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    All of the tasting notes of the wine critic mentioned above in tastingbook, comes from press releases from wine importers and vineyards, or directly from the critic and can also be found on the critic’s own website, which can be easily accessed by clicking on the link above.

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    Elinen

    The Absurdity and Flattery of Scores

    I am a wine critic. And so, of course, I am called on to judge the quality of thousands of different wines every year. Not just to describe them or to give an opinion on their quality but also to score them and rank them in a league table. And that’s where the trouble starts.

     

    It doesn't take a genius to appreciate the absurdity of giving a number score to a work of art or, worse still, an artist....

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    My tomorrow

    Did Someone Say “Classification”?

    Wine buffs just love official wine classifications, especially French ones. So do the producers-among the top Médoc and Burgundy growths, anyway. It is easy to see why: Classifications push up the prices of their wines and land. But the whole thing takes on a nightmare quality as recent classifications come up for review. The squabbling over the Médoc crus bourgeois has exhausted the patience of even the be...

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    Me

    Michel Bettane is a leading French wine critic, and for twenty years, a writer for the French consumer wine publication La Revue du vin de France. He left La Revue in 2004 to work for the rivaling wine publication Le Classement des Meilleurs Vins de France.[2] He now runs his own website.

    Following the acquisition of La Revue du vin de France by Marie-Claire and media group Lagardère, Bettane and his colleague Thierry Desseauve left the pub...

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Michel Bettane/BWW2024 Finalist, Viinikirjoittaja (Ranska)  maistoi  18 Viiniä   12 Tuottajaa 

Château Suduiraut 2010 /Super nose with some exotic pineapple/mango/passion fruit undertones mixed with Vouvray-like blossom-tree and quince jelly, enormous body, but incredible purity and crystal-like transparency, great length, a masterpiece! Drink 2020-2070.

18d 19h ago

Michel Bettane/BWW2024 Finalist, Viinikirjoittaja (Ranska)  maistoi  60 Viiniä   58 Tuottajaa 

TOP Wines - Bordeaux 2023 vintage.

