Château Magdelaine
St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
Lean and mean. Nice development. Green. V. tart.
Lean and mean. Nice development. Green. V. tart.
May 6th, 2020
Our main course was Jenny’s, Flannery Beef’s Jorge Cut “Prime Rib Style”. Beef Jus and Saba Pan Sauce. Herb Garlic Smashed Baby Heirloom Potatoes Roasted Feral Hearts Farm Rapini in a Rapini Pesto. Winter Citrus and Roasted Nantes Carrots with Urfa. Quite delicious and well paired with this 98 Chateau Magdelaine. This was a little silky austere at the beginning. My fault as it needed a longer than 30 minute decant out of magnum. Once it opened up it showed the beauty of the 98 Right Bank Vintage. The fruit started to shine after being shy to start. Layers of soft complexity silky and velvety. The beef and the wine pushed & pull evenly on each other; which is key element in any pairing. Chateau Magdelaine is made with 90% Merlot & 10% Cabernet Franc. Chateau Magdelaine is aged in an average of 40% new French oak barrels for about 18 months. When the 2012 St. Emilion Classification was announced, the owners of Chateau Magdelaine, Ets. Moueix, declared that 2011 would be the final vintage for the property. From that point forward, the vineyard of Chateau Magdelaine would be merged into their other estate in the appellation, Chateau Belair-Monange.
Our main course was Jenny’s, Flannery Beef’s Jorge Cut “Prime Rib Style”. Beef Jus and Saba Pan Sauce. Herb Garlic Smashed Baby Heirloom Potatoes Roasted Feral Hearts Farm Rapini in a Rapini Pesto. Winter Citrus and Roasted Nantes Carrots with Urfa. Quite delicious and well paired with this 98 Chateau Magdelaine. This was a little silky austere at the beginning. My fault as it needed a longer than 30 minute decant out of magnum. Once it opened up it showed the beauty of the 98 Right Bank Vintage. The fruit started to shine after being shy to start. Layers of soft complexity silky and velvety. The beef and the wine pushed & pull evenly on each other; which is key element in any pairing. Chateau Magdelaine is made with 90% Merlot & 10% Cabernet Franc. Chateau Magdelaine is aged in an average of 40% new French oak barrels for about 18 months. When the 2012 St. Emilion Classification was announced, the owners of Chateau Magdelaine, Ets. Moueix, declared that 2011 would be the final vintage for the property. From that point forward, the vineyard of Chateau Magdelaine would be merged into their other estate in the appellation, Chateau Belair-Monange.
Mar 3rd, 2018Burgundian Transparency. Elegant earthiness with perfectly elegant fruit that takes a back seat in this old school beauty.
Burgundian Transparency. Elegant earthiness with perfectly elegant fruit that takes a back seat in this old school beauty.
Dec 11th, 2015
Magnificent balance and elegance. Resolving tannines, focussed and refreshing, mysterious complexity. Bright fruit, cherry, raspberry and plums. This is a great example of a style that is getting more and more extinct... What a shame.
Magnificent balance and elegance. Resolving tannines, focussed and refreshing, mysterious complexity. Bright fruit, cherry, raspberry and plums. This is a great example of a style that is getting more and more extinct... What a shame.
Dec 1st, 2015Prodigious wine in a classic style. A little out of whack upon initial pop but sorted itself out nicely after an hour. Fleshy texture, with brambly/licoricey black and purple fruit, forest floor, tobacco, leather and mineral.
Prodigious wine in a classic style. A little out of whack upon initial pop but sorted itself out nicely after an hour. Fleshy texture, with brambly/licoricey black and purple fruit, forest floor, tobacco, leather and mineral.
Sep 23rd, 2015
