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Bordeaux
Wine 2003 Vintage
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The 2003 vintage was certainly one that hit the headlines. This was Europe's
heat wave year, characterized by an oven-hot August and one of the earliest harvests on record. With such a warm vintage, it would be easy to imagine that fantastic wines would result, but the wise know that there is more to making great wine than hot weather. Bordeaux 2003 started well, following on from a cool, wet winter which allowed water reserves in the soils to build up after a dry harvest in 2002, so much so that measurements of local water tables were normal at the beginning of the 2003 season. |
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Château Lascombes 2003, Margaux, Bordeaux
A seamless, seductive effort offering beautiful aromatics (plums, currants, cherries, licorice, flowers, and smoky barbecue scents), this medium-bodied, ethereal Margaux displays no hard edges in its lush, beguiling personality. Low acidity and ripe fruit have brought out the best in Lascombes, which has enjoyed its fourth consecutive high quality vintage after thirty years of mediocrity. Wine Spectator Rating 89-91
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Chateau Latour 2003 Bordeaux France
One of the three greatest young Bordeaux I have ever tasted Chateau Latour’s 2003 is one of the candidates for “wine of the vintage” (Latour’s 2002 is the wine of the vintage in my opinion). This great estate has produced a freakishly rich, concentrated Pauillac revealing no evidence of over-ripeness or too much weight. Robert Parker Rating 98-100
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Chateau Léoville-Las-Cases 2003 St Julien, Bordeaux
Only 54% of the harvest made it into the grand vin. Still a large-scaled, monolithic wine, it will no doubt move up the scale as it sorts itself out and becomes more delineated. Inky/ruby/purple-colored, it possesses the classic Las Cases purity and balance along with layer upon layer of ripe, pure, black cherry and black currant fruit wrapped around a solid core of minerals and subtle oak. Rated 94-96 Robert Parker
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Chateau Palmer, 2003 Margaux Bordeaux, France
The 2003 vintage’s heat and drought stressed this vineyard’s light soils, resulting in an atypical Palmer. The 2003 Palmer possesses a dark ruby/purple color, high, austere tannins, less flesh and mid-palate than usual, medium body, and a flowery black currant-scented bouquet. It lacks the extra dimension required aromatically, texturally, and flavor-wise to achieve their normal quality level. - Wine Spectator Rating 89-91
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Chateau Pavie 2003 St. Emilion, Bordeaux
The 2003 Pavie is closest in style to the 2000, but slightly more evolved and exotic. Its dense plum/purple color is accompanied by an extraordinary perfume of charcoal, creme de cassis, melted licorice, espresso roast, and blackberries. The wine, which hits the palate with a dramatic minerality, comes across like a hypothetical blend of limestone liqueur intermixed with black and red fruits. The integration of acidity, tannin, and wood is flawless, and the wine is incredibly pure, rich, and intense.
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Chateau Pédesclaux 2003 Pauillac - Bordeaux France
Very deep ruby, good ripe Cabernet fruit, but rather robust and thick, straightforward Pauillac, but not much elegance. 2008-16.
The Chateau is well situated in front of Mouton Rothschild and Pontet Canet.
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Chateau Pichon Lalande 2003 Bordeaux
The brilliant, opulent, fleshy 2003 Pichon Lalande (65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot) possesses a high pH of 3.8 as well as 13% alcohol. Reminiscent of the 1982 Pichon Lalande, the dense plum/purple-colored 2003 offers gorgeous aromas of blackberries, plum liqueur, sweet cherries, smoke, and melted licorice.
Rated 95, Robert Parker
$140.98
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The wines are ranked in importance from first to fifth growths (crus). All of the red wines that made it on the list came from the Médoc region except for the Château Haut-Brion from Graves
(now Pessac Léognan). The white wines, then of much less importance than red wine, were limited to the sweet varieties of Sauternes and Barsac and were ranked only from first great growth to second growth. |
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