth on the palate, the wine shows a medium body, without stiffness for now. ROCHEBELLE St-Emilion Grand Cru//86 Dark red color of good intensity. Fruity, fresh, ripe and quite pure nose. Fat from entry, the wine develops fruity, tasty and quite powerful. It offers a good presence and finishes with licorice and fruit tastes, of average length. ROL VALENTIN St-Emilion Grand Cru // 90 Lovely purple and vivid color. Aromatic and quite intense nose. Hint of truffle. Very nice on entry, the wine instantly appears delicious, silky, with a touch on the palate that evokes the best wines. In addition it is tasty. It evolves without any roughness. Yet, it is powerful enough and finishing long with a fine grain of tannins. A great success. SAINT GEORGES COTE PAVIE St-Emilion Grand Cru//82 Dark red color of medium intensity. Fruity nose of average intensity. Appearing slightly dry on the palate. SANCTUS du Ch. La Bienfaisance St-Emilion Grand Cru//88 - 89 This wine is made from old vines located on the limestone terroir of château La Bienfaisance. Lovely purple and vivid color. Fruity, aromatic and distinguished nose. Mellow and fruity on entry, the wine then develops quite full, of fine touch, with taste and power. It finishes with a distinguished tannic weaving, tasty and aromatic, of fine grain. Barrel ageing may improve it even better. SANSONNET St-Emilion Grand Cru//85 - 86 Dark red color of good intensity. Fruity and pure nose of average aromatic intensity, with a vanilla characteristic. An enjoyable, smooth and quite tasty wine on the palate, yet, its structure falls on the finish. Barrel ageing should reveal more. SOUTARD St-Emilion Grand Cru//86 Purple color of average intensity. Lovely fruity, fresh and ripe nose. Finely pulpy and tasty on the palate, this wine appears a tad vivid in its taste. Fine tannins can be found in the persistence. Medium length. TERTRE DAUGAY St-Emilion Grand Cru//87 - 88 Lovely purple intense color. Fruity and quite fine nose of average aromatic intensity. On entry, this is one of the most beautiful mellow characteristics ever seen at this estate. The wine is melting, slightly fading on the mid-palate and picking back up on the finish with length and a good tannic envelope. TRIANON St-Emilion Grand Cru//86 Intense dark red color. Fruity nose of average aromatic intensity. Smooth, very fruity and tender on the palate, the wine has more pulp than in the past, which is for the best. I find it better since the 2006 vintage. Of normal length, with coated tannins. Pleasurable. TROPLONG MONDOT St-Emilion Grand Cru//91 Very dark purple color. Fresh, fruity and spicy nose of ripe type. Very lovely on entry, the wine instantly offers its typical unctuousness. It develops melting with taste, some licorice characteristics and a superbly well-finished structure. Juicy, precise on the mid-palate, it ends up with lift and a complex finish. The smoothness of its flesh is marvelous while its mellowness is dynamic at the same time. Coated tannins. Very good length. A success of the vintage. TROTTEVIEILLE St-Emilion Grand Cru//90 Lovely purple and vivid color. Fruity and fresh nose with vanilla. Smooth and finely pulpy on entry. The wine is gifted with both touch and taste. Evolving very, very fruity, juicy and ascending on the palate. Very lovely tasty finish with a nice grain of tannins. It is extremely well built. Very good length. VALANDRAUD St-Emilion Grand Cru//90In 2007, Jean-Luc Thunevin was unable to incorporate his Cabernet Francs into the blend of Valandraud. Despite being old vines, he considers those to be insufficient in quality. This is an attitude generally shared by many estate owners in 2007. As a result, this wine's profile is a bit atypical and much smoother (than usual). Purple color. Nose of average intensity, appearing fine, fruity and aromatic. Upon swirling, the wine becomes creamy and smoky. Smooth and almost mellow on the palate, the wine settles-in slowly and evolves tasty, aromatic, fat and vivid at the same time. Its weaving is not as tight as usual. Nevertheless, its length remains good and sappy, in the style of a white wine. VIEUX CHÂTEAU PALON Montagne-St-Emilion // 85 - 86 Purple and intense color. Fruity, fresh and aromatic nose. Smooth, fat and aromatic on the palate, the wine develops with good body, fruity flavors and a licorice aroma. Precise in its construction, the wine finishes with coated tannins and a good length. VIGNOT St-Emilion Grand Cru // 86 Dark red color. Ripe fruity and creamy nose. Smooth and fruity on the palate, of normal body and tannins that are in place. Medium length. VIRGINIE de Valandraud St-Emilion Grand Cru//87 - 88 Dark color. Fruity and finely woody nose. Very melting on the palate, the wine appears sappy and almost ethereal, which is quite incredible. Good finish, aromatic and not very tannic. _________________________________________________________________________ BEST OF 2007 FUTURES TASTINGSAs every year, I will present the result of my best-tasted wines of the vintage in the following locations and dates. For more information about these tasting events, please send me back an email. Monday May 19th in Paris, FranceThursday May 29th à Lausanne, SwitzerlandMonday June 2nd and Tuesday 3rd: 2 days Futures masterclass tasting in BordeauxThursday June 12th in New-York, USATo be continued! Next report on Friday, April 25th. Jean-Marc Quarin ______________________________________________________________________________ © Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author: Jean-Marc Quarin Sarl, 10 allée de Ginouilhac, BP 40, 33320 Le Taillan-Médoc. France. Tél. 00 33 (0)5 56 35 83 93. Fax 00 33 (0)5 56 35 86 50. E-mail : jmquarin@wanadoo.fr

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