Bordeaux : The Best Graves and Pessac-Léognan of the year

At the top. Large and beautiful vineyard, which extends on 95 ha, made up of 40% of white type of vines and red type of vine 60%. To note, the creation of a vintage Henri Lévêque, in his homage, and to celebrate the 40 years of Chantegrive as from 2007. You will appreciate like us this Chantegrive red 2006, powerful, structured, very elegant, of full mouth, all in aromas, with rich and velvety tannins at the same time, with the connotations of blackberry and spices, beautiful evolution. The 2005 are robust and fleshy, of full mouth, with the nuances of blackcurrant and spices, with tannins harmonious but structured at the same time, a wine of silky mouth, a beautiful aromatic persistence, deep color, guard. The 2004 are of intense robe ruby, with the nose where the currant and the spices prevail, all in aromatic complexity, a wine which combines richness and harmony. Chantegrive white 2007, which combines smoothness and persistence, of mouth rich and distinguished with the grilled almond and citrus fruits nuances, is very pleasant. Excellent 2006, where intermingle with the notes of almond, peach and heather, a harmonious wine in mouth. Superb, their Caroline white, a powerful and elegant wine, with these fresh nut and apple notes, with the nose flowered, suave and powerful, of a very beautiful persistence aromatic in the palate, with nuances of peach and lime, very well-balanced finally. Beautiful quality-price-pleasure ratio.

Classified very well with this Graves red 2006, coloured well, a wine which combines structure and suppleness, with round tannins, very scented, with this nose where the prune prevails, a wine all in harmony, to open on a rib steak with the vine shoots of vine. The 2005, bronze medals with the Competition of the Vine growers Independent 2007 like with Competition of Bordeaux wines d’ Aquitaine, of intense color to the black reflections, the red fruit aromas, spices, with well coated tannins, is a rich and generous wine, a beautiful aromatic final. Excellent 2004, with a strong color, quite fleshy, tasty, with the notes of currant and quite characteristic humuses, of good evolution. All in nuances, the Graves white 2006 is of a beautiful aromatic persistence, sharp, with very delicate and refreshing scents of citrus fruits, of mint, honeysuckle, full mouth with a long final.

At the top in Classement 2009, thanks to a real quality-price-pleasure ratio, which also comes to reward passion and the dynamism for Maxime Bontoux. Winegrowing under reasoned agriculture. A true very favorite for this Graves red 2006 (55% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 45% Merlot), of a beautiful dark red, full and structured, rich out of fruits (morello cherry, blackberry), of beautiful roundness, all in tannic smoothness, very scented with the palate, really remarkable. The 2005 are rich color as out of matter, with these notes of strawberry of wood surmûrie, intense with the nose as in mouth with nuances of black small fruits and truffle, a quite robust but very delicate wine, of powerful mouth, guard. The 2004 are remarkable, with a strong color and brilliant, dense and robust, with the fruity notes, spiced, with a beautiful freshness representative of the vintage, a fleshy and robust wine, of good guard of course. The 2003 are structured, quite fleshy, full in mouth, with the nuances of blackcurrant and pepper, with tannins molten but structured at the same time. Graves white 2006, (90% Sauvignon white, 10% Sémillon, maturing 100% new wood), Trophy Prestige with International Competition of Citadelles of Wines 2007, of beautiful pale yellow color, with a citrus fruits nose, very quite well-balanced stops with toastées nuances, is a very expressive, powerful wine and of a long final. Tasty 2005, with the shrewd and delicate aromas, of robe of a beautiful yellow aspect and gold, of fond of delicacies and fruity mouth, it is a powerful wine with the nose as in mouth. The 2004, with the nose of small fruits, firm and suave, very well-balanced, richly having a nice bouquet, are a very nice wine. Many rewards obtained and a beautiful quality-price-typicité ratio.

Winegrowing of 48 ha including 25 of vines. Exceptional a quality-price ratio for this Graves de Vayres red 2006 (75% Merlot and 25% Cabernets), with the complex and subtle nose at the same time, with notes of undergrowth and ripe plum, mouth full and dense, with a strong color, a fleshy wine, mouthfull. Superb 2005, with a strong color, with the very expressive nose of fruits, fleshy, very well-balanced mouth between powerfull and freshness. Beautiful 2004, of a deep color, very rich and subtle at the same time, with silky tannins, a very beautiful final in mouth, of excellent evolution. The 2003 have a powerful and delicate nose at the same time, with the ripe fruit notes (blackcurrant, morello cherry), a wine which hardly starts to be melted. Taste Bordeaux Supérieur Vieilles Vignes Château Maine Martin (65% Merlot, 35% Cabernets), a wine with the nose of cooked small fruits, combining powerfull and suppleness, of garnet-red, very aromatic robe in mouth, with well-balanced tannins. Rosy Bordeaux Château Frégent is very pleasant, of beautiful color, fond of delicacies and frank, very fruity, perfect on a slightly spiced kitchen.

Incontestably at the top of First Classified Great wines, in white as in red, which is really nothing. Exceptional Pessac-Léognan red 2006, very elegant, silky, of a diversity and complexity of intense aromas, prevailed by morello cherry and the ripe raspberry, a wine where the soil is perfectly also expressed with this very successful balsamic point, a beautiful length finally. Exceptional 2005, tempting, powerful, full, with rich and velvety tannins at the same time, with the cinnamon and blackberry connotations to the nose, fleshy as one likes them, with much structure, mouthfull, with the fruit compotes notes slightly spiced (morello cherry, blackcurrant…) and of liquorice, slow evolution. Superb Pessac-Léognan red 2004, of a red very dark, powerful, of a great complexity, with very silky tannins, a wine where all marvelously molten, whose balance is perfect, extremely is typified Graves Pessac-Léognan with notes of smoked, very complex aromas, really very a great wine. Remarkable 2003, powerful, more typified Cabernet-Sauvignon, but very soft, because Cabernets were very ripe, with the persistent and subtle aromas of ripe red small fruits with core, very structured, with full tannins, a wine all in distinction, of excellent evolution. The red 2002 is a wine fleshy and harmonious, very elegant, with the subtle and intense bouquet at the same time, prevailed by the humus and the fresh red small fruits, of full mouth, very traditional. Beautiful red 2001, where balance is perfect, large Bordeaux rather in the smoothness that in the powerfull, of a great classicism. Pessac-Léognan white 2006 is very a great success, rich and distinguished, with the nuances of citrus fruits and grilled almond, combining smoothness and persistence, a wine fleshy and nervous at the same time, dense and complex with the nose as in mouth, of a great fullness, suave and persistent. The 2005 are of beautiful but pale shining, very well-balanced, of a persistent freshness, a traditional wine which develops a powerful nose of ripe citrus fruits, with the wooded good melted, prevailed by a tough aromatic powerfull, of intense mouth where one finds the acacia and citrus fruits. The 2004 are one of its more great successes and one of most beautiful of all the area, with the subtle nose (acacia, hazel nut), all in distinction and persistence in mouth, with this characteristic freshness, one vintage perfect, traditional, of a beautiful balance, the white wines not liking the too hot vintages. The white 2003 is the vintage roundest with Chevalier, with prevailing of white flowers and dry small fruits, powerful but very delicate, a wine all finally. The white 2002 is splendid, powerful, of a beautiful acidity, with the very floral nose of elder tree, acacia, vanilla associated with citrus fruits notes. The mouth full and is structured, a perfectly well-balanced great wine between the fleshy one and freshness. One is well at the top.