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Ch. Talbot

Chateau Talbot 4eme Cru Classe Saint-Julien

Bordeaux

Saint-Julien

More proof that Talbot is on a roll, revved up and ready to take off. This is a brilliantly juicy but understated Talbot, lovely quality, classically-minded with cassis, blueberry, mint leaf, cocoa bean, espresso and powerful grilled fennel. Great stuff. 60% new oak for ageing, and a generous 54hl/ha yield.

Inside Bordeaux

Finely constructed tannic frame, sappy, good clarity of fruit but lacking some punch. One of the highest yields of the vintage at 54hl/h, Nancy Bignon-Cordier. 60% new oak. 

Plum, damson, black cherry, take the overall feel of 2021 and turn on its head. Cloves and cinammon, liqourice, orange peel, pomegranate, cassis. A little atypical for St Julien in its exoticism but has freshness and grip, and underlying lift if you give it time to unwind in the glass. 60% new oak for ageing, Jean-Michel Laporte director.

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Amatør

The 2019 Talbot is composed of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple in color, it delivers notes of chocolate mint, creme de cassis, and blueberry pie with suggestions of forest floor and dusty soil. The medium-bodied palate is expressive and delicious right now, with a chewy texture, lively backbone and lifted finish.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Ruby red. Exotic nose with spice, cherries, blueberries, cassis, licorice and light toast. Powerful and fresh. Cassis, ripe cherries, licorice and spice. Nice balance and polished tannins. Long.

A little shoutout to Château Talbot for this special bottle. They made it to celebrate the 100 year ownership of the Cordier familiy. And a beautiful bottle it is! The tasting note was written on day two. The first day it was rather tight and dark. Day two was better and more in balance. Next bottle in 15 years?

Yet more proof of how good 2017 is right now. Cloves, liquorice root, juicy blueberry and salivating, savoury cassis-strewn Cabernet Sauvignon, edge of bitter fennel and smoked almond on the finish, this is great stuff. No need to wait although you absolutely can hold on and get a softer, more finessed experience in a couple of years. 50% new oak for ageing, Jean-Pierre Marty director.

Young and closed even as it clocks towards eight years old, but all of the building blocks of a brilliant wine are here. A little soft through the mid palate compared to some of its sibling 2016s, but this has charm, St Julien finesse, great length. Higher Merlot than usual because of the particular success of this variety, yet this remains full of Left Bank character - pencil lead, slate, woodsmoke, blackberry. Eric Boissenot consultant, 50% new oak for ageing, Jean-Pierre Marty director.

Rød på farge med noe murstein og lys vandig kant. 
Fruktig på duft med mørke kirsebær, moreller og blåplummer, fat og lær. Etterhvert noe svisker på duft. 
Medium kropp, fin syrestruktur og finkornede, modne tanniner. Endel finkornet bunnfall. 
Flott balansertvin i starten av sitt drikkevindu. 

Certified Sommelier

Medium garnet colored with a touch of brick, the 2013 Talbot has a nose of sauteed herbs, cedar chest, and scorched earth, giving way to a core of stewed red and black plums and dried mulberries. The medium-bodied palate is soft and subtly flavored with savory-laced red berry notions and a racy backbone, finishing with an herbal lift.

Medium to deep garnet colored, the 2012 Talbot has a perfumed nose of kirsch, dried roses, and cinnamon stick over a core of blackcurrant preserves and cloves. The medium-bodied palate delivers bright, lively red and black fruits with a grainy texture and lifted finish.

Darker fruit than the Talbot 2009, and more closed in its architecture, showing that both of these wines really encapsulate the vintage character. Solid, muscular, impressive, well textured, with a slab of bitter chocolate cutting through the fruits on the finish.

Melted tannins, juicy black fruits, finessed appellation signature, this opens to grilled blackberry and bilberries, brambed and pureed, with slate tannins and a wave of campfire smoke. Well balanced acidity also, this is charming, joyful and ready to drink but with plenty of life ahead. One to look out for.

Balanced, if severe, even at 16 years old, with plenty of Left Bank slate and grilled earth character. The fruits remain fully in play, majoring on blackberry, bilberry and cassis fruits, with the begining of tertiary tobacco, cigar box, mint leaf. Charming, if resolutely old school Talbot in character, less precision than in more recent years. Christian Hostein cellar master, 50% new oak for ageing.

Another great wine from Château Talbot. The 05 vintage is great with a very good quality of fruit and tannins. Some of them are still a bit hard, so open in advance and check if they need a bit of decanting. This one needed three hours to open up.

Ruby red with a garnet rim. Cassis, blueberries, leather and minerals. Fresh acidity. Toast, blueberries, leather, cassis and minerals. Nice structure with supple tannins. Very long.

This captures so much about St Julien, with its balance, tobacco leaf, smoked earth, melted tannins, blond tobacco, blackberries and mint. It's delicious, from a time when the yields would have been high, and in a year that struggled to reach full maturity, and yet has a balanced charm that shows why this appellation delivers drinkability even when it misses concentration. The smoke is far more evident when you come back to it after a few hours of tasting other wines, suggest not giving it too long in carafe before drinking. Christian Hostein cellar master, 50% new oak for ageing.

Typisk "kjellersmak" treff av tobakk, lær og skogsbær. Kirsebær på nesa, veldig god til pinnekjøtt og medister! 

Delicious, yet more proof of how this corner of Bordeaux excelled in 1996, and the drinking window is still going strong. Grilled earth, tobacco leaf, crushed mint, dried roses, liqourice, brambled autumnal fruit, fine tannins with a trace of dryness, but full of pleasure. Christian Hostein cellar master, 50% new oak for ageing.

Lukt av paprika, hint av krydder. Smak av grønn paprika, bjørnebær, søt lær. Godt innbakte tanniner, lang. Kjøpt på Blomquist

WSET 2

Ruby red with brick to orange rim. Leather, tobacco, cigar, figs and dates. Fresh. Mature dark berries, figs, licorice, leather and minerals. Delicate and balanced. Nice integrated tannins. Long. 

The 1986 vintage was rather hard at first, but the last few years most of them have come around nicely. This one is superb now!

På nesa er den godt utviklet hvor det hovedsaklig er tertiæraromaer. Den blå frukten (solbær, bjørnebær og blåbærsaus) er pakket inn i kanel, nellik, sopp, lær, vanilje og jordlige toner. 

På smak stemmer den godt med aromaene. Frukten er tilstede, men er på vei nedover. Det er også på smak jordlige toner, sopp, lær og mocca. Ettersmaken sitter lenge. Meget godt avslepne tanniner og en fortsatt en fin tilstedeværende syre. 

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Talbot
Vintages	2023
Country	France, Bordeaux, Saint-Julien
Bottle	75 cl

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