2007 Chateau Magdelaine Saint Emilion Grand Cru 750ml

2007 Chateau Magdelaine Saint Emilion Grand Cru 750ml

$105.00
$150.00
Vintage
2007
Producer
Chateau Magdelaine Sant Emilion Grand Cru
Country: 
France
Region: 
Bordeaux
Sub-Region: 
Saint-Emilion
Standard Bottle (750 mL) 1 unit available

 

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Tasting notes

An earlier drinking year than the others in the lineup, and this is clearly more evolved in colour and aromatic profile, with softer and less precise notes of undergrowth, soy, leather, crayon. Plenty of umami character adds richness through the mid palate, and although there is less fruit than the other vintages of this vertical, it remains moriesh, with the clarion call of limestone ensuring lift on the finish. In its drinking window, charming if soft on the finish. Jean-Claude Berrouet in his last year before retirement, 50% new oak for ageing.

Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux
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Producer

Chateau Magdelaine Saint Emilion Grand Cru

Château Magdelaine, was a notable classe in St-Emilion owned by the famous firm of Ets Jean-Pierre Moueix. Magdelaine had 10.4 hectares of vineyards, of which six were on the famous St Emilion limestone ridge (very close to Ch. Ausone) and the remainder on clay- and limestone-based slopes. Merlot performs particularly well on these limestone-rich soils and at Magdelaine it is the dominant grape, making up 90 percent of the blend – a higher proportion than is found in any other Premier Grand Cru Classé from St Emilion. The final vintage of Magdelaine was 2011, before it was swallowed up by Ch ...
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