9m 24d ago

Cheval Blanc 2023, Château Cheval Blanc
Le Pin 2023, Le Pin
Les Forts de Latour 2023, Château Latour
Château Latour 2023, Château Latour
Pétrus 2023, Château Pétrus
Lafite-Rothschild 2023, Château Lafite-Rothschild
Château Margaux 2023, Château Margaux
Château Haut-Brion 2023, Château Haut-Brion
Château Ausone 2023, Château Ausone
Château Mouton-Rothschild 2023, Château Mouton-Rothschild
Château Palmer 2023, Château Palmer
Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2023, Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Château Smith Haut Lafitte 2023, Château Smith Haut Lafitte
Lafleur 2023, Château Lafleur
La Mission Haut Brion 2023, Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Pavie 2023, Château Pavie
L'Eglise-Clinet 2023, Château L'Eglise-Clinet
Château Cos d'Estournel 2023, Château Cos d'Estournel
Léoville-Las Cases 2023, Château Léoville-Las Cases
Château Suduiraut 2023, Château Suduiraut
Château L´Evangile 2023, Château L´Evangile
Sigalas-Rabaud 2023, Château Sigalas-Rabaud
Château Rieussec 2023, Château Rieussec
Château de Valandraud 2023, Château Valandraud
Château Gruaud-Larose 2023, Château Gruaud-Larose
Château Angelus 2023, Château Angelus
La Dominique 2023, La Dominique
Château de Rayne Vigneau 2023, Château de Rayne Vigneau
Château Canon 2023, Château Canon
Château Canon-La-Gaffelière 2023, Château Canon-La-Gaffelière
Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2023, Château Lafleur-Pétrus
Château Coutet 2023, Château Coutet
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 2023, Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
Trotanoy 2023, Château Trotanoy
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2023, Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Château Phelan-Segur 2023, Château Phelan-Segur
Château Pontet Canet 2023, Château Pontet Canet
Château Batailley 2023, Château Batailley
Château Lascombes 2023, Château Lascombes
Château Giscours 2023, Château Giscours
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2023, Domaine de Chevalier
Château Malartic-Lagraviere Blanc 2023, Château Malartic-Lagraviere
Château Guiraud 2023, Château Guiraud
Château Climens 2023, Château Climens
Château Trottevieille 2023, Château Trottevieille
Château Troplong-Mondot 2023, Château Troplong-Mondot
Château de Figeac 2023, Château de Figeac
Château La Conseillante 2023, Château La Conseillante
Le Dôme 2023, Le Dome
La Mondotte 2023, La Mondotte
Château Léoville Poyferré 2023, Château Léoville Poyferré
Château Nenin 2023, Château Nenin
Château Hosanna 2023, Château Hosanna
Château Violette 2023, Château La Violette
Tertre Roteboeuf 2023, Château Tertre Roteboeuf
Château La Tour Blance 2023, Château La Tour Blance
Bélair Monange 2023, Château Bélair Monange
Château Larcis Ducasse 2023, Château Larcis Ducasse
Château Pavie-Macquin 2023, Château Pavie-Macquin
L'If 2023, L'If
Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Ranska
Château L'Eglise-Clinet , Bordeaux, Ranska
La Mondotte, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Lascombes, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Lafleur, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château La Conseillante, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Canon, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Troplong-Mondot, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Latour, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Angelus, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Malartic-Lagraviere, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Cos d'Estournel, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Giscours, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Pavie-Macquin, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Pétrus, Pomerol, Ranska
Château Batailley, Pauillac, Ranska
Le Pin, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Phelan-Segur, Bordeaux, Ranska
Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac Leognan, Ranska
Château Léoville-Las Cases, Saint-Julien, Ranska
Château Mouton-Rothschild, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Guiraud, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château La Violette, Bordeaux, Ranska
L'If, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Bordeaux, Ranska
Le Dome, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château de Figeac, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Hosanna, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château La Tour Blance, Sauternes, Ranska
Château Pontet Canet, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Climens, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Larcis Ducasse, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Palmer, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Margaux, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Léoville Poyferré, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Gruaud-Larose, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Coutet, Sauternes, Ranska
Château Cheval Blanc, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château L´Evangile, Pomerol, Ranska
Château Lafite-Rothschild, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Suduiraut, Bordeaux, Ranska
La Dominique, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château de Rayne Vigneau, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Nenin, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Bélair Monange, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Trotanoy, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Tertre Roteboeuf, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Trottevieille, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Ausone, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Valandraud, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Lafleur-Pétrus, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Sigalas-Rabaud, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Canon-La-Gaffelière, Bordeaux, Ranska
Château Pavie, Bordeaux, Ranska

Michel Bettane/BWW2024 Finalist, Viinikirjoittaja (Ranska)  maistoi  10 Viiniä   10 Tuottajaa 

CHÂTEAU PALMER 1928 / Before the Merlots planted under the influence of the Miailhe family typified the cru as we know it today and made it so admired, Palmer was undoubtedly planted with more traditional grape varieties. Or at least closer to that of Château Margaux. Tasted on several occasions, this grandiose 1928 has always left me with unforgettable memories. The last one was during a vertical tasting at the château in the presence of Thomas Duroux, its brilliant director. But there was also the estate’s legendary 1961, which has done so much for its glory. While this vintage, for all its generosity of texture, was beginning to show signs of fatigue, this was not the case with the 1928. On every criterion of aromatic nobility, wine building on the palate, strength and originality of expression of the best Margaux soils, it crushed the 1961, but also most of the other vintages, by its naturalness and grandeur. As we know, the 1928s were admired for their potential right from the start, but they took a long time to make, longer than the 1929s. Many of them now have minor analytical deviations from the formal perfection of our best recent wines. In the case of this bottle, there were none, which says a lot about the skill of the men in the cellar at the time. I know it’s hard to believe in so much superiority or authority in such an old wine. But if you’re lucky enough to drink one that’s so well preserved, you’ll quickly realise that the great Médocs are a glory of our viticulture. It hardly deserves the stupid French bashing it receives from our astonishing elites.

1y 1m ago

Michel Bettane/BWW2024 Finalist, Viinikirjoittaja (Ranska)  maistoi  13 Viiniä   13 Tuottajaa 

Petrus 2018 / A Petrus of great dimension with a structure that gains in finesse with the passing weeks and an aromatic scope delivering spices, pepper, iris, marshmallow, violet. Alluring and shining tannins. A legendary vintage for the cru.

99 points

1y 6m ago

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