On Saturday, November 2nd, 2024, I arranged a truly memorable vertical tasting of one of Saint Émilion's most iconic wines, Tertre Roteboeuf, at the excellent restaurant Møntergade in Copenhagen. We tasted Tertre Roteboeuf from the vintages 2022, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2005, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1985 and 1982. Francois Mitjaville, the owner of Tertre R...
EXTRAORDINARY, SYMBOLIC, AND HISTORICAL TASTING OF 21 BORDEAUX WINES (20 REDS and 1 SWEET WHITE), 100 YEARS OLD!
Women mainly made 1918 vintage in Bordeaux, as men were heavily involved in the First World War, which officially ended with the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
1918 was a vintage blessed by perfect weather conditions, a healthy growing season, and ripe grapes. Wines had, for the most part, a great deal of elegance, finesse, a...
BORDEAUX 1985 REVISITED / In November 2015, 11 experienced wine tasters gathered together at classic French-Danish restaurant in Copenhagen, Restaurationen, to taste 16 wines from 1985 vintage, including 5 1.Growths from Left Bank, 1 PGCC A from St.Emilion named Cheval Blanc and whole 6 2.Cru Classe from Haut Medoc.
I was overseeing harvest (first ever) in September 1985, it was my second visit to Bordeaux (first one took place in March 19...
Château d'Yquem had been in the hands of Lur Saluces family from 1785 to 1997. After several years of legal controversies, caused by disagreements within Lur Saluces family, mode giant LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Moët Hennesy and Château Cheval Blanc) gained majority of shares in d'Yquem in 1997, when Count Alexandre de Lur Saluces sold his shares to LVMH. He did however, continue as manager of...
My name's Izak Litwar, and I live in Copenhagen, Denmark. I'm a freelance wine writer who has been tasting and writing about wines since 1984.
From the very start, I have focused mainly on Bordeaux wines because I love their many styles, the hospitality, and the beauty of Bordeaux town and its surroundings.
My tasting experience of Bordeaux wines is based on 41 years (1984-2025) of visiting Bordeaux and many vertical/horizontal tasting...
About www.greatbordeauxwines.com
In 2015, due to a change in maintaining my website by a hosting provider and my desire to change the old look of my website to a current and professional one, I decided to hire a professional web designer to give my website a major overhaul with new layout, simple structure, user-friendly interface, easy navigation and search function + RSS. This "new" website kickstarted on May the 4th, 2015. It underwent a...
Since 2006, I've been publishing my impressions and tasting notes from my visits to Bordeaux on my website: www.greatbordeauxwines.com
TNs from my many visits to Bordeaux are also published at www.tastingbook.com
Saint-Émilion vintage 2025: Château Ausone: 65% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 13.7% alcohol. Cabernet Sauvignon was so excellent that it was included in Grand Vin for the first time since 1995. The wine displays an expressive and fruit-laden nose of wild cherries. There is freshness and tension, richness, a fabulous midpalate, and a long, sensual finish that goes on and on. This wine is very distinguished and seamless. One of the best wines of the vintage, a sure bet. There will be no second wine (Chapelle d’Ausone) in 2025, as all harvested parcels had very high quality and went into Grand Vin. 99-100p.
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Bordeaux 2025 Vintage / Pauillac / Château Mouton Rothschild 2025: 98% Cabernet Sauvignon + 2% Merlot. 13.1% alcohol. One of the best visits I experienced during primeur tastings in April 2026. Thanks, Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy! Potent and distinguished. It has a refined nose, offering plenty of blackcurrants and violets, spiced with notes of tobacco and leather. Exuberant, rich, and creamy on the palate with great structure, complexity, depth, and length. Vibrant, sophisticated, and with excellent mid-palate. This is definitely one of my top picks from the vintage. A future classic, for sure! 99-100p.
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Bordeaux 2025 Vintage / Pomerol / Château Trotanoy 2025: 96% Merlot + 4% Cabernet Franc. Tiny yield of 15 hl/ha! What a wine! Everything is fabulous. It’s extraordinarily fragrant and intense on the nose, with wild cherries, blueberries, and blackberries; it's massive on the palate, with an iron-strong backbone, a stupendous midpalate, and a mesmerizingly long finish. It’s not too much, and the wine keeps its balance effortlessly. It’s like there is an extra layer of everything compared to recent vintages. I am speechless! This wine has at least 50 years of life. 100p.
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Bordeaux 2024 Vintage / Pauillac / 2024 Lynch Bages: 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet Franc. Tasted twice with the same impression. Freshness, red berries, violets. Delightfully fruity with finesse and elegance, fine complexity, mid-palate, structure, and aftertaste. Beautiful wine. 94p. Tasted in April 2025. 2028 to 2042.
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Pomerol 2024/ Lafleur: 52% Cabernet Franc + 48% Merlot. Sometimes, this property shows its darker and unfriendly side, which happened on a rather cold Wednesday afternoon. The wine was oaky, closed, and reluctant to open up. I've no doubt there is great potential in it, and I’m looking forward to retasting it with a possible score upgrade. I give 94+p on credit. Tasted in April 2025. 2028 to 2042.
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Bordeaux 2024 Whites + Sauternes: Château Haut Brion Blanc 2024: 56.1% Semillon + 43.9% Sauvignon Blanc. Great intensity of green apple, pear, and pineapple, acidity, crispiness, structure, and length. Vibrant. Long lemony aftertaste. Sheer class. 98+p.Tasted in April 2025. 2028 to 2042.
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So, how is the Bordeaux 2024 red vintage? It is better than I expected. Regarding weather challenges, it is similar to 2013, but 2024 was saved by modern technology, the dry and sunny month of August, and a long ripening process. Adjectives such as fresh, elegant, delicate, lively, gentle, and silky characterize most wines. Many wines, especially from properties that couldn't afford treatment costs against mildew, etc., deviate from this description by being over-extracted, green, unripe, and showing dry flavors. In my view, the Right Bank slightly outperforms the Left Bank in terms of wine quality.
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1y 1m ago
Bordeaux 2023 Vintage Part III / Stephanie Rivoal de Bouard, CEO of Angelus since 2012, has transformed this property into a refined and intellectual wine in recent vintages by increasing the amount of Cabernet Franc and using considerably less oak. Benjamin Laforet, the young winemaker since 2017, does a great job at Angelus. The wine is 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc. On the nose, there are intense morello cherries and raspberries, while on the palate, it's elegant and plush, with a strong backbone, great complexity, sophisticated touch, and finesse. It has a great mid-palate and long aftertaste. This is stupendous quality. 98p.
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