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Bordeaux Left Bank Flashcards

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Trend, issues

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  • zigzag between years producing riper condition or return to classic
  • Reduction of yields due to hail and frost
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2020

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Extreme weather conditions, difficult vintage.
Dry hot conditions in September led to early harvest.
Touch of austerity.

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2019

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Wines look powerful and aromatic.
July very hot, draught conditions.
Harvest complicated by threats of rain.
-Alcohol levels are high especially in Pauillac and St. Estephe.

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2018

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Complicated vintage.
Problems with mildew.
- Dense black fruits with strong and supple tannins.
Best wines are concentrated. Some will lack acidity for longevity.

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2017

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Difficult vintage.
Frost. Lighter wines good in the mid-term.

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2016

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The best vintage since 2010, widely regarded as classic.

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2015

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Very nice wines for mid-term. St Julien and Pauillac are the most successful.

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2014

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Not a great vintage. Cool summer, longest Indian summer. High acidity, good tannins.

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2013

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Cool spring, late harvest at the start of October. Acidity is high. Wines to be enjoyed young. Smallest harvest since 1991.

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2012

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*Lovely restaurant wines.
Described as Merlot year.
Good quality whites.

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2011

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Bad vintage, wines unable to age.

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2010

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Ripe vintage, same as 2009, but acidity and tannins are higher giving more classic impression.

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2009

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Very rich vintage.

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2008

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Rain at the beginning and end of the season. Wines for the short term.

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2007

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Wines are lighter due to cool and wet conditions.

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2006

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Left bank, flat wines.
Hot and cold periods during the growing season.

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2005

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Great year with perfect conditions (1982).
Vintage in the modern idiom

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2004

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*Classic restaurant vintage

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2003

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Very hot and bad vintage. Lack of acidity in the wines

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2002

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Lack of concentration

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2001

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A nice well balanced vintage. similar to 2004 but with less concentration, higher acidity, more evident tannins

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2000

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Vintage following the model of 1982.

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1999

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Lighter wines, not deep wines

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1998

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Distinct difference between Left and Right Bank. Left bank suffered from a combination of high tannins with dilution resulting from rain.

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1997

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A large crop with problems of dilution and lack of ripeness.

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1996

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*Indicated as a great vintage. Not as good as it was thought.

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1995

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**
Another dry year with good concentration.

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1994

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Overrated

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1993

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Not so much interest

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1992

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A poor vintage

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1991

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The first and worst of four uninteresting vintages.

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1990

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excellent growing season, good harvest conditions. Balanced wines, very similar to 1989

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1989

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**
More inclined to power than elegance

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1987

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Poor vintage of little interest

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1986

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**
Described as a classic vintage. Good tannin structure

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1985

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Delicious forward vintage

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1984

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Poor vintage

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1983

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Very good vintage. Good wines from Margaux

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1982

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Great vintage

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1975

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Many chateau picked too early due to rain.

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1966

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Very good in the Left Bank. Best wines still shows great finesse

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1964

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**
Great vintage for those who decided to pick early before the Autumn rains (Latour). Very good year in the right bank where rain was not a problem.

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1962

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Great vintage but overshadowed by 1961

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1961

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Second only to 1945. A cabernet year. Mouton and Latour are terrific.

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1959

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Elegant vintage. Margaux is still very good

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1945

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Best year of the century.

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